Fall 2022 Lab Schedule & Assignments – In-Person

Fall 2022 In-Person labs

(working copy with new dates _8/11/2022_)  – work in progress

Print copy (print copy not available yet)

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Week Lab Unit (and writes up for first 2 labs Fall 2022 in blue below) Assignments Due:

 

  • Pre-Lab Assignments are due at the START of your regular lab.
  • In-Lab work will be turned in by the end of lab. 
  • Post-Lab work is due 48 hours after the start of your regular lab section.
Aug. 29 – Sept. 2 Getting Oriented and Lab 1: Basic Laboratory Skills Lab 1 Pre-Lab Assignment (… due at the start of the first lab)

 

Lab 1 Post-Lab (… due 48 hours after the start of lab)

Sept. 5-9 No Labs – this week due to Monday Labor Day Holiday
Sept. 12-16 Lab 2: Discovery & the Scientific Method-Weeks I&II, Scientific Inquiry and Lab Reports Lab 2 wk 1 Pre-Lab & Read all of Lab 2 and Appendix B & E

 

Lab 2 wk 1 Post-Lab answer Qs p. 27 and start start Initial Experimental Design Project planning.

Sept. 19-23 Lab 2: Discovery & the Scientific Method-Week II Lab 2 wk 2 Pre-Lab – Library Tutorial and read about graphs p. 222-225.  Upload Initial Experimental Design for peer review in class.

 

Lab 2 wk 2 Post-Lab – Final Experimental Design Project Proposal

Experimental Design Project Timeline – (Lab 2)

Experimental Design Project Description – (Lab 2)

Sept. 26-30 Lab 3: Speciation: An Evolutionary Process Lab 3 Pre-Lab

 

Lab 3 Post-Lab

Oct. 3-7 Lab 4.1 Fall: Leaf Herbivory and Fungal Occurrence on Trees Lab 4A Pre-Lab

 

Lab 4A Post-Lab

 Oct. 10-14 No Labs all week – Fall Break  (Monday & Tuesday)
Oct. 17-21 Lab 4.2: Urban Ecology lab starts on page 55.

 

Unit 4 Lab Report Assignment

Lab 4B Pre-Lab – Involves fieldwork before coming to lab

 

Lab 4B Post-Lab

Ecology Lab Report is assigned this week.  Lab Report due Nov. 7-11 (on Lab 4.1 or 4.2)

Oct. 24-28 Lab 6: Phylogeny – Classification and Assessing Relatedness Lab 6 Pre-Lab: Scavenger Hunt (Individual), Tables 6-2, 6-3  – Involves fieldwork before coming to lab.

 

Lab 6 Post-Lab Vertebrate Cladograms, Dinosaur Qs

Oct. 31-Nov. 4 Lab 7: Fungi and Invertebrate Survey, Construction of Dichotomous Keys Lab 7 Pre-Lab

 

Lab 7 Post-Lab – DUE AT THE START OF NEXT LAB see belowIndividual Scavenger Hunt pictures Fungal and Invertebrate groups, (Individual), IDs and rationale citing key characters.  – Involves fieldwork before coming to lab & the Fungi/Invert Webquest 

Nov. 7-11 Lab 8: Species Relationship
  • Lab 7 Post-Lab – Individual Scavenger Hunt pictures Fungal and Invertebrate groups, (Individual), IDs and rationale citing key characters.  – Involves fieldwork/caution
  • Lab 7 Fungi/Invert Webquest 

Lab 8 Pre-Lab – (see Webpage – Online and In Person labs are different)

Lab 8 Post-Lab

Lab 4 Final Ecology Lab Report, Rubric (Lab 4.1 or 4.2)

Nov. 14-18 Lab 9: Nutritional Adaptations Lab 9 Pre-Lab

 

Lab 9 Post-Lab

Experimental Design Progress Report – Methods and Results sections to date. (Lab 2)

Nov. 21-25 No Labs – all week (Thanksgiving Holiday – no classes Wed-Fri)

 

 

Nov. 28-Dec. 2 Lab 10 has been canceled to allow for an EDP Work Week.  All Final EDP Presentations are due Dec. 5th, see below.

 

Lab 10: Transport Systems- I & II

Last week of labs.

These Lab 10 Assignments have been canceled.  No need to do or turn in these assignments.

 

Lab 10 Pre-Lab – review specified material, but nothing to turn in.  

Lab 10 In-Lab due – group work

Lab 10 Post-Lab due

Dec. 5 No labs will meet – Monday last day of classes. Monday Dec. 5 –> Final Experimental Design Project Presentation (Zoom recording Instructions – for screen sharing and recording, you may need to unlock/enable permissions from your computer preferences menu (not zoom preferences) ) (Lab 2).  REMEMBER TO PROVIDE THE ZOOM PASSWORD with your Zoom link on your title slide.Presentation Structure and Presentation Rubric  (also found in Lab 2)
All semester Participation* Grades will be determined based upon the following guidelines

 

Pre-Lab Assignments – 25%

Post-Labs & In-Labs –  27%

Other Assignments** – 48%

** These are the larger lab assignments that encompass components of the pre and post-lab assignments and demonstrate the knowledge and skills stressed throughout all parts of the lab.

     

*Participation is based on your In-Lab preparation, contributions to discussions, group work (or completion of In-Lab work on your own), good attitude/behavior, and following lab policies.