Stanford University - Writing in the Sciences 

1.1: Introduction; principles of effective writing

1.2: Examples of what not to do

1.3: Overview, principles of effective writing

1.4: Cut the clutter

1.5: Cut the clutter, more tricks

1.6: Practicing cutting clutter

Demo Edit 1 (Optional)

Unit 1 Homework

2.1: Use the active voice

2.2: Is it really OK to use "We" and "I"

2.3: Active voice practice

2.4: Write with verbs

2.5: Practice examples

2.6: A few grammar tips

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Unit 2 Homework

3.1: Experiment with punctuation

3.2: Practice, colon and dash

3.3: Parallelism

3.4: Paragraphs

3.5: Paragraph Editing I

3.6: Paragraph Editing II

Module 3.7: A few more tips

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Unit 3 Homework

4.1 More paragraph practice

4.2 Overview of the writing process

4.3 The pre-writing step

4.4 The writing step

4.5: Revision

4.6: Checklist for the final draft

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Unit 4 Homework

5.1: Tables and Figures

5.2: Results

5.3: Practice writing results

5.4: Methods

5.5: Introduction

5.6: Introduction practice

5.7: Discussion

5.8: Abstract

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Unit 5 Homework

6.1: Plagiarism

6.2: Authorship

6.3: The Submission Process

6.4: Interview with Dr. Bradley Efron

6.5: Interview with Dr. George Lundberg

6.6: Interview with Dr. Gary Friedman

6.7: Doing a peer review

6.8: Predatory journals

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Unit 6 Homework

7.1: Writing a review article

7.2: Grants I

7.3: Grants II

7.4: Grants III

7.5 Writing letters of recommendation

7.6: Writing personal statements

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Unit 7 Homework

8.1: Talking with the media

8.2: Panel Interview

8.3: Writing for general audiences

8.4: Writing a science news story

8.5: Interviewing a scientist

8.6: Social media

8.7: Concluding Remarks

Demo Edit 8 (Optional)

Unit 8 Homework