BIOLOGY BC2003 BIODIVERSITY LABORATORY SCHEDULE
Course instructor:
Lab director:
Dr. Margaret Olney 911 Altschul molney@barnard.edu
Ms. Karolin Rafalski 911 Altschul krafalski@barnard.edu
DATE
TOPIC
1
9/139/17
Animal form and function
(earthworm, planaria, clam, brachiopod,
pluteus, metridium, crayfish)
2
9/209/24
3
9/2710/1
4-1402
4-2153
ASSIGNMENT
POINTS
worksheets due at
beginning of wk 2
8 pts worksheets
(individ),
8 pts summary and
presentation (per group)
worksheets due at
beginning of wk 3
10 pts worksheets
worksheets due at
beginning of wk 4
12 pts worksheets
worksheets due at
beginning of wk 5
12 pts worksheets
worksheets due at
beginning of wk 6
8 pts worksheets
worksheet due wk
7, final report due
by NOON Fri 11/5
4 pts hypothesis
worksheet
20 pts lab report
worksheets due at
beginning of wk 9
8 pts worksheet (indiv),
8 pts summary and
presentation (per group)
Physiology: transpiration
(stem and root cross sections, carnation
experiment, leaf peels, potometer)
worksheets due at
beginning of wk 10
indiv worksheets: 10 pts,
group worksheet (#3): 6
pts
10
11/1511/19
Population genetics (PopGen modelling)
worksheets due at
beginning of wk 11
group worksheets 8 pts,
group interpretation and
presentation: 8 pts
11
11/2211/26
THANKSGIVING—no labs
12
11/2912/3
Cladistics (MacClade modelling)
worksheets due at
beginning of wk 13
group worksheets 12 pts
WK
4
5
6
7
8
9
10/410/8
(lecture
exam
10/11)
Ingestion, digestion, excretion
(fetal pig dissection, esophagus, intestine
slides)
Mammalian circulation (fetal pig
dissection, cow heart, ECG analysis,
muscle slides)
Muscular and skeletal systems
(compare human, bat, pigeon, cat bones,
EMG)
Reproductive strategies in eukaryotes
(Chlamydomonas, Oedogonium,
10/1110/15
Zygomycota, Ascomycota, yeasts,
Basidiomycota)
Embryo
germination experiment
10/18-10/22
(monocot vs dicot seeds, in vitro
PRACTICAL
*EXAM*
culturing experiment set up)
Plant form and function (mosses, ferns,
cycads, ginkos, conifers, angiosperms,
10/2510/29
flowers, and fruit), collect seed
germination data
11/111/5
11/811/12
(lecture
exam
11/12)
FALL BREAK—no labs
13
12/612/10
Self-guided tour of AMNH
14
Fri12/1
0 or
Mon12
/13
Recitation exam
ESSAY due by
5pm on Monday
12/13
(lecture exam 12/17)—The lecture exams are for BIOL BC2002, a separate lecture course.
individual essay
16 pts