BISC 111/113:Calendar and Assignments
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BISC111/113 Fall 2011 Lab Calendar
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
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August 29 |
August 30 No Lab |
August 31 Lab 1 |
September 1 Lab 1 |
September 2 Lab 1 |
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September 5 Labor Day No Classes |
September 6 Lab 1 |
September 7 Monday Schedule Lab 1 |
September 8 Lab 2 |
September 9 Lab 2 |
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September 12 Lab 2 |
September 13 Lab 2 |
September 14 Lab 2 |
September 15 Lab 3 |
September 16 Lab 3 |
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September 19 Lab 3 |
September 20 Lab 3 |
September 21 Lab 3 |
September 22 Lab 4 |
September 23 Lab 4 |
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September 26 Lab 4 |
September 27 Lab 4 |
September 28 Lab 4 |
September29 Lab 5 |
September 30 Lab 5 |
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October 3 Lab 5 |
October 4 Lab 5 |
October 5 Lab 5 |
October 6 No Lab |
October 7 No Lab |
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October 10 Fall Break No Classes |
October 11 Fall Break No Classes |
October 12 Lab 6 |
October 13 Lab 6 |
October 14 Lab 6 |
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October 17 Lab 6 |
October 18 Lab 6 |
October 19 Lab 7 |
October 20 Lab 7 |
October 21 Lab 7 |
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October 24 Lab 7 |
October 25 Lab 7 |
October 26 Lab 8 |
October 27 Lab 8 |
October 28 Lab 8 |
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October 31 Lab 8 |
November 1 Tanner-No Classes *see below |
November 2 Lab 9 |
November 3 Lab 9 |
November 4 Lab 9 |
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November 7 Lab 9 |
November 8 Lab 9 |
November 9 No lab |
November 10 No lab |
November 11 Lab Practical Lab 10 for all |
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November 14 Lab 11 |
November 15 Lab 11 |
November 16 Lab 11 |
November 17 Lab 11 |
November 18 Lab 11 |
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November 21 No lab |
November 22 No lab |
November 23 Thanksgiving Break |
November 24 Thanksgiving Break |
November 25 Thanksgiving Break |
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November 28 Lab 12 |
November 29 Lab 12 |
November 30 Lab 12 |
December 1 Lab 12 |
December 12 Lab 12 |
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December 5 No lab |
December 6 No lab |
December 7 No lab |
December 8 |
December 9 |
* For the Tuesday section, lab 8 will be made up on another day/time during the week agreed upon by the class. This will be discussed further during the first lab of the semester.
Schedule of Experiments
Section | Lab # | Activities |
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1 | 1 | Biodiversity |
2 | 2 | Population Growth: Designing the Experiment |
3 | 3-6 | 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: Generation 3 and Analysis |
Lab Graded Assignments
Lab Assigned | Lab Due | Assignment description |
Point Value (Total 200) | |
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1 | 1 | Diversity pie charts (ungraded) | 0 | |
2 | 3 | Description of Tribolium experiment (PPT) (10) Column graphs with descriptive text and statistics (Tribolium data) (10) |
20 | |
2 | 3 | Oral presentation: Key characteristics of your plant | 10 | |
3 | 4 | Column graph of transpiration rates with Results text | 10 | |
4 | 5 | Composite photo of epidermal peels and cross-sections (10) Column graph of conductance indices of all four species (10). |
20 | |
5 | 6 | Scattergraph of CO2 consumption versus light intensity (10) Independent choice graph relating data from two labs (10) |
20 | |
5 | 6 | Oral Presentation: Plant experiments | 10 | |
8 | 9 | Scatterplot of heart and breathing rates | 10 | |
9 | 10 | Table of nerve conduction velocities in human, frog, and earthworm | 5 | |
7, 8, 9 | 10 | Lab Practical | 35 | |
11 | 12 | Oral presentation: Tribolium experiment | 10 | |
12 | Last day of classes | Tribolium lab paper | 35 | |
Other | Discretionary Points for preparation & participation | 10 |