BISC110/F09:Schedule

BISC110 F09 Lab Calendar

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Sept. 7 Labor Day Holiday	Sept. 8 Lab 1	Sept. 9 Lab 1	Sept. 10 Lab 1	Sept. 11 Lab 1
Sept. 14 Lab 1	Sept. 15 Lab 2	Sept. 16 Lab 2	Sept. 17 Lab 2	Sept. 18 Lab 2
Sept. 21 Lab 2	Sept. 22 Lab 3	Sept. 23 Lab 3	Sept. 24 Lab 3	Sept. 25 Lab 3
Sept. 28 Lab 3	Sept. 29 Lab 4	Sept. 30 Lab 4	Oct. 1 Lab 4	Oct. 2 Lab 4
Oct. 5 Lab 4	Oct. 6 Lab 5	Oct. 7 Lab 5	Oct. 8 Lab 5	Oct. 9 Lab 5
Oct. 12 Fall Break No Lab	Oct. 13 No Lab	Oct. 14 Wed. follows Mon. Schedule Lab 5	Oct. 15 No Lab	Oct. 16 No Lab
Oct. 19 Lab 6	Oct. 20 Lab 6	Oct. 21 Lab 6	Oct. 22 Lab 6	Oct. 23 Lab 6
Oct. 26 Lab 7	Oct. 27 Lab 7	Oct. 28 Lab 7	Oct. 29 Lab 7	Oct. 30 Lab 7
Nov. 2 Lab 8	Nov. 3 Tanner Conference No Lab	Nov. 4 Lab 8	Nov. 5 Lab 8	Nov. 6 Lab 8
Nov. 9 No Lab	Nov. 10 Lab 8	Nov. 11 Lab 9	Nov. 12 Lab 9	Nov. 13 Lab 9
Nov. 16 Lab 9	Nov. 17 Lab 9	Nov. 18 Lab 10	Nov. 19 Lab 10	Nov. 20 Lab 10
Nov. 23 Lab 10	Nov. 24 Lab 10	Nov. 25 No Lab	Nov. 26 Thanksgiving Holiday	Nov. 27 Thanksgiving Holiday No Lab
Nov. 30 Lab 11	Dec. 1 Lab 11	Dec. 2 Lab 11	Dec. 3 Lab 11	Dec. 4 Lab 11
Dec. 7 Lab 12	Dec. 8 Lab 12	Dec. 9 Lab 12	Dec. 10 Lab 12	Dec. 11 Lab 12

Schedule of Experiments

Section	Lab #	Activities
1	1-4	Boot Camp: Metric Measurement; Using Basic Lab Equipment; Making Solutions and Dilutions; Microscopy; Scientific Investigation; Designing & Executing Experiments; Data Analysis & Display; Statistical parameters; Scientific Writing
2	5-7	Genetics: DNA extraction, Visualization by agarose gel electrophoresis; Genotype/phenotype via Taster SNP data collection and analysis; Case study, ethics
3	8-10	Photosynthesis: Extraction of photosynthetic pigments; Spectrophotometry: Beer-Lambert Law, Linear regression analysis; Hill Reaction: Self-designed investigation of factors affecting photosystems
4	11	Gene Regulation/Enzymology: Invertase enzyme assay
Lab Practical	12	Hands-on skills assessment:

Lab Graded Assignments

Lab Assigned	Lab Due	Assignment description	Point Value (Total 200)
1	2	Practice Problems	5
2	3	Practice Problems	5
3	4	presentation original fig.(s) & legend; Journal article discussion	10?
4	5	Partial Scientific Paper (Results & Discussion)	25
5	6	Lab notebook check (ungraded)	10?
6	7		10?
7	8		15?
8	9	Design experiment Hill Rx.	Ungraded
9	10	Full Lab Report	35
10	11	Gene regulation/ Enzyme assay	??? (35?)
11	12	Lab Notebook Check	10
12	12	Lab Practical: Hands-on skills assessment & concept evaluation:	35
Other		Discretionary Points Preparation & Participation	5

BISC110 F09 Weekly Lab Planner

Section	Lab #	DATE	LAB DESCRIPTION	Assignment/Notes
1	1	Tues. 9/9- Mon. 9/14	Part 1: Metric Measurements- Practice conversions; Part 2: Basic Laboratory Equipment- Practice pipetting; Part 3: Making Solutions; Part 4: Microscopy; Part 5: Examination of Tetrahymena pyriformis Part 6: Making Dilutions; Part 7: Determination of Non-toxic Concentration of Cobalt Chloride or Cupric Chloride	Homework: Familiarize yourself with the information in the BISC110/F09:Resources section of the Lab wiki; Lab 1 Practice Problems downloadable here Media:Practice_Problems_Lab 1.doc There are animated tutorials available at the following link: Dilution Help Tutorials
1	2	Tue. Sept. 15- Mon. Sept 21	Part 1: Tetrahymena Behavior; Preparation of Ink Solutions; How Scientists Work-Observations & Hypothesis Generation; Part 2: Data Analysis; Accuracy vs. Precision; Statistical Parameters; Data Presentation Part3: Group Discussion & Hypothesis Generation	Homework: Finalize your experimental design for Lab 3 and email a detailed protocol to your instructor well before the next lab; Generate two figures with legends from your ink concentration experiment: one of one or more photographs of Tetrahymena and the other a graph of the data.
1	3	Tues. Sept. 22- Mon. Sept. 28	Part 1: Student Designed Experiments: Potential Inhibitors of Vacuole Formation	Homework: 5 minute oral presentation in PowerPoint of your data, including a figure and figure legend, summarizing your lab 3 experimental results. Read assigned journal article: Chiesa R., Silva W., Renaud F., Pharmacological characteristics of an opoid receptor in the ciliate Tetrahymena. J. Euk. Microbiol. 406(6) 1993, 800-804.[Link to Wellesley College Library]
1	4	Tues. Sept. 29- Oct. 5	Part 1: Scientific Writing Workshop with Journal Article Discussion Part 2: Figure Presentation Workshop Part 3: Finding Sources	Homework: Partial lab report: Title Page, Results, Discussion and References sections. Guidelines at:BISC110/F09:Resources; Science Writing peer-tutor appointment scheduling at: Wellesley College Writing Program Resources. Have Lab notebooks ready to be turned in for inspection after Lab 5. Read Lab 5 (first lab in Series 2, Genetics) Prepare a flow chart in your lab notebook of all Lab 5 experimental procedures.
2	5	Tues. Oct. 6- Wed. Oct. 14	Genetics: Taster SNP 1	Homework:
2	6	Mon. Oct. 19- Fri. Oct. 23	Genetics: Taster SNP 2	Homework:
2	7	Mon. Oct. 26- Fri. Oct. 30	Genetics: Taster SNP 3	Homework:
3	8	Mon. Nov. 2- Tues. Nov. 10	Photosynthesis 1: Photosynthetic pigments	Homework: Media:Assignment for Lab 8.doc Download Questions (Answers to be turned in next lab) through this link; Label your printed spectra and chromatogram, and write figure legends for them; In your lab notebook, prepare a flow chart for the Hill Reaction (Lab 9); Review the mechanisms of electron transport and proton flow in photosynthesis (use your textbook).
3	9	Wed. Nov. 11- Tues. Nov. 17	Photosynthesis 2: Hill Reaction
3	10	Wed. Nov. 18- Tues. Nov. 24	Photosynthesis 3: Investigation of variables affecting the Hill Reaction	Homework:
4	11	Mon. Nov. 30- Fri. Dec 4	Enzymology	Homework:
Skills Assessment	12	Mon. Dec. 7- Fri. Dec 11	Lab Practical	End of lab