LIFE 1010 LABORATORY

FALL 2009

TA: Erin R. Hotchkiss

Office: Biological Sciences 319

Email: ehotchki@uwyo.edu

Phone: 307-274-2436

Office Hours: Tues/Thurs 10-11am

(or by appointment)

 

 

Welcome to LIFE 1010 Laboratory!

Updated lab syllabus: Here

 

I will use this site to post lab chapters, supplementary information and remind you about upcoming lab topics and assignments.  Please let me know if there is anything missing from this site that you think would be helpful to your success in LIFE 1010.

 

I will update the calendar below with due dates as well as links to important concepts/terms, homework assignments, et cetera.  Click on the “lab topic” title to get more information about each specific lab.

 

 

 

DATE

 

LAB TOPIC

 

BE PREPARED FOR

 

DUE AT END OF LAB

 

31 August 2009

Introduction to 1010 lab;

Properties of water

 

n/a

Notecards; In-class writing

07 September 2009

NO LAB: Labor Day!

 

14 September 2009

The Microscope

 

Water Quiz (8 points)

Sketches & in-class writing

 

21 September 2009

 

Membrane Transport

 

Microscope Quiz (8 points)

 

Elodea sketches

 

28 September 2009

 

Pigments

 

Osmosis Graph

Membrane Quiz (8 points)

 

Spinach solution graph by hand

 

05 October 2009

 

Enzymes (part I)

 

Red Cabbage Graph

Pigments Quiz (8 points)

 

Group quiz questions

 

12 October 2009

 

Enzymes (part II)

 

Enzyme Graph

Enzyme Quiz (8 points)

 

Enzyme Kinetics worksheet

 

19 October 2009

 

Photosynthesis & Respiration (“P & R”)

 

3 P & R Excel Graphs

Enzyme Kinetics Quiz (8 points)

 

Graphs of P&R over 24-hour cycle; Summary of results

 

26 October 2009

 

Mitosis & Meiosis

 

Lab Midterm, through P&R (26 points): Midterm Study Guide

 

Mitosis & meiosis summary worksheet; Cell cycle sketch

 

02 November 2009

 

Genetics

 

Response to Y chromosome article (4 points)

 

n/a

 

09 November 2009

 

DNA

 

Genetics Problems (5 points)

Mitosis/Meiosis/Genetics Quiz (8 points)

 

Group DNA “unknown” fragment sizes

 

16 November 2009

 

Evolution & Natural Selection

 

Science & Society (5 points)

Genetics & DNA Quiz (8 points)

 

In-class writing

 

23 November 2009

 

NO LAB: Thanksgiving Break! REVIEW SESSIONS: 2-3pm and 7-8pm (Optional)

1 December 2009

 

LIFE 1010 LAB FINAL EXAM (50 points) - Tuesday 5-7pm (normal 1010 exam time)

Final Exam Study Guide; Variables Handout

8 December 2009

 

LIFE 1010 LECTURE FINAL EXAM

 

 

                                                                                   

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