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Biology 3A
General Biology I Home Page

NOTE:

The HHMI Weekend Science Research Experience application is HERE

When you hit the submit button, the form will be emailed to Dr. Tony Huntley.

Please complete your applications as soon, the deadline is ???

For a description of the Weekend Research Program click HERE

Biology & Chemistry Lecture Series -
- Spring 2010 Schedule
- Spring 2011 Schedule

Academic Integrity Policy - here

Form - Due date: the first week of school

Lecture Exam Study Stuff:
- Study Guides: Exam 1; Exam 2; Exam 3; Final
- Genetic Problems - here
- Hardy-Weinberg problems - here;
  - HW Answers

Labs: All lab worksheets due 1 week following the lab unless otherwise indicated by your instructor.

Introduction and Scientific Methods - 11 Jan
Statistical Methods Lab - here - 13 Jan
- Bring your laptop if you have one
- Specific height graphing directions - see above

Volumetrics - 20 Jan
- Part 1 of the Stats lab is due at the beginning of lab
- Materials & Methods and Results Assignment 1 - here

I - Due 1 Feb 2011

Biological Important Molecules - 27 Jan
- Lab procedures and worksheets (please download both)
- Worksheet - doc file - here
- Potential unknowns molecules - here

Week 4
- Biologically Important Molecules continued 1 Feb
  - Materials & Methods and Results Assignment I due
  - Volumetrics Lab due
  - Start thinking about your research projects and potential groups

Acids Bases & Buffers Lab - 3 Feb

Lab procedures and worksheets (please download both)

Worksheet - doc file here

Project Discussion - 17 Feb
- Initial Project Proposal discussion - see examples under Project Stuff
- Annotated Bibliography assignment - here
  - General format for Annotated Biblio assignment - here
Cellular Respiration - 24 Feb
- Please bring an USB drive for lab to download data
- Lab procedures and worksheet - please download both
  - Worksheets - Word doc

Animal Metabolism - 1 Mar
- Annotated Bibliography due
Photosynthesis (Part B & C) - 3 Mar
- Worksheet - here
- Paper Title Writing Assignment (TITL) is here
  - Due date changed to 22 March 2011
- Photos taken for Tuesday

Week 10
- Double Helix Movie Handout 22 Mar
- Genetics - 24 & 29 Mar
  - Title Writing Assignment Due (24 March)
  - Lab procedures and worksheet
Week 11

Genetics - 24 & 29 Mar
Project Proposal Resubmit 1 Due
DNA Isolation - 31 Mar
- Lab procedures and worksheet
- Worksheet doc file - here
- Discussion Assignment I - here (Due 5 April)
  - Please read Wickler and Gleeson's (1993) paper on lactate instead of Harrison and Lighton.

Week 12
- Discussion Assignment I due (April 5)
- PCR 1 - 5 April
  - You need to be on time. Once we start, we start and you will not have a sample.
  - NOTE: May 12th IS THE PRESENTATION DAY --> YOU ARE REQUIRED TO BE PRESENT DURING THE ENTIRE PRESENTATIONS
  - HERE'S YOUR 5 WEEK NOTICE IF YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT THIS 13 WEEKS AGO!
- PCR 2 - 7 April
  - PCR Analysis questions - here
    - Word doc - here
Week 13
Evolutionary Arms Race & Why Sex 12 April
- Lab Project Stuff in lab
- - Introduction Assignment is due Tuesday, 19 Apr
  - Analysis of an Introduction (INTRO) assignment is here
  Introduction from journal article for INTRO assignment
  
  (Wooden and Walsberg (2002) Journal of Experimental Biology 205, 2099-2105) is here
- Field trip waiver assignment in lab
Population Genetics Lab and worksheet (please download both)- 14 Apr

Start working on your projects. The final paper is due at the beginning of May!
Project update (please bring a typed summary to submit & discuss in class)

Week 14
Are you working on your research project?
Phyolgeny & Systematics (Cladistic Analysis) - 21 Apr
- Lab and Worksheet (please download both)
- PCR Lab due
Project Day - 23 Apr
- Intro Assignment #1 is due

Final project paper due this week - Poster will be printed at the end of this week
- Bring your laptops to class this week
  
  o Poster Project Techniques Lab - 3 May (you will get a grade for today)
  
  o Poster Project Techniques Lab - 5 May (you will get a grade for today)
Lab notebooks due at the beginning of lab - there should be no more entries at this point - no exceptions
Abstracts due 5 May 11 - No abstract, no presentation!!!!
§ Email soft copy by 12 Noon to steh at saddleback dot edu
- PPT Poster as a 97-2003 file: download onto the computer in SM 244 between 10 AM - 3 PM
- Final papers due 05 May 11: SM 334/336 by 4 PM (have it stamped and placed in my mailbox)
Week 17
- Lab clean-up and check out - 10 May 11
  - AM Lab - We'll start at 11 am for the lab clean up and BBQ set up
  - PM Lab - Lab clean up
  - BBQ - Please meet at the loading dock at the north end of the building around 12 noon
- Poster Presentation - Defense - 12 May 11 (8:00 AM - 3:30 PMish)
- Presentation Evaluation schedule - here
  - Biological Sciences Meeting Program - here (you do not need to download this)
  - Actual Program here
  - 3A Poster evaluation - here
  - 3B Oral presentation evaluation - here
- Lunch - Potluck (you will be graded on this assignment) - here
Week 18

Last Revised on 05/13/11
Created 1/2003
By Steve Teh