Date

Subject

Lab exercise(s)

Aug

24

Introduction

Supply drawer check in

General Lab rules and instructions

26

Microscope assignment and review (Neil)

Microscope practice

Wet mount, Brownian vs. Motility

1, 2

30

Microbes in the environment

3

Sept

2

Transfer of bacteria

4

7

Staining Methods: simple, acid-fast and Gram stain

5, 6, 7

9

Staining Methods: Special stains

8, 9

14

Quiz #1 (intro-ex. 4)

Isolation of Bacteria

11

16

Special Media for Isolation

12

21

Quiz #2 (ex. 5-9)

Microbial Metabolism

13, 14, 15

23

Microbial metabolism (cont’d)

16, 17

28

Quiz #3 (ex. 11-17) Microbial Metabolism (cont’d)

30

Microbial Growth

19, 20 with changes

Oct

5

Microbial Growth (cont’d)

7

Laboratory Exam (100 points) – up through microbial growth

12

Control of Microbial Growth

22, 23, 24

14

Control of Microbial Growth

25, 26

19

Control of Microbial Growth (cont’d)

21

Quiz #4 (ex. 22-26) Microbiology of Water

52, 53

26

Microbiology of Soil

56, 57

28

Medical Microbiology Demonstration

Nov

2

Quiz #5 (ex. 52-53, 56-57, medical demo)

Begin Unknowns

4

Unknowns

9

Unknowns

11

Veteran’s Day

16

Unknowns

18

Unknowns

23

Unknowns

25

Thanksgiving Holiday

30

Unknowns

Dec

2

Unknowns

7

Unknowns

9

Unknowns report (100 points)

Final Laboratory Exam (100 points)