BIOL 1108L - Principles of Biolo

BIOL 1108L - Principles of Biology II Lab Course Schedule - Fall 2009 1108L - Principles of Biology II

Please note that the schedule is tentative and subject to change. Due dates for assignments may be changed at the instructor's discretion. You are responsible for keeping track of due dates and turning in your work when it is required.

Date	Lab topic	Assignment
Lab 1 Aug 27	Lab introduction Lab safety Thinking like a scientist: hypotheses Introduction to evolutionary ideas and the EvoBeaker Software Darwinian Snails Introduction to a model organism--Callosobruchus maculatus BRING YOUR COMPUTER TO LAB	Course syllabus Scientific method Scientific method handout - read before coming to lab Thinking like a scientist - read before coming to lab Worksheet on hypotheses Evolutionary ideas Background on evolution - read before coming to lab You should also read and answer the questions in the Prelude section of the Darwinian Snails workbook before coming to lab. Assignments due Sept 3: Worksheet on hypotheses Darwinian snails assignment
Lab 2 Sept 3	Introduction to the microscopes, Live protist viewing from cultures and ponds Population Genetics: The Hardy-Weinberg Theorem EvoBeaker Software Sickle-cell Alleles BRING YOUR COMPUTER TO LAB	Protists Chapter 4 in Photographic Atlas Protist ID sheet Protist background information - read before lab Protist worksheet - you will fill this out as a study guide for the practical and the in-lab quiz 1108L DVD Review page Live protists that are available for viewing 1108L DVD Scientific method Thinking like a scientist, part 2 - read before lab Methods worksheet Population genetics Evolution part 2 Bean Beetle Handbook--read before lab Design class experiment using Callosobruchus maculatus Assignments due in lab: Darwinian Snails Workbook Hypothesis worksheet
Lab 3 Sept 10	Thinking like a scientist: materials & methods Introduction to Bean beetles Bean Beetle Experiment I Continued observation of protists BRING YOUR COMPUTER TO LAB	Bean Beetle culture and anatomy Perform class experiment using Callosobruchus maculatus: Do female bean beetles discriminate as to which bean they will lay their eggs? You will need to find someone in your group to come in early the following week to count eggs on the beans. Scientific method Thinking like a scientist, part 3. Read before coming to lab. Results worksheet Assignments due in lab: Sickle-cell Alleles Workbook Write up of Methods section for Bean beetle experiment
Lab 4 Sept 17	Results from bean beetles experiment BRING YOUR COMPUTER TO LAB	Bean beetle experiment Collection of data Statistical tests Discussion of results Discussion of statistics Examination of grasshopper external anatomy Review Protists Chapters 4 & 5 in Photographic Atlas Protist ID sheets from previous weeks Discussion of Flowers and Trees
Sept 24	LAB PRACTICAL I
Lab 5 Oct 1	Thinking like a scientist: results Animal Diversity: Invertebrates I BRING YOUR DISSECTION KIT TO LAB	Formation of hypotheses for a follow up bean beetle experiment Animal Diversity I Chapter 7 in Photographic Atlas Background on animal body plans, etc. Invertebrate I ID sheet Invertebrate chart - this is an Excel spreadsheet. You will have to copy the pages to make enough spaces for all the organisms. You should fill in the form for the different organisms that you observe in the invertebrate labs, slides and dissections. Review page 1108L DVD Dissection Tools Invertebrates Introduction Assignments due in lab Write up of Bean Beetle Experiment: Instructions for write up Results worksheet
Lab 6 Oct 8	Thinking like a scientist: discussion Animal Diversity: Invertebrates II BRING YOUR DISSECTION KIT TO LAB	Analyze Bean beetle experiment. Animal Diversity II Chapter 7 in Photographic Atlas Invertebrate II ID sheet Invertebrate chart (same as previous lab) - this is an Excel spreadsheet. You will have to copy the pages to make enough spaces for all the organisms. You should fill in the form for every different organism that you observe in the invertebrate labs (whether it's in slides or dissections). Review page 1108L DVD Clam Dissection Annelid Dissection Crayfish dissection Grasshopper anatomy Assignments due in lab: Flowers and Trees Workbook
October 9: Last day to withdraw without academic penalty
Lab 7 Oct 15	Animal Diversity: Deuterostomes EcoBeaker Keystone Predator BRING YOUR COMPUTER TO LAB	Scientific method Thinking like a scientist, part 4. Read before lab pdfs of articles on bean beetles will be sent to you to help you with your discussion Animal Diversity Chapter 7 in Photographic Atlas Invertebrate III ID sheet
Lab 8 Oct 22	Snail Experiments BRING YOUR COMPUTER TO LAB	Snail Experiment Background & protocol Lab report guidelines Guidelines for developing your group experiment Suggestions are listed at the end of the background document Assignments due in lab: Be prepared to discuss your group experiment protocol with your instructor - you will turn in a protocol for grading next week. Write up of second bean beetle experiment
Oct 29	LAB PRACTICAL 2	Study Guide Assignments due in lab: Group experiment hypothesis and protocol
Lab 9 Nov 5	Group experiments BRING NEEDED MATERIALS FOR EXPERIMENT	Discuss Keystone Predator BRING NEEDED MATERIALS FOR EXPERIMENT Instructions for experimental writeup Assignments due in lab: Write up of first snail experiment
Lab 10 Nov 12	Vertebrate Anatomy I Histology Skin, digestive, circulatory, and respiratory systems BRING YOUR DISSECTION KIT TO LAB	Vertebrate Anatomy I Chapters 1& 8 in Photographic Atlas ID sheet 1108L DVD Review page 1 Review page 2 Assignments due in lab: Write up of group's snail experiment Keystone predator workbook due
Lab 11 Nov 19	Vertebrate Anatomy II Nervous, reproductive, & excretory systems BRING YOUR DISSECTION KIT TO LAB	Vertebrate Anatomy II Chapter 8 in Photographic Atlas ID sheet 1108L DVD Review page Assignments due in lab:
November 25 - 29: Thanksgiving Break
Dec 3	LAB PRACTICAL 3