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[[BISC 111/113 | <font face="trebuchet ms" style="color:#2171B7"> '''Introduction to Organismal Biology Lab''' </font>]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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==BISC111/113 Fall 2011 Lab Calendar==
==BISC 111/113 Spring 2014 Lab Calendar==
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! &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Monday  &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;     !!&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   Tuesday &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   !! Wednesday !!  &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thursday&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   !!&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   Friday &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  
! &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Monday  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;     !!&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;   Tuesday  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;   !!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wednesday &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; !!&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Thursday  &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; !!&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;   Friday  &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
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| August 29 <br> <br>  
| Jan. 27 <br>'''Lab 1'''<br>  
| August 30 <br>'''No Lab''' || August 31  <br> '''Lab 1''' || September 1  <br> '''Lab 1''' || September 2 <br>'''Lab 1''' ||  
| Jan. 28 <br>'''Lab 1''' || Jan. 29 <br> '''No Lab''' || Jan. 30 <br> '''Lab 1''' || Jan. 31 <br>'''Lab 1''' ||  
|-
|-
| September 5 <br>'''Labor Day'''<br>'''No Classes'''
| Feb. 3 <br>'''Lab 2'''
| September 6 <br> <br> '''Lab 1''' || September 7 <br>'''Monday Schedule'''<br>'''Lab 1'''|| September 8 <br> <br>'''Lab 2'''<br> || September 9 <br> <br>'''Lab 2'''<br> ||   
| Feb. 4 <br> '''Lab 2''' || Feb. 5 <br> '''No Lab''' || Feb. 6 <br>'''Lab 2''' || Feb. 7 <br>'''Lab 2'''||   
|-
|-
| September 12 <br>'''Lab 2'''
|Feb. 10 <br>'''Lab 3'''
| September 13 <br>'''Lab 2''' || September 14 <br>'''Lab 2''' || September 15 <br>'''Lab 3''' || September 16 <br>'''Lab 3''' ||   
|Feb. 11 <br>'''Lab 3''' || Feb. 12 <br> '''No Lab''' || Feb. 13 <br>'''Lab 3''' || Feb. 14 <br>'''Lab 3''' ||   
|-
|-
| September 19 <br>'''Lab 3'''
| Feb. 17 <br>'''No Lab'''
| September 20 <br>'''Lab 3'''<br> || September 21 <br>'''Lab 3''' ||  September 22 <br>'''Lab 4''' || September 23 <br>'''Lab 4'''  ||   
| Feb. 18 <br>'''Lab 4''' || Feb. 19 <br> '''No Lab''' ||  Feb. 20 <br>'''Lab 4''' || Feb. 21 <br>'''Lab 4'''  ||   
|-
|-
| September 26 <br>'''Lab 4''' <br>
|Feb. 24 <br>'''Lab 4''' <br>
|September 27 <br>'''Lab 4''' || September 28 <br>'''Lab 4''' ||  September29 <br>'''Lab 5''' || September 30 <br>'''Lab 5''' ||   
|Feb. 25 <br>'''Lab 5''' || Feb. 26 <br> '''No Lab''' ||  Feb. 27 <br>'''Lab 5''' || Feb. 28 <br>'''Lab 5''' ||   
|-
|-
|October 3 <br>'''Lab 5'''  
|March 3 <br>'''Lab 5 '''<br>
| October 4 <br>'''Lab 5''' || October 5 <br> '''Lab 5''' ||  October 6 <br> '''No Lab'''|| October 7 <br> '''No Lab'''||   
|March 4 <br>'''Lab 6''' || March 5 <br> '''No Lab''' ||  March 6 <br> '''Lab 6'''|| March 7 <br> ''' lab 6'''||   
|-
|-
|October 10 <br>'''Fall Break'''<br>'''No Classes'''
|March 10 <br>'''Lab 6'''
| October 11 <br>'''Fall Break'''<br>'''No Classes''' || October 12 <br> <br>'''Lab 6''' || October 13 <br> <br>'''Lab 6''' || October 14 <br> <br>'''Lab 6'''||   
|March 11 <br>'''Lab 7''' || March 12 <br> '''No Lab''' || March 13 <br>'''Lab 7''' || March 14 <br>'''Lab 7'''||   
|-
|-
|October 17 <br>'''Lab 6'''
|March 17 <br>'''Lab 7''' || March 18 <br>'''No Lab''' || March 19 <br>'''No Lab'''|| March 20 <br>'''Spring Break''' || March 21 <br>'''Spring Break'''||   
| October 18 <br>'''Lab 6''' || October 19 <br>'''Lab 7'''|| October 20 <br>'''Lab 7''' || October 21 <br>'''Lab 7 '''||   
|-
|-
|October 24 <br>'''Lab 7'''
|March 24 <br>'''Spring Break'''
| October 25 <br> '''Lab 7/8''' || October 26 <br> '''Lab 8''' || October 27 <br> '''Lab 8'''|| October 28 <br> '''Lab 8'''||   
|March 25 <br> '''Spring Break''' || March 26 <br> '''Spring Break''' || March 27 <br> '''Spring Break'''|| March 28 <br> '''Spring Break'''||   
|-
|-
|October 31 <br><br> '''Lab 8'''
|March 31 <br> '''Lab 8'''
| November 1 <br>'''Tanner''' <br>'''No Classes'''|| November 2 <br> <br>'''Lab 9''' || November 3 <br> <br>'''Lab 9''' || November 4<br> <br>'''Lab 9'''||   
|April 1 <br>'''Lab 8''' || April 2 <br> '''No Lab''' || April 3 <br>'''Lab 8''' || April 4 <br>'''Lab 8'''||   
|-
|-
|November 7 <br><br> '''Lab 9'''
|April 7 <br> '''Lab 9'''
|November 8 <br><br>'''Lab 8/9''' || November 9 <br><br>'''No lab''' || November 10<br> <br>'''No lab''' || November 11 <br>'''Lab Practical'''<br>'''Lab 10 for all'''||
|April 8 <br>'''Lab 9''' || April 9 <br> '''No Lab''' || April 10 <br>'''Lab 9''' || April 11 <br>'''Lab 9'''||  
|-
|-
| November 14<br> '''Lab 11'''
|April 14 <br> '''Lab 10'''
| November 15 <br>'''Lab 11''' || November 16 <br>'''Lab 11''' || November 17 <br>'''Lab 11''' || November 18 <br>'''Lab 11'''||
|April 15 <br>'''Lab 10''' || April 16 <br> '''No Lab''' || April 17 <br>'''Lab 10''' || April 18 <br>'''Lab 10'''||  
|-
|-
| November 21 <br> <br>'''No lab'''
|April 21 <br> '''No Lab''' <br> '''Patriot's Day'''
| November 22 <br> <br> '''No lab''' || November 23 <br>'''Thanksgiving <br> Break''' || November 24 <br>'''Thanksgiving <br> Break '''|| November 25 <br> '''Thanksgiving <br> Break'''||
|April 22 <br>'''No Lab''' <br> '''Monday Sch.''' || April 23 <br> '''No Lab''' || April 24 <br>'''Lab 11'''|| April 25 <br>'''Lab 11'''||
|-
|-
| November 28 <br>'''Lab 12'''
|April 28 <br>'''Lab 11'''  
| November 29 <br>'''Lab 12''' || November 30 <br>'''Lab 12'''   || December 1 <br>'''Lab 12''' || December 12 <br>'''Lab 12'''|| 
|April 29 <br>'''Lab 11''' || April 30 <br>'''Ruhlman''' || May 1 <br>'''Lab 12'''|| May 2 <br> '''Lab 12'''||   
|-
|December 5 <br> '''No lab'''
|December 6 <br> '''No lab''' || December 7  <br>'''No lab''' || December 8 <br>  <br> || December 9 <br> <br> ||   
|-
|-
|May 5 <br>'''Lab 12'''
|May 6 <br>'''Lab 12''' || May 7 <br> '''No Lab''' || May 8 <br> '''No Lab''' || May 9 <br> '''No Lab'''|| 
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!3
!3
| 3-6
| 3-5
|Plant Biology: Transpiration, Anatomy, Photosynthesis
|Plant Biology: Transpiration, Anatomy, Photosynthesis
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!2
!2
| 11-12
| 11-12
|Population Growth: Generation 3 and Analysis
|Population Growth: Analysis
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=='''Lab Assignments'''==
 
=='''Lab Graded Assignments'''==
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! Lab Assigned !! Lab Due !! Assignment<br> description !! Point Value <br>(Total 200)
! Lab Assigned !! Lab Due !! Assignment description !! Point Value <br>(Total 200)
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! 1
! 1
| 1
| Diversity pie charts (ungraded)
| 0
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! 2
! 2
| 3
| Diversity pie charts with captions (ungraded)<br> Pre-Lab 2 quiz (ungraded)
| Preliminary Materials and Methods text for your experiment (10)<br> Column graph of <i>Tribolium</i> means ± SD from historical data, with a short descriptive text (10).
! 0
| 20
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! 2
! 2
| 3
! 3
| Oral presentation: Key characteristics of your plant, by bench group
| Column graphs (<i>Tribolium</i> archives) with caption, results narrative and statistics embedded in the narrative  (10)<br> Oral presentation: Key characteristics of your plant (10)<br> Pre-Lab 3 quiz (4)
| 10
!24
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|-
! 3
! 3
| 4
! 4
| Column graph of transpiration rates with Results text including ANOVA results
| Transpiration in plants: Graphs and text (10)<br> Pre-Lab 4 quiz (4)
| 10
!14
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! 4
! 4
| 5
! 5
| Composite photo of epidermal peels and cross-sections (10)<br> Column graph of conductance indices of all four species (10).
| Plant anatomy: Composite figure and stomatal conductance (10)<br> Pre-Lab 5 quiz (4)
| 20
!14
|-
|-
! 5
! 5
| 6
! 6
| Scattergraph of CO<sub>2</sub> consumption versus light intensity (10)<br> Independent choice graph relating data from two labs (10)
| Photosynthesis: Carbon dioxide exchange rate as a function of light intensity (10)<br> Oral presentation: Plant experiments (10)<br> Plant discussion text (10)  
| 20
!30
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|-
! 5
! 6
| 6
! 7
| Oral Presentation
| <i>Tribolium</i> experiment methods section text (10)
| 10
!10
|-
|-
!7
! 8
! 8
| 9
| Pre-Lab 8 quiz (4)
| Scatterplot of heart and breathing rates
!4
| 10
|-
|-
! 8
! 9
! 9
| 10
| Scatterplot of heart and breathing rates and text (10)<br> Pre-Lab 9 quiz (4)
|Table of nerve conduction velocities in human, frog, and earthworm
!14
| 5
|-
|-
!7, 8, 9
!7, 8, 9
| 10
! 10
| Lab Practical
| Lab practical
| 35
!40
|-
|-
! 11
! 11
| 12
! 12
|Oral presentation of <i>Tribolium</i> experiment
|Oral presentation: <i>Tribolium</i> experiment
| 11
!10
|-
|-
!12  
!12  
|Last day of classes
!Last day of classes
|<i>Tribolium</i> lab report
|<i>Tribolium</i> research paper
|35
!40
|-
! Other
| -
| Discretionary Points <br> Preparation & Participation
| 5
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Revision as of 12:25, 15 January 2014

BISC 111/113: Introductory Organismal Biology

BISC 111/113 Spring 2014 Lab Calendar

       Monday               Tuesday             Wednesday               Thursday                 Friday         
Jan. 27
Lab 1
 Jan. 28
Lab 1		 Jan. 29
No Lab		 Jan. 30
Lab 1		 Jan. 31
Lab 1
Feb. 3
Lab 2 		Feb. 4
Lab 2		 Feb. 5
No Lab		 Feb. 6
Lab 2		 Feb. 7
Lab 2
Feb. 10
Lab 3 		Feb. 11
Lab 3		 Feb. 12
No Lab		 Feb. 13
Lab 3		 Feb. 14
Lab 3
Feb. 17
No Lab 		Feb. 18
Lab 4		 Feb. 19
No Lab		 Feb. 20
Lab 4		 Feb. 21
Lab 4
Feb. 24
Lab 4
Feb. 25
Lab 5		 Feb. 26
No Lab		 Feb. 27
Lab 5		 Feb. 28
Lab 5
March 3
Lab 5
March 4
Lab 6		 March 5
No Lab		 March 6
Lab 6		 March 7
lab 6
March 10
Lab 6 		March 11
Lab 7		 March 12
No Lab		 March 13
Lab 7		 March 14
Lab 7
March 17
Lab 7		 March 18
No Lab		 March 19
No Lab		 March 20
Spring Break		 March 21
Spring Break
March 24
Spring Break 		March 25
Spring Break		 March 26
Spring Break		 March 27
Spring Break		 March 28
Spring Break
March 31
Lab 8 		April 1
Lab 8		 April 2
No Lab		 April 3
Lab 8		 April 4
Lab 8
April 7
Lab 9 		April 8
Lab 9		 April 9
No Lab		 April 10
Lab 9		 April 11
Lab 9
April 14
Lab 10 		April 15
Lab 10		 April 16
No Lab		 April 17
Lab 10		 April 18
Lab 10
April 21
No Lab
Patriot's Day 		April 22
No Lab
Monday Sch.		 April 23
No Lab		 April 24
Lab 11		 April 25
Lab 11
April 28
Lab 11 		April 29
Lab 11		 April 30
Ruhlman		 May 1
Lab 12		 May 2
Lab 12
May 5
Lab 12 		May 6
Lab 12		 May 7
No Lab		 May 8
No Lab		 May 9
No Lab


Schedule of Experiments

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 Assignments

Lab Assigned Lab Due Assignment description Point Value
(Total 200)
1 2 Diversity pie charts with captions (ungraded)
Pre-Lab 2 quiz (ungraded) 		0
2 3 Column graphs (Tribolium archives) with caption, results narrative and statistics embedded in the narrative (10)
Oral presentation: Key characteristics of your plant (10)
Pre-Lab 3 quiz (4) 		24
3 4 Transpiration in plants: Graphs and text (10)
Pre-Lab 4 quiz (4) 		14
4 5 Plant anatomy: Composite figure and stomatal conductance (10)
Pre-Lab 5 quiz (4) 		14
5 6 Photosynthesis: Carbon dioxide exchange rate as a function of light intensity (10)
Oral presentation: Plant experiments (10)
Plant discussion text (10) 		30
6 7 Tribolium experiment methods section text (10) 10
7 8 Pre-Lab 8 quiz (4) 4
8 9 Scatterplot of heart and breathing rates and text (10)
Pre-Lab 9 quiz (4) 		14
7, 8, 9 10 Lab practical 40
11 12 Oral presentation: Tribolium experiment 10
12 Last day of classes Tribolium research paper 40


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