NATURAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
BSC 1007L: INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY LAB
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Department Website: http://www.scf.edu/pages/179.asp
FALL 2009
Course Coordinator: Jane R. Pfeilsticker
Office Hours: Posted on office door or by appointment.
Telephone: Bradenton 941-752-5271,
Email Address: pfeilsj@scf.edu
Web Page: http://faculty.scf.edu/pfeilsj/index.htm
Course Description: BSC 1007 Introduction to Biology Lab (0) A.A.)
Companion lab to BSC 1007C. Additional special fees are required.
Course Performance Standards: The course performance standards may be accessed via the web at:
http://www.scf.edu/pages/1161.asp The performance standards may be found by clicking on “course performance standards” and
scrolling for the course prefix and number.
Text and Materials: Discover Biology, 4th ed. By Cain, Yoon, Singh-Cundy (E-books are available for $1 per chapter.)
Laboratory materials:
Lab coat, 3 ring binder with lined and unlined paper, Safety glasses, Calculator, Ruler, Grease marking
pencil or sharpie pens, Colored pencils
These items must be brought to every lab!!!!
Attendance Policy: It is expected that the students will attend all classes and laboratory sessions. If a class must be missed, the
student is responsible for obtaining the information that was covered in a missed lecture.
Laboratory attendance is mandatory. Any missed lab must be made up as a virtual lab assigned by the instructor. Failure to complete
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all of the laboratory exercises will result in a grade of incomplete that will revert to an F if the labs are not completed by the 6 week
of the following semester.
Grading Policy: Laboratory Reports will be required for each lab. The reports must be turned in one week after the completion of the
lab period. The lab grade will be based on an equal weighting of each lab report and select laboratory quizzes.
The grade for the course will be calculated with 75% of the grade consisting of the lecture exams and quizzes, and 25% of the grade
consisting of the lab average.
Letter grades for the course will be calculated on a straight percentage basis. The cut-off points for each grade are as follows: A90%, B- 80%, C- 70%, D- 60%.
Withdrawal Policy: In accordance with the State College of Florida policy as stated in the college catalog, students may withdraw
from any course or all courses without academic penalty of a WF by the withdrawal deadline as listed in the State College of Florida
academic calendar. This semester this date is Oct 30, 2009. The student must take responsibility for initiating the withdrawal
procedure. Students are strongly encouraged to talk with their instructors first before taking any withdrawal action.
Statement of Plagiarism: Plagiarism is the use of ideas, facts, opinions, illustrative material, data, direct or indirect wording of
another scholar and/or writer—professional or student—without giving proper credit. Expulsion, suspension, or any lesser penalty
may be imposed for plagiarism or cheating in any manner. Direct copying of lab report information is considered to be cheating
on the part of both parties involved.
Standards of Conduct: Students are expected to abide by all Lancer Student Handbook guidelines. Students may be withdrawn from
the class by the instructor for any behavior that interferes with learning of others. Obtrusive late entries, early departures, cell phone
calls, pager calls, conversations not related to class work, and general loudness fall under the category of interfering behaviors.
Individual laboratory instructors may choose to administer lab quizzes to ensure that the students are attaining a full understanding of
the concepts illustrated by each lab. These quizzes may contribute up to 10% of the total lab grade.
All students are required to read the lab instructions prior to the lab session. Students are responsible for all information
conveyed in the lab manual. This information may appear on any lecture exam or quiz.
BSC 1007
List of Laboratory Topics
Week of:
Topic
Resources to Use
#1: Aug. 24
1. Intro to lab and lab safety
Handout
#2: Aug 31
#3: Sept.7
2. Scientific Method
3. Microscope
Handout
#4: Sept. 14
#5: Sept 21
#6: Sept 28
4. pH
5. Macromolecules
6. Enzymes
#7: Oct 5
#8: Oct.12
#9: Oct. 19
#10: Oct. 26
#11: Nov 2
#12: Nov. 9
#13: Nov. 16
#14: Nov. 23
#15: Nov. 30
#16: Dec. 7
Dec 14-17
Holidays – No Classes
7. Nucleic Acids- DNA
DNA extraction kit. (Biorad)
8. Nucleic acids- RNA
Handout, movies, lecture
9. Cells
Handout
10. Intro to analytical techniques Lecture
11. Enzymes as tools
ELISA Kit(Biorad)
12. Electrophoresis
13. Chromatography
NADA Kit
14. Spectrophotometry
15. Poster sessions
16. Review for final
Final Exam Week Times TBA
Monday, Sept 1 – Labor Day
Friday, Oct 10 – Faculty Development Day
Tuesday, Nov 11 – Veterans Day Observed
Nov 27-30 – Thanksgiving Holiday
Handout
Handout
Handout- beano
Description/Additional Info
Read text Ch 1 section 1.2
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/
Bio111/Bio111LabMan/ILI/scopes.ht
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Read text section 3.2 and acid rain box
Read section3.5- 3.8
http://bioweb.wku.edu/courses/Biol12
0/Web/enzyme1b.asp
Kit handout
Review chapter 4
Kit handout
Handout
Kit handout
Handout
The poster sessions will consist of individual presentations in a group setting covering topics assigned by each laboratory instructor.
Students will be required to answer questions posed by classmates and the lab instructor pertaining to their assigned topic.
The sessions will be graded on clarity of presentation, accuracy of information, quality of information sources utilized, and depth of
knowledge displayed by the presenter.