BISC110/S13:Schedule

BISC110/112 S13 Lab Calendar

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Jan. 28 Lab 1	Jan. 29 Lab 1	Jan. 30 Lab 1	Jan. 31 Lab 1	Feb. 1 Lab 1
Feb. 4 Lab 2	Feb. 5 Lab 2	Feb. 6 Lab 2	Feb. 7 Lab 2	Feb. 8 Lab 2
Feb. 11 Lab 3	Feb. 12 Lab 3	Feb. 13 Lab 3	Feb. 14 Lab 3	Feb. 15 Lab 3
Feb. 18 Presidents' Day NO LAB	Feb. 19 Monday Schedule Lab 4	Feb. 20 Lab 4	Feb. 21 Lab 4	Feb. 22 Lab 4
Feb. 25 Lab 5 Workshop	Feb. 26 Lab 4	Feb. 27 Lab 5 Workshop	Feb. 28 Lab 5 Workshop	Mar. 1 Lab 5 Workshop
Mar. 4 Lab 6	Mar. 5 Lab 5/6 Workshop	Mar. 6 Lab 6	Mar. 7 Lab 6	Mar. 8 Lab 6
Mar. 11 Lab 7	Mar. 12 Lab 7	Mar. 13 Lab 7	Mar. 14 Lab 7	Mar. 15 Lab 7
Mar. 18 Spring Break	Mar. 19 Spring Break	Mar. 20 Spring Break	Mar. 21 Spring Break	Mar. 22 Spring Break
Mar. 25 Lab 8 Workshop	Mar. 26 Lab 8 Workshop	Mar. 27 Lab 8 Workshop	Mar. 28 Lab 8 Workshop	Mar. 29 Lab 8 Workshop
Apr. 1 Lab 9	Apr. 2 Lab 9	Apr. 3 Lab 9	Apr. 4 Lab 9	Apr. 5 Lab 9
Apr. 8 Lab 10	Apr. 9 Lab 10	Apr. 10 Lab 10	Apr. 11 Lab 10	Apr. 12 Lab 10
Apr. 15 Patriot's Day	Apr. 16 Lab 11 Workshop	Apr. 17 Lab 11 Workshop	Apr. 18 Lab 11 Workshop	Apr. 19 Lab 11 Workshop
Apr. 22 Lab 11 Workshop	Apr. 23 NO LAB	Apr. 24 Rhulman NO LAB	Apr. 25 NO LAB	Apr. 26 NO LAB
Apr. 29 Lab 12 Practical	Apr. 30 Lab 12 Practical	May 1 Lab 12 Practical	May 2 Lab 12 Practical	May 3 Lab 12 Practical
May 6 NO LAB	May 7 NO LAB	May 8 NO LAB	May 9	May 10

Schedule of Experiments

Section	Lab #	Activities
1	1-5	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	6-8	Genetics: DNA extraction, Visualization by agarose gel electrophoresis; Genotype/phenotype via Taster SNP data collection and analysis; Scientific Writing & Effective figure design
3	8-11	Photosynthesis: Spectrophotometry: Beer-Lambert Law, Linear regression analysis; Hill Reaction: Self-designed investigation of factors affecting photosystems
Lab Practical	12	Hands-on skills assessment:

Lab Graded Assignments

Lab Assigned	Lab Due	Assignment description	Point Value (Total 200)
1	2	Practice Problems	10
2	3	Writing Assignment	5
3	4	Figure & Questions (10)	15
4	5	Oral presentation: Results, original figure & legend; Journal article discussion	10
5	6	Lab notebook check (ungraded); Partial Scientific Paper(25)	25
6	7	SNP Taster Questions	5
7	8	Draft figures/tables & outline of Taster paper	5
8	9	Taster Scientific Paper (all but M&M)	35
9	10	M&M (5pt); Finalize Self-Design Experiment Hill Rxn.(ungraded)	5
10	11	Draft Introduction & Discussion and slides of figures/captions for Science Writing Workshop	5
11	12 (or on day indicated in calendar)	Scientific Paper: Factor Affecting Rate of Photosynthesis	35
12	12	Lab Notebook Check (10) Lab Practical:Hands-on skills assessment (35)	45
Other	-	Discretionary Points Preparation & Participation	5