BIOL 1108L

The schedule on this page will be updated to reflect changes throughout the semester. You should check it often to check for changes in the dates of assignments, etc.

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.

Week of:	Lecture Topic	Readings / Handouts / Assignments
January 12	No lab	None
January 19	Lab introduction Lab Safety Introduction to the microscopes, beginning observations of protists Thinking like a scientist: hypotheses Introduction to evolutionary ideas and the EvoBeaker Software Darwinian Snails BRING YOUR COMPUTER TO LAB	Protists Chapter 4 in Photographic Atlas Protist slide ID sheet Protist worksheet 1108L DVD Review page 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.
January 26	Population Genetics: The Hardy-Weinberg Theorem EvoBeaker Software Sickle-cell Alleles Flowers and Trees Thinking like a scientist: materials & methods Initial observations of fungi BRING YOUR COMPUTER TO LAB	Population genetics & phylogenetics Evolution part 2 Scientific method Thinking like a scientist, part 2 Methods worksheet Fungi Chapter 5 in Photographic Atlas Fungi ID sheet Fungus worksheet 1108L DVD Assignments due in lab: Darwinian Snails Workbook Hypothesis worksheet
February 2	Protists & Fungi Finishing observations you started in previous labs BRING A SAMPLE OF POND WATER AND/OR FUNGI WITH YOU TO LAB Thinking like a scientist: results	Protists & Fungi Chapters 4 & 5 in Photographic Atlas Protist & Fungi ID sheets from previous weeks in addition to any live protists that are available for viewing 1108L DVD Scientific method Thinking like a scientist, part 3. Read before coming to lab. Results worksheet Assignments due in lab: Sickle-cell Alleles Workbook Materials & Methods worksheet
February 9	Animal Diversity: Invertebrates I Thinking like a scientist: discussion BRING YOUR DISSECTION KIT TO LAB	Animal Diversity I Chapter 7 in Photographic Atlas 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. Background on animal body plans, etc. Review page 1108L DVD Dissection Tools Invertebrates Introduction Clam Dissection Annelids Scientific method Thinking like a scientist, part 4. Read before lab Scientific article to read for worksheet assignment Worksheet on discussions Assignments due in lab: Flowers and Trees Workbook Results worksheet
February 16	LAB PRACTICAL I	Assignments due in lab: Discussion worksheet
February 23	Animal Diversity: Invertebrates II	Animal Diversity II Chapter 7 in Photographic Atlas Invertebrate I ID sheet (same as previous) Invertebrate chart - this is an Excel spreadsheet. You will have to copy the pages to make enough spaces for all the organisms. Review page 1108L DVD Crayfish dissection Grasshopper anatomy
March 2	Animal Diversity: Deuterostomes EcoBeaker Keystone Predator BRING YOUR COMPUTER TO LAB	Animal Diversity Chapter 7 in Photographic Atlas ID sheet Snail Experiment Background & protocol Lab report guidelines Guidelines/suggestions for developing your group experiment are listed at the end of the background document
Last Day to Withdraw Without Academic Penalty - Friday March 6th
March 9-15 - Spring Break - No Classes
March 16	Plant Structure & Function BRING A FLOWER OR PLANT CUTTING TO CLASS	Plant Structure Plant structure exercises Report (for Dr. Musolf's class only) Chapter 6 in Photographic Atlas Exercises Assignments due in lab: Lab report on snail experiment is due Keystone predator workbook due Be prepared to discuss your group experiment protocol with you instructor
March 23	LAB PRACTICAL II	Assignments due in lab: Group experiment hypothesis and protocol
March 30	Group experiments BRING NEEDED MATERIALS FOR EXPERIMENT
April 6	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
April 13	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: Write up of snail experiment
April 20	Review day - attendance is required BRING YOUR DISSECTION KIT TO LAB	Review for practical 3, finish dissections, etc.
April 27	Lab Practical III

Course Schedule