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Bio 181

Laboratory Schedule

Spring, 2012

Week 1            Jan 17 – 20  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  . Unit 1:  Introduction to Laboratory Experience
Week 2            Jan 24 – 27  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   . Unit 2:  Monera I
Week 3            Jan 31 – Feb 3  .   .   .   .   .   .   .  

Unit 2:  Monera II

Unit 3: What is a Protist?
Week 4            Feb 7 – 10  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   . Unit 4:  Biochemistry of Cells
Week 5            Feb 14 – 17  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .

Unit 6:  What Factors Affect the Movement of

            Water Through Membranes?

Unit 13:  Begin Plant Variation Exercise
Week 6            Feb 21 – 24   .   .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .

Unit 5:  Chemistry and Living Organisms

Week 7            Feb 28 – Mar 2  .   .   .   .   .   .   .  Unit 7:  The Study of Enzymes
Week 8            Mar 6 – 9   .    .   .   .   .   .   .   .

Unit 8:  What are the Effects of Light and

              Pigments on Photosynthesis?
Week 9            Mar 12 – 16   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   . SPRING BREAK
Week 10          Mar 20 – 23 .  .   .   .  . . . Unit 9:  Mitosis and Meiosis
Week 11          Mar 27 – 30  .   .   .   .   .   .   .  Unit 10:  Introduction to Biotechnology
Week 12          Apr3 – 6      .   .   .   .   .   .   .

Unit 11: PCR &

Unit 12: DNA Technology: Whodunit?

Week 13           Apr 10 – 13  .   .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .  

Unit 11:  PCR conclusion

Unit 13: Plant Variation seed germination
Week 14           Apr 17 – 20  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .  Unit 13:  Conclude Plant Variation Exercise
Week 15           Apr 24 – 27 .   .   .   .   .   .   .  Unit 14:  Sonoran Desert Plants
Week 16           May 1 – 4        .   .   .   .   .   .   . Unit 15:  Natural Selection/Population Genetics

* It is expected that you will read the appropriate Unit in the lab manual before coming to the laboratory.


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