(working copy with new dates _1/4/2023_) – work in progress
NCSU Student can download Microsoft Office 365 from NC State’s OIT(opens in new window) software site) for free. We will use Excel or Google Sheets for graphing.
| Week | Lab Unit (and writes up for first 2 labs Fall 2022 in blue below) | Assignments Due:
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| Jan. 23-27 | 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. 30-Feb. 3 | Lab 2: Discovery & the Scientific Method-Weeks I&II(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. 6-10 | 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 Description(opens in new window) – (Lab 2) Experimental Design Project Timeline(opens in new window) – (Lab 2) |
| Feb. 13-17 | Feb. 16th – Wellness Day. No Assignments due Thursday or Friday.
No labs all week (Monday – Friday) |
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| Feb. 20-24 | Lab 3: Speciation: An Evolutionary Process | Lab 3 Pre-Lab
Lab 3 Post-Lab |
| Feb. 27-Mar. 3 | Lab 4.1 Fall: Leaf Herbivory and Fungal Occurrence on Trees | Lab 4A Pre-Lab
Lab 4A In-Lab |
| Mar. 6-10 | 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(opens in new window) is assigned this week. Lab Report due Apr. 3-7 (on Lab 4.1 or 4.2) |
| Mar. 13-17 | Spring Break – No Labs all week – Spring Break (Monday – Friday) | |
| Mar. 20-24 | 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. 27-31 | 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 below – 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 |
| Apr. 3-7 | 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 In-Lab – (see Webpage – Online and In Person labs may be 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. 10-14 | 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. (see Lab 2 webpages) |
| Apr. 17-21 | EDP Work Week – Labs will not meet this week. Feedback on your progress report will be available on Moodle by the start of your usual lab this week. Spend your time finalizing your presentation to turn in next week on Monday 24th.
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| Apr. 24-28 | No labs will meet this week – Monday last day of classes. Monday Apr. 24. –> 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). Due no later than Monday Apr. 24, 11:59 PM for all lab sections. | |
| 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. |