Bio 7 Laboratory: Introduction to the Science on Biology Fall, 2005 Michael Wenzel mtwenzel@pdqnet.com Ofc: Squ 528 278-6883 Ofc Hrs: MW 10:30-11:00 AM, TR 12-1 PM or appt Required Texts: Bio 7 Laboratory Guide, by Melanie Loo, Elaine Kent, and Jennifer Lundmark Course Format: The course will be conducted with three hours of laboratory activities per week. Your work in the lab will be evaluated by means of laboratory worksheets. Students will work in their table groups to complete a lab worksheet. One laboratory worksheet is required from each group and all group members must sign the submitted worksheet in order to receive credit for it. All group members will receive the same score. If you are absent from a laboratory, you will receive half credit the first day and zero credit the second day. Each table group will carry out an investigation project. The group will frame a testable question and then design, conduct, interpret, and communicate an investigation designed to answer the question. Your results will be written up as a report and will also be presented orally to the lab class. This assignment will allow you to practice scientific investigation and pursue a biological question of interest to the group. The project is described in more detail in the lab manual and I will be giving more detailed instructions in class. Evaluation Your grade will be based (depending on your instructor) on lecture examinations, assignments and laboratory worksheets. Points Laboratory Worksheets 125 Peer Evaluation Forms 30 Investigation Report (written and oral) 55 _______ Total Points 180 Grades Grades will be based on the percentage of total points achieved and are combined with your lecture points. Bio Sci 7 Laboratory Schedule, Fall 2005 Week Topic Reading 8/29-30/05 Introduction to Lab, Measurements Lab 1 8/31-9/1/05 Classification of Organisms, Taxonomic Key Lab 3 9/5-6/05 No Lab, Labor Day Holiday 9/7-8/05 Survey of Organisms in the Soil Lab 4 9/12-13/05 DNA Isolation, Mutagenesis Lab 5 9/14-15/05 Factors Affecting Enzymatic Proteins’ Activities Lab 6 9/19-20/05 Introduction to Microscopy Lab 7 9/21-22/05 More about Cells Lab 8 9/26-27/05 Cellular Respiration: Statistical Significance Lab 9 9/28-28/05 Cellular Reproduction Lab10 10/3-4/05 Photosynthesis Lab 11 10/05-6/05 Plant Structures Lab 12 10/10-11/05 Plant Organs Lab 13 10/12-13/05 Animal Tissues and Organs Lab 14 10/17-18/05 Invertebrate Structures Lab 15 10/19-20/05 Homeostasis: Maintaining Constant Conditions Lab 16 10/24-25/05 Sensing and Responding Lab 17 10/26-27/05 Investigating Adaptive Behaviors Lab 18 10/31-11/1/05 Owl Pellets Lab 19 11/2-3/05 Overview of Communities and Ecosystems Lab 20 11/7-8/05 Planning Investigations Lab 21 11/9-10/05 Fruit fly F1 x F1 Crosses Lab 22 11/14-15/05 Conducting Investigations Lab 23 11/16-17/05 Conducting Investigations Lab 24 11/21-22/05 Human Genetics Lab 25 11/23-24/05 Thanksgiving Break 11/28-29/05 Analysis Offspring of Crosses Lab 26 11/30-12/1/05 Evolution and Natural Selection Lab 27 12/5-6/05 Human Evolution Lab 28 12/7-8/05 Student Reports of Investigations Lab 29