Biology 110 Lab
Columbia College Biology 110 (Summer 2016)
Section S90 - Room 434 - Thursday 6-7:50 pm
Section S09 - Room 434 - Friday 8-9:50 am
Instructor: Dr. Simon Duffy
Office Hours: Tuesday – Room 542 - 12 - 2 pm
Wednesday - Room 542 - 10 am - 11 am
Friday - Room 542 - 12 - 2 pm
Section S90 - Room 434 - Thursday 6-7:50 pm
Section S09 - Room 434 - Friday 8-9:50 am
Instructor: Dr. Simon Duffy
Office Hours: Tuesday – Room 542 - 12 - 2 pm
Wednesday - Room 542 - 10 am - 11 am
Friday - Room 542 - 12 - 2 pm
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What do I bring to the Lab?
Students are expected to arrive at the lab with
Laboratory courses involve important hands-on exercises. If you miss a single lab, you will receive a failing grade in the course for non-completion (grade of 'N')
What can I expect in a typical lab class?
What can I expect of the lab exam?
Lab exams represent a unique challenge because students can be examined on concepts or techniques that they develop in the lab. Make sure that you regularly reflect on every lab and review the theory and experiments that you learned.
The lab exam is scheduled for August during the lab schedule.
Students are expected to arrive at the lab with
- A print out of that week's lab manual - any student who does not have the lab manual with their name clearly printed on the cover will automatically receive -50% penalty from that week's lab report.
- A pen, pencil, ruler and calculator - the lab exercises will include math and illustrations. You should be prepared to do the exercises.
- A notebook - A large part of the lab grade is determined by a lab exam at the beginning of the terms. Students are strongly advised to actively take notes in the lab, as they would in class, and to review these notes throughout the term.
Laboratory courses involve important hands-on exercises. If you miss a single lab, you will receive a failing grade in the course for non-completion (grade of 'N')
What can I expect in a typical lab class?
- The previous week's lab report will be due promptly at the beginning of the lab.
- I will start each lab with a short introduction of the concepts.
- Students may be given a short quiz 5 min based on questions that they have already been given.
- Students will read and carefully complete all lab procedures.
What can I expect of the lab exam?
Lab exams represent a unique challenge because students can be examined on concepts or techniques that they develop in the lab. Make sure that you regularly reflect on every lab and review the theory and experiments that you learned.
The lab exam is scheduled for August during the lab schedule.
Biology 110 Lab Schedule
Week #1 - May 12/13 [Click Here] ▼
- Lab Orientation
- Lab Safety
- Metric System
- Conversions - useful video
- Scientific notations - useful video
- Microscopes
- Basic use - useful video
- Oil immersion microscopy - useful video
- Calculating Magnification
- Field of view - useful video
- Calculating magnification - useful video
Week #2 - May 19/20 [Click Here] ▼
Lab #1 - Microscopy
- You must print the following lab manual - Protect our environment by printing double sided!
- There will be a quiz at the start of class based on questions in the manual
- Lab reports should be typed. Use the following template file and type in your answers.
Week #3 - May 26/27 [Click Here] ▼
Lab #2 - The Cell
- You must print the following lab manual - Protect our environment by printing double sided!
- There will be a quiz at the start of class based on questions in the manual
- Using the template provided last week type up your lab report for Lab #1 and submit at the beginning of this lab session - Your report must be TYPED and STAPLED. A stapler will not be provided.
- The template for this lab is here. Since there are no drawings this week, you can save paper by submitting the assignment online. How??? Log in to the student portal, click "My Courses" and the LAB SECTION. Here, you should have a link that will allow you to review and upload assignments.
- Printed copies can also be handed in at the beginning of the next lab
Week #4 - June 2/3 [Click Here] ▼
Lab #3 - Mitosis and Meiosis
- You must print the following lab manual - Protect our environment by printing double sided! - This document should have 11 pages but if you already printed the prelab questions you do not need to print them again.
- There will be a quiz at the start of class based on questions in the manual
- Using the template provided last week type up your lab report for Lab #2 and submit at the beginning of this lab session - Your report must be TYPED and STAPLED. A stapler will not be provided.
- OR you can submit your lab report by uploading it to the student portal. [Go courses > Biology lab section > Assignments]
- The template for this lab is here. I will enable online submission, using the student portal. The last question can be scanned or handed in separately. You can of course still hand in the whole assignment in class.
Week #5 - June 9/10 [Click Here] ▼
Lab #4 - Genetics
- You must print the following lab manual - Protect our environment by printing double sided!
- There will be a quiz at the start of class based on questions in the manual
- Using the template provided last week type up your lab report for Lab #3 and submit at the beginning of this lab session - Your report must be TYPED and STAPLED. A stapler will not be provided.
- OR you can submit your lab report by uploading it to the student portal. [Go courses > Biology lab section > Assignments]
- There is no lab report for lab #4. The entire lab will be completed with in-lab worksheets
Week #6 - June 16/17 [Click Here] ▼
Lab #5 - Genetics Problem Sets
- Good news: there is no lab manual to print and no lab report to hand in this week
- Bring your lab notebook and you will be provided a worksheet. There will be additional homework questions due next week
- The homework questions are available here. 1) The answers should be hand written on paper but must be clearly readable and 2) Take note of the questions you did in the lab because you do not have to repeat these questions
Week #7 - June 23/24 [Click Here] ▼
Lab #6 - Introduction to Microbiology
- You must print the following lab manual - Protect our environment by printing double sided!
- There will be a quiz at the start of class based on questions in the manual
- You must hand in your report from last week at the beginning of class. This report should be hand written because it almost entirely consists of equations. You do not need to complete the questions that were already completed as part on the in-lab worksheet.
- Lab #6 - See the lab report template and the agar pictures
Week #8 - June 30/July 1 [Click Here] ▼
Canada Day Week - no Lab
Week #9 - July 7/8 [Click Here] ▼
(Bonus) Lab midterm exam - These links will help you with SOME (not all) of the potential questions on the test.
- BRING A CALCULATOR - CALCULATORS WILL NOT BE PROVIDED DURING THE EXAM
- Here is a game to help you learn the parts of a microscope: http://www.purposegames.com/game/microscope-labeling
- I've made a webpage to help you learn how to calculate magnification: [Click Here]
- Here's a game to help you learn the parts of the cell: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/health/anatomy/cell/index.htm
- Concept: Compound vs stereomicroscope - http://theydiffer.com/difference-between-compound-and-dissecting-microscope/
- Concept: Animal vs plant cell? See figure 1: http://cnx.org/contents/[email protected]:FPF-phhT@14/Eukaryotic-Cells
- Concept: Cytoplasmic streaming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFsty-XyLZc
- Concept: Acetocarmine and Methylene blue stains - https://catalog.hardydiagnostics.com/cp_prod/Content/hugo/MethyleneBlueLoefflers.htm and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Belling
- Concept: Why do we use oil immersion? - Put a pencil in a glass of water... what do you see? The pencil appears bent. The pencil is not really bent! Instead the light bends as it moves from water-to-glass-to-air. To keep light from bending as it moves from the coverslip of your slide to air and then to the 100X microscope objective lens, we use immersion oil because it has the same "refractive index" as glass.
- Thin you know mitosis and meiosis? Try this game: http://www.sciencegeek.net/Biology/review/U3Review.htm
- You should know how to do a dihybrid cross with a Punnett square. Now that you know the fork-line method, you can check your work.This is a common gradeschool/highschool challenge, so you can find lots of videos online: https://www.google.ca/?ion=1&espv=2#q=punnett+square&tbm=vid
- Be prepared to count individuals and use a chi-square equation to determine if the ratio matches Mendelian prediction. You will be given a table of critical values but you are expected to memorize the chi square equation. You are welcome to bring a basic calculator. sum(O-E)^2/E
Week #10 - July 14/15 [Click Here] ▼
Hand in your report for week #7 - See the template and the agar pictures
Lab #7 - Kingdom Plantae
Lab #7 - Kingdom Plantae
- You must print the following lab manual - Protect our environment by printing double sided!
- There will be a quiz at the start of class based on questions in the manual
Week #11 - July 21/22 [Click Here] ▼
Hand in your report for week #10 - See the template
Lab #8 -Animal Diversity I
Lab #8 -Animal Diversity I
- You must print the following lab manual - Protect our environment by printing double sided!
- There will be a quiz at the start of class based on questions in the manual
Week #12 - July 28/29 [Click Here] ▼
Hand in your report for week #11 - See the template
Lab #9 - Animal Diversity II
Lab #9 - Animal Diversity II
- You must print the following lab manual
- There will be a quiz at the start of class based on the questions in the manual
Week #13 - August 5/6 [Click Here] ▼
Lab Exam Information [Click Here]
Hand in your lab report for week #12 - See the template
Hand in your lab report for week #12 - See the template
- Finish this early so that you have time to study. Many questions can be answered with one or few words.