Fall 2011    BIOL 1050-006, 010,

 

 

Instructor:  Ms. Tommi Lou Carosella

Office: Naraghi 257

Office Hours: Mon 2-3pm, Wed and Fri 11-12, or by appointment

Contact Information: tcarosella@csustan.edu, Phone: 667-3596

 

Required Materials: Symbiosis Lab Manual (only available in the Bookstore)

Note: Lab titles in Italics are not in Manual- separate handout or online copy will be provided.

 

Notepaper, Calculator (You cannot use your Phone!)

 

Blackboard site: I will post lab information for my sections on the Blackboard site.

 

Lab Schedule

Week Of

Topic

Aug. 23-Aug 25

Student Survey, Lab Safety, Be sure you attend class if you want to keep your seat!

Aug. 30- Sept. 1

Lab 1 Scientific Investigation Write up due next week

Sept. 6-8

Lab 2 Review Scientific investigation, student graphs, Microscopes and Cells

Sept 13-15

Lab 3 Finish Microscopes and Cells,  Osmosis Exercise 

Write up due next week

Sept 20-22

Lab 4 Enzymes  Set up seed germination at different temps

Sept 27-29

Lab 5 Collect and analyze data from seeds,  Respiration/Fermentation

Write up due next week

Oct 4-6

Lab 6  Mitosis, Meiosis  

Oct 12-13

Lab 7  Wed and Thurs sections only Photosynthesis

Write up due next week

Oct 18-20

Lab 8   Solving genetics problems  

Oct 25-27

Lab 9   Bioinformatics,  Introduction to Worm Biology Write up due next week

Nov 1-3

Lab 10 Pipetting,  DNA Isolation (worm picking),  PCR

Nov 8-10

Lab 11 Evolution (dress for outdoors), Gel Electrophoresis Write up due next week

Nov 15-17

Lab 12: Population Genetics: Hardy –Weinberg

Nov 22

Lab 7:  Photosynthesis for Tues Sections only 

Nov 29-Dec1

Lab 13: Personal Genomics

Dec. 6-8

Comprehensive Lab Practical 100 points

 

Notes about Class:

·        There will be a 10 point quiz every week, starting Week 2. Plain text refers to Symbiosis Lab Manual, available in the Bookstore.

 

 

 


 

 

Quizzes/Journals/Exams:

·        There will be a 10 point quiz every week, starting week of Aug. 30. Each quiz will cover previous week’s lab exercises and test preparation for current week. 

·        Your lowest quiz score will be dropped.

·        Journals (lab write-ups) are due the following week after they are assigned. be sure to follow your instructor’s directions when doing the write-ups. These are not Chem Lab style write-ups. Journals are due at the beginning of class. (Format to be discussed in class.)

 

 

Assignment

Points

Quizzes (11 x 10 points)

110

Lab Write-ups (6 x 15 points)

90

Lab Final Practical Exam

100

TOTAL POINTS

 300

 

 

 

 

Dates to Remember

           Sept 19: Last day to drop a course.

           No Classes –  Sept 5, Oct 11, Nov 11, 24, 25.

            Dec 6-8  Comprehensive Lab Final Exam.

 

Make-up:

If you know you have a conflict on the day of the Lab final exam, please see me beforehand so we can discuss the situation.  If something comes up unexpectedly on the day of the exam, please e-mail me. Don’t ‘let it ride’ and plan on discussing it with me later. If I don’t hear from you promptly, you get a 0.

 

Lab Write-ups

Lab Write-ups are due at the beginning of the lab. See the lab schedule for the due dates.  Late lab reports are penalized 5 pts. per day.  Lab write-ups are not group activities. Do your own work and don’t copy the answers from someone else’s report.  Save your lab reports.  They are valuable study guides.

 

Student Conduct:

Plan on working with a partner. Most labs will run the full three hours.  Attendance is required.   Do not enroll in this class if you have conflicts or other commitments during your lab period.  Be on time for class.  During the first few minutes of each class period we will discuss the day’s activities and take the quiz.  Attendance will be considered when rounding your grades up or down. Do not leave the classroom in the middle of a discussion.  Do not use cell phones, ipods, or other electronic devices during class.  Computers are only allowed in class as a tool for note taking or class exercises.