GENERAL BIOLOGY LAB COURSE SCHEDULE

Fall 2007

Dr. Loree Gaines

(This is a tentative schedule, subject to change at any time.) 

Week Number

Exercise for Week

Date Assessment is Due

1

Introduction to the Lab and Exercise #2: The Scientific Method

8 AM Aug 28, 2007

2

Exercise #1:Introduction to Microscopes, Micropipetting, and the Metric System

8 AM Sep 4, 2007

3

Exercise #3: The Macromolecules Found in Living Cells

8 AM Sep 11, 2007

4

Exercise #4: Use of the Olympus Microscope, and Exercise #5: Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells - there will be one combined 20 point assessment for these two labs.

8 AM Sep 18, 2007

5

Exercise #6: The Effect of the Enzyme Amylase on Starch Digestion

8 AM Sep 25, 2007

6

Exercise #7: The Cell Cycle: Mitosis and Cytokinesis

8 AM Oct 2, 2007

7

Exercise #8: Meiosis

8 AM Oct 9, 2007

8

Exercise #9: "Make A Baby"

8 AM Oct 16, 2007

9

Exercise #10: Transcription and Translation

8 AM Oct 23, 2007

10

Exercise #11: Human DNA Fingerprinting. Pre-lab due next week.

 8 AM Oct 30, 2007

 

11

Exercise #11: Human DNA Fingerprinting

8 AM Nov 6, 2007

12

Exercise 13: Plant Reproduction: Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds

 8 AM Nov 13, 2007

13

Exercise #14: Animal Diversity and Test on Animal Diversity

 8 AM Nov 27, 2007

14

Exercise #12: Plant Diversity

8 AM Dec 4, 2007

15

Exercise #15: Population Growth and Animal Camouflage

 8 AM Dec 11, 2007

 Dates to Remember:

Aug 20 - CLASSES BEGIN

Aug 27 - LAST DAY TO ENROLL OR ADD A CLASS

Aug 31 - LAST DAY TO DROP WITHOUT ENTRY ON TRANSCRIPT

Sep 3 - LABOR DAY – NO CLASSES

Sep 28 - UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION

Oct 18 and 19 - FALL BREAK – NO CLASSES

Nov 14 - LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW WITH AN AUTOMATIC “W”

Nov 16 - STATEHOOD DAY

Nov 22 and 23 - THANKSGIVING BREAK - NO CLASSES

Dec 3 - LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW FROM A CLASS - NEED INSTRUCTOR’S PERMISSION