BISC 111/113:Calendar and Assignments: Difference between revisions

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BISC 111/113: Introductory Organismal Biology

Statistics and Graphing Science Writing Guidelines

Lab 1: Biodiversity Lab 2: Population Growth Labs 3-6: Plant Biology Labs 7-9: Animal Biology
Lab 10: Laboratory Exam Lab 11: Population Growth 2 Lab 12: Beetle Presentations


Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Sep. 2 No lab	Sep. 3 Lab 1	Sep. 4 Lab 1	Sep. 5 Lab 1	Sep. 6 Lab 1
Sep. 9 Lab 1	Sep. 10 Lab 2	Sep. 11 Lab 2	Sep. 12 Lab 2	Sep. 13 Lab 2
Sep. 16 Lab 2	Sep. 17 Lab 3	Sep. 18 Lab 3	Sep. 19 Lab 3	Sep. 20 Lab 3
Sep. 23 Lab 3	Sep. 24 Lab 4	Sep. 25 Lab 4	Sep. 26 Lab 4	Sep. 27 Lab 4
Sep. 30 Lab 4	Oct. 1 Lab 5	Oct. 2 Lab 5	Oct. 3 Lab 5	Oct. 4 Lab 5
Mar. 4 Lab 5	Mar. 5 Lab 5	Mar. 6 No Lab	Mar. 7 Lab 5	Mar. 8 lab 5
Mar. 11 Lab 6	Mar. 12 Lab 6	Mar. 13 No Lab	Mar. 14 Lab 6	Mar. 15 Lab 6
Mar. 18 Spring Break	Mar. 19 Spring Break	Mar. 20 Spring Break	Mar. 21 Spring Break	Mar. 22 Spring Break
Mar. 25 Lab 7	Mar. 26 Lab 7	Mar. 27 No Lab	Mar. 28 Lab 7	Mar. 29 Lab 7
Apr. 1 Lab 8	Apr. 2 Lab 8	Apr. 3 No Lab	Apr. 4 Lab 8	Apr. 5 Lab 8
Apr. 8 Lab 9	Apr. 9 Lab 9	Apr. 10 No Lab	Apr. 11 Lab 9	Apr. 12 Lab 9
Apr. 15 No Classes Patriot's Day	Apr. 16 No Lab	Apr. 17 No Lab	Apr. 18 No Lab	Apr. 19 Lab 10 Practical
Apr. 22 Lab 11	Apr. 23 Lab 11	Apr. 24 Ruhlman	Apr. 25 Lab 11	Apr. 26 Lab 11
Apr. 29 Lab 12	Apr. 30 Lab 12	May 1 No Lab	May 2 Lab 12	May 3 Lab 12
May 6 No Lab	May 7 No Lab	May 8 last day of classes


Section	Lab #	Activities
1	1	Biodiversity
2	2	Population Growth: Designing the Experiment
3	3-5	Plant Biology: Transpiration, Anatomy, Photosynthesis
2	6	Population Growth: Generation 2
4	7-9	Animal Biology: Vertebrate Anatomy, Circulation and Respiration, Nerve Transmission
4	10	Lab Practical
2	11-12	Population Growth: Analysis


Lab Assigned	Lab Due	Assignment description	Point Value (Total 200)
1	2	Diversity pie charts with captions (ungraded) .	0
2	3	Description of Tribolium experiment (PPT) (10) Column graphs (Tribolium archives) with caption, results text narrative and statistics embedded in the narrative (10)	20
2	3	Oral presentation: Key characteristics of your plant	10
3	4	Transpiration in plants	20
4	5	Plant anatomy	20
5	6	Photosynthesis	10
5	6	Oral presentation: Plant experiments (see instructor)	10
8	9	Scatterplot of heart and breathing rates on one figure with 2 axes with caption, results text and brief discussion.	10
7, 8, 9	10	Lab practical	40
11	12	Oral presentation: Tribolium experiment	10
12	Last day of classes	Tribolium research paper (see instructor)	40
Other		Discretionary points for punctuality, preparation, & participation	10

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-| Feb. 18 <br>'''No classes'''
+| Sep. 23 <br>'''Lab 3'''
-| Feb. 19 <br>'''Lab 3 <br>Mon sched.''' || Feb. 20 <br>'''No Lab''' ||  Feb. 21 <br>'''No Lab''' || Feb. 22 <br>'''make up lab'''  ||
+| Sep. 24 <br>'''Lab 4''' || Sep. 25 <br>'''Lab 4''' ||  Sep. 26 <br>'''Lab 4''' || Sep. 27 <br>'''Lab 4'''  ||
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-| Feb. 25 <br>'''Lab 4''' <br>
+| Sep. 30 <br>'''Lab 4''' <br>
-|Feb. 26 <br>'''Lab 4''' || Feb. 27 <br>'''No Lab''' ||  Feb 28<br>'''Lab 4''' || Mar. 1 <br>'''Lab 4''' ||
+|Oct. 1 <br>'''Lab 5''' || Oct. 2 <br>'''Lab 5''' ||  Oct. 3 <br>'''Lab 5''' || Oct. 4 <br>'''Lab 5''' ||
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 |Mar. 4 <br>'''Lab 5 '''<br>