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Lab Assignments and
Grading
The
laboratory portion accounts for 400 points (out of a course
total of 800). Your lab grade is based on the following
work:
- Quizzes (150 pts.): .
You take a short quiz (worth 15 pts) at the beginning of
ten of the lab periods. The twenty point quizzes will
have 10 pts. based on the previous week's lab, and five
pts. based on the current lab.
- Lab Practicals (200
pts.): You will take two lab practicals worth 100
pts. each. Lab practicals will require you to identify
and indicate the phylogenetic position of organisms, and
identify and describe the function of structures, seen in
lab.
- Museum Trip (50 pts.):
An assignment based on a trip to the National Museum of
Natural History will be described to you in lab
Lab
Schedule
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Week of:
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Lab:
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Quiz
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Practical
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Feb. 1
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None
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Feb. 8
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Phylogeny
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Feb. 15
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Protista
Porifera
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15 pts.
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Feb. 22
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Cnidaria
Ctenophora
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15 pts.
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Feb. 29
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Platyhelminthes
Aschelminthes
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15 pts.
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Mar. 7
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Mollusca
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15 pts.
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Mar. 14
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Annelida
Trolobita
Chelicerata
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15 pts.
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Mar. 21
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Spring Break
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Mar. 28
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Review 1
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15 pts.
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Apr. 4
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Practical 1
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100 pts.
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Apr. 11
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Crustacea,
Uniramia
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Apr. 18
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Lophophorates
Echinodermata
Hemichordata
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15 pts.
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Apr. 25
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Invertebrate Chordates
Aquatic vertebrates
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15 pts.
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May 2
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Amphibia
Reptilia
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15 pts.
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May 9
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Aves
Mammalia
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15 pts.
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May 16
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Practical 2
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100 pts.
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Missed
Labs and/or lab work
You
will be allowed to make up labs and lab practicals only if
you contact Mike Goodison within 48 hours of the missed
work, and you have an unforseeable, documented reason for
your absence. Make up work will be given for athletics only
when there is a direct game conflict (prior notification and
note from coach required). Please
understand that setting up make-up labs and practicals
requires a great deal of extra work from the teaching staff,
and should be avoided whenever possible.
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