PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY II  Hybrid

Tentative Lab Schedule and Assignments                              Spring 2014

 

READ THE INTRODUCTION TO ALL LAB EXERCISES AS THEY ARE ASSIGNED

 

 

Period      Date   Subject                                                Exercise/Procedure


 

1                            1/16     Orientation                                         Lab Safety

                                                                                      Microscope Demonstration

 

2              1/23     Plant Physiology                                 34.1, 34.2, 34.8, 34.10               

                            Video:  Endocrine System

            

3              1/30     Virtual Lab:  Action Potentials

                            Videos:  Brain & Neurons / Man with two Brains

 

4              2/6       Brain Dissection                                  Handout

                            Virtual Lab:  Synaptic Transmission

                            Neurosky Brain Waves                       Demonstration

                Exam Prep

                  

5              2/13     EXAM 1

 


 

            6             2/20      Review Exam 1

                                        Rush Exercise                                      Handout

                                        Animal Behavior                                  51.2, 51.3

                                        Videos:  Navigation

                                                     Mating Composite                        

                       

7              2/27     Population Growth                              Introduction, 22.1, 22.2

                                        Videos: Human Population Growth

                                                    The Population Bomb

                                                    Affluenza

                                        Exam Prep

 

            8              3/6       Field Trip:  EMSC

 

9              3/20     EXAM 2

 


 

10              3/27     Review Exam 2

                            Plant Anatomy                                    Handout

                                                                                      Roots pg 345, Stems pg 349, Leaves pg 354

                                                                                      32.1, 32.3, Greenhouse Visit

                                        Vertebrate Animal Tissues                  41.1, 41.2, 41.3

 

            11            4/3       Plant Nutrition                                    34.6, 34.7

                                        Field Trip:  Crops on Campus

 

            12            4/10     Plants:  Gas Exchange                         33.2

                                        Human Biology:  Gas Exchange           44.2, 44.3, 44.4, 44.5

                                        Exam Prep

 

            13            4/17     EXAM 3

 


                         

            14            4/24     Review Exam 3

                                        Plants:  Internal Transport                     33.1

                                        Human Biology:  Internal Transport       45.1, 45.2

 

            15            5/1       Video: Miracle of Life (first part)

                                        Research Reports

                                        Exam Prep

 

            15            5/8       EXAM 4