BIO 340 Laboratory
Instructor: Paula Veverica
E-mail: paula_veverica@yahoo.com
Office: Brooks 164, 774-3455
Hours: M 9-10am, TW 12-1pm
Grading, General:
BIO 340 grades are determined as follows:
Lecture………..60%
Laboratory……40%
Grading, Laboratory:
 Attendance at ALL laboratory sessions is MANDATORY, NO EXCEPTIONS. Attendance
will be taken. An unexcused absence means you lose the opportunity to turn in any
assignments due. If you absolutely must miss your assigned lab time, you MUST make
up that session the SAME WEEK by attending another lab session.
 Come to lab PREPARED!!! Read lab handouts prior to lab. Short quizzes on these
handouts will be given in the first 5 minutes of each lab period. Do not be late for lab!!
 4 announced, longer quizzes will be given throughout the semester, in addition to the
weekly reading quizzes
 Bring appropriate materials to each lab period. Most labs will take the entire 3 hours and
will require work. Bring pencils/pens/paper for note taking; wear weather-appropriate
clothing; bring weather-appropriate materials (i.e. clipboard with protective cover). WE
WILL BE OUTSIDE IN RAIN AND SNOW!!!
 No cellular phones are to be on during class. Phone use and/or ringing cell phones
may result in the loss of ALL points for that lab period
 Smoking is not permitted during class time, even if we are outside.
 All written work must be typed and include your NAME, DATE, and LAB DAY/TIME.
 Late work is reduced by 10% of its maximal value for every day it is late (including
weekends) up to one week. After one week, late work will not be accepted.
 No E-mailed work will be accepted, unless otherwise specified.
 There are minimal extra credit opportunities and no curving of grades for this class.
Classroom/Field Conduct:
 Be respectful of others at all times!!
 If you don’t understand something, ASK!!!!
 Take an active role in each lab period…come prepared, participate w/your lab group, etc.
 You are responsible for your own work, keeping track of assignment dues dates and
missing work, and arranging an excused absence from your scheduled lab period.
Grading Scale:
100-90%
A
89-80%
B
79-70%
C
69-60%
D
59-0%
E
Ecology is a field science, thus labs will require outdoor work. Be prepared for all
weather types, as we will be going outside even in cold and wet weather. Dress
appropriately!!
Fall 2005 Lab Schedule (subject to change):
Date
(week)
Aug 29
Sept 5
Sept 12
Sept 19
Sept 26
Oct 3
Oct 10
Oct 17
Oct 24
Oct 31
Nov 7
Nov 14
Nov 21
Nov 28
Dec 5
Dec 12
Laboratory Topic
Hypothesis testing
(Veit’s Woods)
Experimental Design
(Veit’s Woods)
Statistical Analysis
**Meet at CL: Brooks 101**
Plant Interaction Set-up
Mark-recapture
(CMU Grounds)
Population Dispersion
(Veit’s Woods, **CL upon
return**)
Human Demography
(Mount Pleasant
Cemetery)
Population Models
**Meet at CL: Brooks 101**
Mimicry
(CMU Grounds)
Plant interaction, Cont.
**Meet at CL: Brooks 101**
Water Quality Testing
(Chippewa River)
Bog Ecology
(Vestaburg Bog)
No Lab
Ecological Modeling
**Meet at CL: Brooks 101**
Presentations
No Lab – Finals Week
Assignment(s) Due
Quiz
Reading Quiz
Hypotheses (patterns)
Reading Quiz
Abstract (paper)
Finalize presentation groups
Stats Assignment
Material and Methods
(Plant interaction)
Mark-recapture assignment
Reading Quiz
Quiz #1
Reading Quiz
Reading Quiz
Reading Quiz
Demographic assignment
Quiz #2
Reading Quiz
Mimicry assignment
Reading Quiz
Results (Plant competition)
Reading Quiz
Discussion
(Plant competition)
Happy Thanksgiving!! 
Quiz #3
Quiz #4 Passed Out
Quiz #4 Due
Schedule Notes:
**CL  Computer Lab, located in Brooks 101  Bring a disk, etc. to save your work.
All bolded labs will be outdoors
Lab Points Breakdown:
Reading Quizzes (10 @ 5 points) 
Assignments (~9 @ 10/5 points) 
Quizzes #1-#3 (@ 20 points) 
Quiz #4 (take-home @ 30 points) 
Presentation 
50
80
60
30
100
Total: 320 points