Biol 1441, Principles of Biology II
Spring 2008

Tentative Lab Schedule
Dates may change for certain labs that are conducted outdoors due to weather conditions.
Check this schedule on a regular basis.

Labs scheduled in LSC 127 for Spring 08

 

 Evolution

Required Web Links

Lab Topic

Week 1

10 Jan

NO LABS THIS WEEK  

Week 2

14 Jan

 

Overview & Introduction

Arkansas Natural History

 Lab Syllabus
Lab Safety Info

Week 3

21 Jan

Describing Nature
Quantifying Variation

Larson/Hirrel Monday Lab rescheduled for 
X-periods Tu, 22 , & Th, 24 Jan
 


Measuring Variation

Homework Assignment   pdf
revised 23 Jan

Week 4

28 Jan

Micro Evolution
Simulating Natural Selection using the Hardy-Weinberg Theory

Lab Assignment
Week 5

4 Feb

Macro Evolution
Testing evolutionary hypotheses with Cladistics
 

 

 

 Adaptation & Diversity

Web Links

Lab Topic

Week 6

11 Feb

Microscopic Techniques

Estimating size of objects using a microscope

Week 7

18 Feb

Energy Utilization in Heterotrophic Organisms
Part 1.  Feeding Diversity and Classification

 
Week 8

25 Feb

Energy Utilization in Heterotrophic Organisms
Part 2. 
Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates

 
Week 9

3 Mar

Energy Utilization in Heterotrophic Organisms
Part 3.  Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates

MidTerm Grades

NEW!
Comparative Anatomy Report
Format
Larson Labs

Choinski & Dussourd 
Labs

Week 10

10 Mar

Autotrophic Organisms
Reproductive Stategies 

part 1 seedless plants
part 2.
seed-bearing plants

 
Meet in Lab

Be prepared for a hike to the Jewell Moore Nature Reserve

 
Week 11

17 Mar

 


Is it Spring in the JMNR?

Part 1. Phenology

 

Meet in Lab

Be prepared for a hike to the Jewell Moore Nature Reserve

What's the weather forecast?

Week 12

24 Mar

 

Spring Break  

 

Week of

Ecology

Web Links

Lab Topic

Week 13

31 Mar

Ecology of JMNR

Part 2.  Phenology plots

Food preferences of 
ground dwelling animals and birds

Instructions given in lab

 

Come prepared for a hike in the Jewell Moore Nature Reserve

NO OPEN-TOED FOOTWEAR

What's the weather forecast?

Week 14

7 Apr

Part 2.
Interactions between Plant and Animal Components
Come prepared for a hike in the Jewell Moore Nature Reserve

NO OPEN-TOED FOOTWEAR

Week 15

 14 Apr

Part 3. Overview-The Flow of Energy
Interactions between Plant and Animal Components

Be Prepared to go to the JMNR

 
Week 16

 21 Apr

Open Lab JMNR Ecology Lab Report 
Week 17

28 Apr

 

FINAL EXAMS