August 30, September 1 | No Lab |
September 6, 8 | Taxonomy and Tree Identification |
September 13, 15 | Food Chains, Food Webs, Trophic Levels |
September 20, 22 |
Population Biology
I |
September 27, 29 |
Population Biology
II |
October 4, 6 |
Stream Ecology |
October 11, 13 |
The Cell |
October 18, 20 |
Cells and Osmosis |
October 25, 27 | Fermentation |
N |
Inheritance I –
Genetics Problems |
November 8, 10 |
Inheritance II – Genetics Problems |
November 15, 17 |
Classification and
Evolution |
November 22, 24 |
No Lab: Thanksgiving Week |
November 29, December 1 |
The Evolution Game |
December 6, 8 |
Supplemental
Reading Assignment |
In
general, a lab test will be given at the beginning of each lab on the preceding
lab. Each lab test will be worth 10
lab points and will consist of questions in different formats, depending on the
material. Twelve lab tests will be
given and the lowest score will be dropped - giving 110 lab points for those
tests. (However, your lab grade for the Classification and Evolution lab will be based on your work in the lab, will
count as one lab test, and no lab test will be given the following lab.) The supplemental reading
assignment is due during the last lab period and is worth 25 lab points.
Your final lab grade will be a percentage score based on the total of 135
lab points, i.e., your lab grade will be (lab points earned)/135.
(Note that the supplemental reading assignment counts 25/135 = 18.52% of
your lab grade.) The lab grade
counts 25% of your final course grade.
(No lab test on the previous lab will be given on October 4th or 6th to give
more time for the Stream Ecology Lab, however TWO lab tests will then be given
at the beginning of the next lab on October 11th or 13th.) Although makeup tests are not available for the lecture part of the
course, you may take an essay makeup test for any lab test you miss during the
semester at the end of your last lab of the semester, i.e., when the class has
finished with the supplemental reading oral presentations.
A person arriving late for lab has missed the lab test if the first lab
test paper has been handed in already.
Note: The lab schedule is subject to change based on the weather, however plan to attend lab whatever the weather.
Supplemental Reading Assignment: Your Inner Fish 2009 by Neil Shubin (ISBN: 0307277453). See separate set of instructions.
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