UNM Biology Undergraduate Labs

Spring  2012


Week Date Topic and Assignments
1 Jan 16-20 Topic: MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY - No Labs
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2 Jan 23-27* Topic: Introduction, Scientific Method & Microscopy (pg. 1-7)
    Assigned: Scientific Method (H1-5 pts.); Popular Biology Presentation (10 pts.); Group Oral Presentation (25 pts.)
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3 Jan 30-Feb 3* Topic: Evolution (pg. 79-85) & Natural Selection (pg. 87-91)
    Assigned: Scientific Method Quiz (Q1-5 pts.); Evolution & Natural Selection hmwk (H2-5 pts.)
  * Last drop Due: Scientific Method hmwk (H1)
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4 Feb 6-10* Topic: The Tree of Life 1: Single-Celled Life (Download from Lab Website)
    Assigned: Evolution & Natural Selection Quiz (Q2-5 pts.); Tree of Life 1 hmwk (H3-5 pts.); BioPark hmwk (H5-10pts)
  * Last grade Due: Evolution & Natural Selection hmwk (H2)
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5 Feb 13-17 Topic: The Tree of Life 2: Plants and Fungi (Download from Lab Website)
    Assigned: Tree of Life 1 Quiz (Q3-5 pts.); Tree of Life 2 hmwk (H4-5 pts.); Scientific Paper (SP1-15 pts.)
    Due: Tree of Life 1 hmwk (H3)
       
6 Feb 20-24 Topic: The Tree of Life 3: Animals (Download from Lab Website)
    Assigned: Tree of Life 2 Quiz (Q4-5 pts.)
    Due: Tree of Life 2 hmwk (H4)
       
7 Feb 27-Mar 2 Topic: How Babies are Made 1: Mendelian Genetics (pg. 71-76, 61-69, Download from Lab Website) 
    Assigned: Tree of Life 3 Quiz (Q5-5 pts.); Mendelian Genetics hmwk (H6-5 pts.); 
    Due: BioPark hmwk (H5)
       
8 Mar 5-9 Topic: How Babies are Made 2: Molecular Genetics & Cell Replication (pg. 61-68, 47-57)
    Assigned: Mendelian Genetics Quiz (Q6-5 pts.); Molecular Genetics hmwk (H7-5 pts.)
    Due: Mendelian Genetics hmwk (H6); Scientific Paper (SP1)
       
9 Mar 12-16 Topic: SPRING BREAK - No Labs
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10 Mar 19-23 Topic: How Babies are Made 3: Protein Synthesis (pg. 47-57, Download from Lab Website)
    Assigned: Molecular Genetics Quiz (Q7-5 pts.); Protein Synthesis hmwk (H8-5 pts.)
    Due: Molecular Genetics hmwk (H7)
       
11 Mar 26-30 Topic: Non-infectious Diseases (pg. 68)
    Assigned: Protein Synthesis Quiz (Q8-5 pts.); Non-infectious Disease hmwk (H9-5 pts.); Oral Presentation Abstract (5 pts.)
    Due: Protein Synthesis hmwk (H8)
       
12 Apr 2-6 Topic: Spices and Drugs (pg. 101-108)
    Assigned: Non-infectious Disease Quiz (Q9-5 pts.); Spices and Drugs hmwk (H10-5 pts.)
    Due: Oral Presentation Abstract; Non-infectious Disease hmwk (H9)
       
13 Apr 9-13* Topic: What's that air you're breathing?: Photosynthesis, Respiration & Atmosphere (Download from Lab Website)
    Assigned: Spices and drugs Quiz (Q10-5 pts.); P&R hmwk  (H11-5 pts.)
  * Last w/draw Due: Spices and drugs hmwk (H10)
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14 Apr 16-20 Topic: The End: Population Growth and Regulation (pg. 39-45)
    Assigned: P&R Quiz (Q11-5 pts.); Population Growth hmwk (H12-5 pts.)
    Due: P&R hmwk (H11);
       
15 Apr 23-27 Topic: Group Oral Presentation - NO ORANGE PASSES ISSUED
    Assigned: Population Growth Quiz (Q12-5 pts.)
    Due: Population Growth hmwk (H11)
       
16 Apr 30-May 4* Topic: LAB PRACTICAL EXAM (40 pts.) - NO ORANGE PASSES ISSUED
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17 May 7-11 Topic: FINALS WEEK - NO LAB
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