Biology 114 Schedule (Spring, 2007)

	Biology 114 Schedule (Spring, 2007)
	© Stephen T. Abedon
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Understanding (and then memorizing) the material is key to your doing well in biology and reading (and understanding) your textbook is key to your understanding the material. Note that many of the chapters this quarter are quite long and detailed. You may be well off to set aside more than one day to read through a given chapter, or spend one day reading through a chapter and a subsequent (e.g., second) day rereading it (depending on your style).

March-April, 2007
#	S	M	T	W	T	F	S
1	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
3	8	9	10^R	11	12^E	13	14
4	15	16	17	18	19	20	21
5	22	23	24^R?	25	26^R	27^E	28
6	29	30

May, 2007
#	S	M	T	W	T	F	S
6			1	2	3	4	5
7	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
8	13	14	15^R	16	17^E	18	19
9	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
10	27	28	29	30	31^R

June, 2007
#	S	M	T	W	T	F	S
10						1	2
F	3	4	5^E	6	7	8	9
	We're Outa' Here!
	We're Outa' Here!

Materials for First Week of Classes

Class Schedule (this document)
Laboratory Schedule (will be handed out to you)
Hardy-Weinberg Practice Problems Handout (will be handed out to you)
Syllabus (this is many pages long and I therefore strongly recommend that you not print it out frivolously)

Pertinent Information

Each midterm is worth 200 points, the lab exam is worth 200 points, and the final exam is worth 300 points, for a total of 1100 points. For more on what exams are all about, see http://www.phage.org/school_syllabus.htm#examination. For a discussion of grading see http://www.phage.org/school_syllabus.htm#grading.
An additional 50 points will be available as bonus-question quizzes which will cover material as indicated (in the column titled "quiz") but which likely will not be presented on any given day. For more on what reading and reading quizzes are all about, see http://www.phage.org/school_syllabus.htm#examination.
Remember that Laboratory Periods are also Recitation Periods!
Statement of Disability Accommodation: Anyone who feels they may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me to arrange an appointment as soon as possible. At the appointment we can discuss the course format, anticipate your needs and explore potential adaptations to meet your needs. I rely on the Office of Disability Services for assistance in verifying the need for accommodations and developing accommodation strategies. If you have not previously contacted the Office for Disability Services, I encourage you to do so.

	class	day	date	quiz^a	lecture^b/lab^b

o n e						o n e
	1.	Tuesday	March 27	none	Chapter 22: Decent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life
	2.	Thursday	March 29	none reading	Chapter 22: Decent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life (cont.) Chapter 23: The Evolution of Populations; do self-quiz problems 2 and 3 and the "Scientific Inquiry" question on page 471 of your text; Hardy-Weinberg Practice Problems Handout
	---	Friday	March 30	none	lab 1 (bacteriology); Note that this lab will be held in Bromfield 211 or, failing availability of that room, in the Bromfield 213 prep lab (if I can convince my colleagues to let us in there)
	---	Weekend	By the end of this weekend you should not only understand the various intricacies associated with solving Hardy-Weinberg problems—you should be able to quickly and efficiently solve all of the assigned problems without referring to examples or notes. Practice solving these problems, even if you understand how, in order to teach your hands and your mind how to solve them effortlessly. This will aid you in your understanding of Population gentics and should allow you to readily solve exam questions on the subject. The advice I give on how to learn to kick butt solving Hardy-Weinberg (and Mendelian) genetics problems is essentially the same to do well in chemistry or math: Practice, Practice, Practice, Practice, and then more Practice!

t w o						t w o
	3.	Tuesday	April 3	problems none	Chapter 23: The Evolution of Populations (continued) Chapter 24: The Origin of Species
	4.	Thursday	April 5	none reading	Chapter 24: The Origin of Species Chapter 25: Phylogeny and Systematics
	---	Friday	April 6	none	lab 2 (population genetics: determining genetic variation)
	---	Weekend	This weekend is your last chance to learn the material before the exam. Indeed, it is almost too late. You should be studying the material this weekend, not learning it. Most of the material by now should already be well ensconced in your brain (i.e., learned), ready to be completely memorized. Memorizing does not mean that you can look at material and recognize it—it menas that you can recite material without looking at it! It is time to work on pulling together your understanding, synthesizing your memorization with your understanding. By the end of this weekend you should have much more than a working knowledge of the material. You should know the notes backwards and forwards, up and down, better than even I know them! You have a three-day weekend to accomplish this. You have no excuse. On Tuesday you should come class with a very solid understanding of both what you know and what you need to question me about. You should be getting good nights sleep, particularly on Monday and Tuesday nights. Tuesday should be spent convincing yourself that you understand the material cold. Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning should be spent taking care of yourself. Eat well. Get some exercise. Read a book. You should walk into the classroom on Wednesday totally prepared, relaxed, and ready to take on the challenge of your first bio 114 midterm exam.

t h r e e						t h r e e
	5.	Tuesday	April 10	none none reading	Chapter 25: Phylogeny and Systematics (continued) (last day first midterm) Recitation^d Chapter 26: The Tree of Life: An Introduction to Biological Diversity
	6.	Thursday	April 12		EXAM, exam will cover chapters 22 through 25 and is worth 200 out of 1100 total points. For more on what exams are all about, see http://www.phage.org/school_syllabus.htm#examination. To access grades and practice exams see http://www.phage.org/biology_grades.htm.
				none	Chapter 26: The Tree of Life: An Introduction to Biological Diversity (cont.)
	---	Friday	April 13	none	lab 3 (animal diversity I)
	---	Weekend	This is the last day you can drop a course this quarter without receiving a W

f o u r						f o u r
	7.	Tuesday	April 17	reading reading	Chapter 27: Prokaryotes Chapter 28: Protists
	8.	Thursday	April 19	none reading	Chapter 28: Protists (cont.) Chapter 29: Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land
	---	Friday	April 20	none	lab 4 (plant diversity I: bryophytes and seedless vascular plants)

f i v e						f i v e
	9.	Tuesday	April 24	none reading none	Chapter 29: Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land (cont.) Chapter 30: Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants Recitation^d
	---	Thursday	April 26	none none	Recitation^d lab 5 (plant diversity II: seed plants)
	10.	Friday	April 27		EXAM, exam will cover chapters 26 through 30 and is worth 200 out of 1100 total points. For more on what exams are all about, see http://www.phage.org/school_syllabus.htm#examination. To access grades and practice exams see http://www.phage.org/biology_grades.htm.
				none	lab 5 (plant diversity II: seed plants) (cont.)

s i x							s i x
	11.	Tuesday	May 1	reading reading	Chapter 31: Fungi Chapter 32: An Introduction to Animal Diversity
	12.	Thursday	May 3	none reading	Chapter 32: An Introduction to Animal Diversity (cont.) Chapter 33: Invertebrates (note: give yourself some time to walk through this chapter; there is a lot of stuff in it)
	---	Friday	May 4	none	lab 6 (protista and fungi)

s e v e n						s e v e n
	13.	Tuesday	May 8	none reading	Chapter 33: Invertebrates (cont.) Chapter 34: Vertebrates
	14.	Thursday	May 10	none reading	Chapter 34: Vertebrates (cont.) Chapter 50: An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere; note that we will gleaning material in our lecture mostly from that presented through p. 1087, i.e., up until "Climate"; for those of you with an interest in ecology and the biosphere I strongly encourage you to read the rest of this chapter
				reading	Chapter 40: Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function; read pp. 831-832 of chapter 40, the section titled, "40.4 Many animals regulate their internal environments within relatively narrow limits" (last day third midterm)
	---	Friday	May 11	none	lab 7 (animal diversity II)

e i g h t						e i g h t
	15.	Tuesday	May 15	none none	Chapter 50: An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere (cont.) Recitation^d
	16.	Thursday	May 17		EXAM, exam will cover chapters 31 through 50 and is worth 200 out of 1100 total points. For more on what exams are all about, see http://www.phage.org/school_syllabus.htm#examination. To access grades and practice exams see http://www.phage.org/biology_grades.htm.
	---	Friday	May 18	none	lab 8 (tree identification: to be rescheduled for Friday, June 1, if weather is too nasty)

n i n e						n i n e
	17.	Tuesday	May 22	reading	Chapter 51: Behavioral Ecology
	18.	Thursday	May 24	none	Chapter 52: Population Ecology
	---	Friday	May 25	none	lab 9 (lab exam)

t e n						t e n
	19.	Tuesday	May 29	reading	Chapter 53: Community Ecology
	20.	Thursday	May 31	none	Chapter 54: Ecosystems
	---	Friday	June 1	none	Recitation^d

	---	Tuesday	June 5	---	Final Exam, 8:00 - 9:48; one-half covers chapters 22-50 and the other half covers chapters 51 through 54; expect one question per chapter for chapters 22 through 50 except for chapter 23, which likely will be represented by two questions; exam is worth 300 out of 1100 total points; Good Luck!

^a Occurrence of quizzes on any given day is not guaranteed. "Reading" refers to quizzes on the assigned reading. "Lecture" refers to quizzes on material presented in lecture and in lecture notes, i.e., practice exam questions. Note that reading quizzes are designed to determine whether you have read the assigned reading material (well) and are not meant to serve as an indication of your mastery of the material vis-à-vis exams.
^b Reading assignments to be completed on corresponding day.
^c I recommended that you read the first chapter of your text, though it is not a requirement that you have it read by the first day of class.
^d Please come prepared with questions.

The Biology 114 lab is booked for the Spring, 2007, term as follows. All "open" slots constitute presumptive open laboratory periods.

period	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
7:40-9:45	open	bio 101	open	bio 101	open
9:50-9:55	open	open	open	open	bio 114
9:55-12:00	bio 101	bio 102	bio 101	bio 102	bio 114
12:00-12:50	open	open	open	open	bio 114
12:50-1:30	open	open	open	open	open
1:30-3:30	bio 101	bio 101	open	open	open
3:30-on	open	open	open	open	open

The Plant Biology lab (O-484) is booked for the Spring, 2007, term as follows. You may be able to use this lab as an open lab instead of O-470. With luck most materials you need will be found on a cart, but you should make sure (by inspection) that this is the case. We haven't decided yet where that cart will be found - as a default assume that it will be in O-470, though this may make the cart unavailable during O-470 classes unless you remove the cart before or between the scheduled classes. Be sure to return the cart to where you found it when you are done. All "open" slots constitute presumptive open laboratory periods.

period	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
pre 10:40	open	open	open	open	open
10:40-11:40	p. bio 102	open	p. bio 102	p. bio 102	open
11:40-1:00	open	open	open	open	open
1:00-2:15	open	EEOB 210 & 510	p. bio 102	EEOB 210 & 510	open
2:15-2:20	open	open	p. bio 102	open	open
2:20-4:05	open	EEOB 210 & 510	p. bio 102	EEOB 210 & 510	open
4:05-on	open	open	open	open	open

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