Spring 2013
Section 2387
Wednesday 2:30 – 4:25
The College of Staten Island
Department of Biology
Biology 107 – Principles of Biology I Laboratory
Instructor Contact Information:
Ashley Ozelski
Email: aozelski@gc.cuny.edu
Office: 6S-117 Office hours by appointment only
REQUIRED TEXT: Laboratory Manual for Biology 10th or 11th Edition by Sylvia S. Mader
ISBN 978-0-07-747971-8 (11th ed.), ISBN 978-0-07-722617-6 (10TH ed.)
Please bring the lab manual to each class period.
Course Description and Expectations
This course is designed to illustrate the principles taught in Bio 106. It is a laboratory course and not a lecture; thus, you are
expected to read the material before coming to class so you can apply your knowledge to the lab activities. If you have
questions on the reading, email me and I will be more than happy to help you. In addition to the required readings for each
week, you may find it helpful to read the corresponding chapter in the 106 textbook.
During laboratory activities, you are expected to follow the given protocol in the lab manual and answer any questions given in
the manual. Answering the questions in the lab manual will prepare you for both the quizzes and the final exam.
Grading
Your grade breakdown will be as follows:
Weekly Quizzes & Participation: 67%
Final Exam: 33%
Weekly Quizzes: COME PREPARED (do the required readings!) There will be a quiz at the start of lab every week lasting 15
minutes. If you miss the quiz period, you will receive a 0 for that quiz. The quizzes will be worth 10 points total – 5 points
cover the reading assignment for the current week and 5 points reviewing the concepts from the previous week. This ensures
that a) you are prepared for class and b) you understood the concepts learned the previous week. Showing up late will result
in a missing quiz score. Quiz make-ups are not allowed without a doctor’s note or previous arrangements. Please try to speak
with me in advance about any conflicts.
Behavior and Participation Points: Your behavior and participation grade will be based on participation in the lab exercises
and adherence to the rules. Points will be deducted for non-cooperative behavior. This includes leaving before completing the
lab and failure to clean your lab bench. Distractions are not permitted. No use of cell phones, personal media players, food, or
drink in the laboratory room. If you need a drink, snack, or bathroom break, you are free to do so outside of the room.
Additionally, please see the academic honesty policy attached regarding cheating. Anyone caught cheating will be faced with
disciplinary action.
Final Exam: A cumulative lab practical to be held on the last day of class.
Absence Policy
According to CUNY policy, more than two unexcused absences (15% of credit hours) results in an automatic failure of the
course.
Course Schedule
Week
Topic
Lab Manual
Activity
9th Edition
Reading
10th Edition
Reading
11th Edition
Reading
Jan 30
Metric Measurement and Microscopy
2
9-28
9-26
9-26
4, part
43-48
41-46
41-46, 56
Chemical Composition of Cells
3
29-41
27-40
27-39
NO CLASSES
(Classes follow Monday Schedule)
Diffusion, Osmosis, and Dialysis; pH
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4, part
49-58
47-56
47-56
5
59-66
57-64
57-66
7
77-82
75-82
77-83
6
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67-76
handout
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65-74
handout
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67-76
handout
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25
341 - 356
357-372
353-368
25, part
27, part
29, part
349, 351
383-388
410
397-402
365-367
412, 413
27, part
29, part
372-373
404-409
388-389
420-426
361-363
384-387,
398
410-414
390-391
418-424
30, part
413-419
429-435
425-432
443
30, part
420-430
436-448
432-443
Prepared slides
Onions, Euglena
Feb 6
Cell Structure and Function
Models and prepared slides
Elodea wet mounts
Feb 13
Feb 20
Feb 27
Tests for protein, starch, sugars, lipids
Dialysis Tubing
Tonicity in potato, Elodea and red blood cells
March 6
Enzymes
Catalase activity
March 13
March 20
March 27
April 3
Cellular Metabolism I: Respiration and
Fermentation
Cellular Metabolism II: Photosynthesis
Lab procedure follows handout
NO CLASSES
Spring Recess
Animal Organization
Prepared slides
April 10
Cardiovascular System
Sheep heart dissection
Models & prepared slides
Stethoscopes
April 17
Urinary System
Sheep kidney dissection & urinalysis
Models & prepared slides
April 24
Nervous System
Sheep brain dissection
Models & prepared slides
May 1
Sense Organs
Cow eye dissection
Model of human skin
Tuning forks
May 8
Reproductive System
27, part
371-381
387-395
391-398
May 15
FINAL PRACTICAL EXAM – COVERS ENTIRE
SEMESTER
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Model & prepared slides
Review for final
Biology Tutoring Center at College of Staten Island:
Room: 1A-108A
Bring your book, notes, and syllabus with you to the tutoring center. Please have specific questions ready.
Academic Honesty Policy
You are here to further your education. It is in your best interest that you do your own work.
Please review the Academic Integrity Policy of CUNY (part of it follows below). No exceptions are made.
Academic Dishonesty is prohibited in The City University of New York and is punishable by penalties
including failing grades, suspension, and expulsion.
http://www.csi.cuny.edu/catalog/undergraduate/5282.htm
Cheating is unauthorized use or attempted use of material, information, notes, study aids, devices or
communication during an academic exercise. The following are some examples of cheating, but by no
means is it an exhaustive list:
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Copying from another student during an examination or allowing another to copy your work.
Unauthorized collaboration on a take home assignment or examination.
Using notes during a closed book examination.
Taking an examination for another student, or asking or allowing another student to take an examination
for you.
Preparing answers or writing notes in a blue book (exam booklet) before an examination. Allowing others
to research and write assigned papers or do assigned projects, including use of commercial term paper
services.
Giving assistance to acts of academic misconduct/dishonesty.
Fabricating data (all or in part).
Submitting someone else’s work as your own.
Unauthorized use during an examination of any electronic devices such as cell phones, palm pilots,
computer or other technologies to retrieve or send information.
Plagiarism is the act of presenting another person’s ideas, research or writings as your own. The
following are some examples of plagiarism, but by no means is it an exhaustive list:
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Copying another person’s actual words without the use of quotation marks and footnotes attributing the
words to their source.
Presenting another person’s ideas or theories in your own words without acknowledging the source.
Using information that is not common knowledge without acknowledging the source
Failing to acknowledge collaborators on homework and laboratory assignments.
Internet plagiarism includes submitting downloaded term papers or parts of term papers, paraphrasing
or copying information from the internet without citing the source, and “cutting & pasting” from various
sources without proper attribution.