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.

Date	Lecture Topic	Reading Assignments
May 29 Lab 1	NOTE: FOR THIS WEEK, LAB WILL MEET ON FRIDAY (5/29) Lab introduction Lab Safety Thinking like a scientist: hypotheses Introduction to evolutionary ideas and the EvoBeaker Software Darwinian Snails 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 - due next lab period 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.
June 1 Lab 2	Introduction to the microscopes, beginning observations of protists Population Genetics: The Hardy-Weinberg Theorem EvoBeaker Software Sickle-cell Alleles Flowers and Trees 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 Population genetics & phylogenetics Evolution part 2 Assignments due in lab: Darwinian Snails Workbook Hypothesis worksheet
June 3 Lab 3	Fungi BRING YOUR COMPUTER TO LAB	Fungi Chapter 5 in Photographic Atlas Fungi diversity handout - read before lab Fungus ID sheet Fungus worksheet 1108L DVD
June 8 Lab 4	Thinking like a scientist: materials & methods Continued observation of protists and fungi BRING YOUR COMPUTER TO LAB	Scientific method Thinking like a scientist, part 2 - read before lab Methods worksheet Same ID sheets as previous weeks Assignments due in lab: Sickle-cell Alleles Workbook Protist worksheet quiz
June 10 Lab 5	Protists & Fungi BRING YOUR COMPUTER TO LAB	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 Assignments due in lab: Materials worksheet Fungus worksheet quiz
June 15	Open lab - review for practical
June 17	LAB PRACTICAL I
June 22 Lab 6	Thinking like a scientists: results Animal Diversity: Invertebrates I BRING YOUR DISSECTION KIT TO LAB	Scientific method Thinking like a scientist, part 3. Read before coming to lab. Results worksheet 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 every different organism that you observe in the invertebrate labs (whether it's in slides or dissections). Review page 1108L DVD Dissection Tools Invertebrates Introduction Clam Dissection Annelids Assignments due in lab: Flowers and Trees Workbook
June 24	No lab
Last Day to Withdraw Without Academic Penalty - Friday June 26
June 29 Lab 7	Thinking like a scientist: discussion Animal Diversity: Invertebrates II BRING YOUR DISSECTION KIT TO LAB	Scientific method Thinking like a scientist, part 4. Read before lab Scientific article to read for worksheet assignment Worksheet on discussions Animal Diversity II Chapter 7 in Photographic Atlas Invertebrate I ID sheet (same as previous lab) 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 Crayfish dissection Grasshopper anatomy Assignments due in lab: Results worksheet
July 1 Lab 8	Animal Diversity: Deuterostomes Snail Experiments EcoBeaker Keystone Predator (bonus assignment) 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 Assignments due in lab: Discussion worksheet
July 6 Lab 9	Plant Structure & Function BRING A FLOWER OR PLANT CUTTING TO CLASS BRING YOUR COMPUTER TO LAB	Plant Structure Plant structure exercises Chapter 6 in Photographic Atlas Assignments due in lab: Invertebrate worksheet quiz Lab report on snail experiment is due at beginning of lab time (10:15 am). You are required to have a printed copy of the lab report turned in by 10:15. No electronic copies will be accepted. Be prepared to discuss your group experiment protocol with you instructor - you will turn in a protocol for grading on 7/8, so it's a good idea to talk to your instructor before then.
July 8	PRACTICAL 2	WE WILL NOT INCLUDE PLANTS ON THIS PRACTICAL Assignments due in lab: Group experiment hypothesis and protocol
July 13 Lab 10	Group experiments BRING NEEDED MATERIALS FOR EXPERIMENT	Instructions for experimental writeup Assignments due in lab: Keystone predator workbook due (bonus assignment - no late work will be accepted)
July 15 Lab 11	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
July 20 Lab 12	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 group's snail experiment
July 22 Lab 13	Vertebrate Anatomy III - finish items that were not seen in previous weeks - attendance is required for this lab. BRING YOUR DISSECTION KIT TO LAB	Review for practical 3, finish dissections, etc.
July 27	LAB PRACTICAL 3

Course Schedule