Bio 3A SPRING 2010
Help with Scientific Paper Writing
Laboratory Exercises
Week 1
12 JAN 2010
Introduction to the lab
14 JAN 2010
Map of lab showing stations is here
Format for group lab reports is here
Statistical Methods Lab: Begin statistical sampling: Analysis of student height sample (L1
Excel Graphing and Statistical Package Help Handout
Height and sex of all Bio 3A students are here
Potential hypotheses for Stats Part II and Materials and Methods and Results Assignment 1 (MMR1) are here
Stats Part I due on 19 JAN 2010 This is the whole class height assignment (Part I on page 3 of the statistics lab handout)
Note: Format for Figures and Captions is here
Week 2
19 JAN 2010
You must email your fifth finger data sets by 5pm (1700) Monday, 18 JAN 2010
Complete Statistics Lab
Stats Part II due on 21 JAN 2010 (This is Part II on page 3 of the statistics lab handout) (L1B)
Cumulative finger data (about 35,800 pairs of data points) are here
Please wait until I have added the new data sets. Then this is data set that you will use for the second part of the Statistical Methods Lab
and for the first Materials, Methods and Results assignment (MMR I).
Writing Scientific Papers -
Materials and Methods and Results Sections Assignment 1 (MMR I)
Complete one of the model papers using the cumulative finger data set and the hypothesis you chose.
Hypothesis 1 model paper is here
Hypothesis 2 model paper is here
MMR1 is due on 26 JAN 2010
21 JAN 2010
"Volumetrics" Lab (L2)
Please download the Lab Safety Quiz and bring it to lab
Week 3
26 JAN 2010
Complete "Volumetrics" Lab
28 JAN 2010
Biologically Important Molecules Lab (L3)
Unknowns for Biologically Important Molecules Lab are here
Writing Scientific Papers -
Materials and Methods and Results Assignment 2 (MMR II) is here
MMR2 is due on Tuesday, 2 FEB 2010
Week 4
2 FEB 2010
Complete "Biologically Important Molecules Lab"
The molecules *.doc file is here
4 FEB 2010 Microscopes and Cells Lab (L4)
The scopes and cells *.doc file is here
Week 5
9 FEB 2010 Morphology and Symmetry Lab (L5)
The pollen data that you should use are here
Annotated Bibliography is due Thursday, 18 FEB 2010
Annotated Bibliography Assignment if here
11 FEB 2006
Enzyme Activity Lab (L6)
Discussion Assignment I is due Thursday, 18 FEB 2010
Discussion Assignment I (DISC 1) is here
Journal Article for Discussion Assignment I is here
Week 6
16 FEB 2010
Membrane Transport Lab (Part 1) (L7)
Lab Groups are here
18 FEB 2010 Membrane Transport Lab (Part 2)
Here is the *.doc of the lab
and here is the diffusion and osmosis data set.
Week 7
22 FEB 2010 Respiration and Fermentation Lab (L8)
Here are two files for the peas if you were unable to download from the Pasco GLX:
24 FEB 2010 Animal Metabolism Lab (L9)
Mouse and fish data area here. Some data are missing... don't ask me!
Project Proposal is due Tuesday, 2 MAR 2010
Proposal Guidelines are here
Introduction Assignment is due Thursday, 4 MAR 2010
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
Week 8
2 MAR 2010 Photosynthesis Lab (Part 1) (L10)
4 MAR 2010 Photosynthesis Lab (Part II)
Oxygen production data are here Use these data to create your graph!
Spectra of the colored waters are here
Discussion assignment II (DISC 2): Write the discussion for the paper provided here
This will be due on Thursday, 11 MAR 2010
Week 9
9 MAR 2010 Mitosis Lab
Mitosis data are here
11 MAR 2010 Project Review Lab
Come prepared to discuss your project... yes, in public!
Week 10 SPRING BREAK
Week 11
23 MAR 2010 Genetics/Meiosis Lab
Coin flip data for the lab will be here
Coin flip data for several years are here
25 MAR 2010 Movie: "The Double Helix"
Week 12
30 MAR 2010 DNA Isolation Lab
1 APR 2010 Polymerase Chain Reaction Part 1
Week 13
6 APR 2010 Polymerase Chain Reaction Part 2
8 APR 2010