Spring 2022 In-Person labs
(working copy with new dates _1/4/2022_) – work in progress, not final yet
Print copy (print copy not available yet)
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| Week | Lab Unit (and writes up for first 2 labs Spring 2022 in red) | Assignments Due:
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| Jan. 24-28 | Getting Oriented (opens in new window) and Lab 1: Basic Laboratory Skills (opens in new window) | 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) |
| Jan. 31- Feb. 4 | L (opens in new window) ab 2: Discovery & the Scientific Method-I (opens in new window) , Scientific Inquiry and Lab Reports | Lab 2 wk 1 Pre-Lab & Read all of Lab 2 and Appendix B (opens in new window) & E (opens in new window)
Lab 2 wk 1 Post-Lab answer Qs p. 27 and start start Initial Experimental Design Project planning. |
| Feb. 7-11 | Lab 2: Discovery & the Scientific Method-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 (opens in new window) – (Lab 2) Experimental Design Project Description (opens in new window) – (Lab 2) |
| Feb. 14-18 | Lab 3: Speciation: An Evolutionary Process | Lab 3 Pre-Lab
Lab 3 Post-Lab |
| Feb. 21-25 | Lab 4.1 Fall: Leaf Herbivory and Fungal Occurrence on Trees | Lab 4A Pre-Lab
Lab 4A Post-Lab |
| Feb. 28-Mar. 4 | Lab 4.2: Urban Ecology lab flip to page 55.
Unit 4 Lab Report Assignment |
Lab 4B Pre-Lab – Involves fieldwork before coming to lab
Lab 4B Post-Lab Ecology Lab Report (opens in new window) is assigned this week. Lab Report due Mar. 28-Apr. 1. (on Lab 4.1 or 4.2) |
| Mar. 7-11 | 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 |
| Mar. 14-18 |
No Labs all week – Spring Break
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| Mar. 21-25 |
Lab 7: Fungi and Invertebrate Survey, Construction of Dichotomous Keys
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Lab 7 Pre-Lab
Lab 7 Post-Lab – Individual Scavenger Hunt pictures Fungal and Invertebrate groups, (Individual), IDs and rationale citing key characters. – Involves fieldwork before coming to lab & the Fungi/Invert Webquest |
| Mar. 28-Apr. 1 | Lab 8: Species Relationship |
Lab 8 Pre-Lab – (see Webpage – Online and In Person labs different) Lab 8 Post-Lab Lab 4 Final Ecology Lab Report, (opens in new window) Rubric (opens in new window) (Lab 4.1 or 4.2) |
| Apr. 4-8 | Experimental Design Work Week | No Lab meetings
Use the time this week to work on your EDP and prepare the EDP Progress Report due next week (see below). |
| Apr. 11-15 | Lab 9: Nutritional Adaptations | Lab 9 Pre-Lab
Lab 9 Post-Lab Experimental Design Progress Report (opens in new window) – Methods and Results sections to date. (Lab 2) |
| Apr. 18-22 | Lab 10: Transport Systems- I & II
Last week of labs. |
Lab 10 Pre-Lab – review specified material, but nothing to turn in.
Lab 10 In-Lab due – group work Lab 10 Post-Lab due |
| Apr. 25 | No labs – Monday last day of classes
Monday Apr. 25 –> Final Experimental Design Project Presentation (Zoom recording Instructions (opens in new window) – 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 (opens in new window) and Presentation Rubric (opens in new window) (also found in Lab 2) |
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| 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. |