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Collaborative Lab Writing
The following WISE virtual labs have been chosen to help demonstrate the use of collaborative lab report writing in the classroom.

Investigate Pine Creek ( http://wise.berkeley.edu/teacher/projects/projectInfo.php?id=5258)
 * For grades 6-12. Meets NC Science Standards for biology and earth science.
 * You will need to complete activities 1-5 to write your lab report.
 * After activity 2, **stop!** Do the LabWrite prelab and put your prelab into the wiki.
 * Continue the activities. After completing activity 5, do the LabWrite postlab.
 * Note in activity 3 under "Indicators and Safety Levels" Table 1 has some information in the wrong place. For drinking water, the pH is 6.5-8.5 and the dissolved oxygen is any value is ok. For healthy ecosystem, pH is 6.5-8.5 and the dissolved oxygen is 5 ppm.
 * In your classroom, extensions might include visiting a creek in your area and accessing the health of that creek.

Phases of Matter and Phase Change ( http://wise.berkeley.edu/teacher/projects/projectInfo.php?id=16999)
 * For grades 9 -11. Meets NC Science Standards for chemistry and physics.
 * You will need to complete activities 1-4 to write your lab report.
 * After activity 1, **stop!** Do the LabWrite Prelab and put your prelab into the wiki. Include a screen capture of your prediction graph
 * For activity 2, you may choose to look at only one of the phases of water to save time. Also, you can choose to use the computer/calculator-based probe rather than the thermometer if you choose.
 * Continue the activities. After completing activity 4, do the LabWrite postlab
 * You can choose to do the assessment in activity 5 if you choose. You can also sign up for an account on SurveyMonkey and recreate the assessment in SurveyMonkey.

Resources

 * LabWrite Lab Report Writing Site ( [|http://labwrite.ncsu.edu])
 * Virtual biology labs involving DNA and health issues. (http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs/index.html)