BIO 3A FALL 2011
Help with Scientific Paper Writing
Laboratory Exercises
Week 1
10 JAN 2012 Introduction: The Scientific Method and the History of Biological Science
12 JAN 2012
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
Excel Graphing and Statistical Package Help here
Height and sex of all Bio 3A students are here
Stats Part I (L1A) due on 17 JAN 2012 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
You must email your fifth finger data sets by 5pm (1700) Monday, 17 JAN 2012
Week 2
17 JAN 2012
Complete Statistics Lab
Stats Part II due on 19 JAN 2012 (This is Part II on page 3 of the statistics lab handout) (L1B)
Potential hypotheses for Stats Part II and Materials and Methods and Results Assignment 1 (MMR1) are here
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 the 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 24 JAN 2012
19 JAN 2012 History of Biology Presentations (L2)
Week 3
24 JAN 2012 "Volumetrics" Lab (L3)
Please download the Lab Safety Quiz and bring it to lab
26 JAN 2012
Complete "Volumetrics" Lab
Week 4
31 JAN 2012 Biologically Important Molecules Lab (L4)
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, 7 FEB 2012
2 FEB 2012
Complete "Biologically Important Molecules Lab"
*.doc file for the Molecules lab is here
Week 5
7 FEB 2012 Microscopes and Cells Lab (L5)
*.doc file is here
9 FEB 2012 Morphology and Symmetry Lab (L6)
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Annotated Bibliography is due Thursday, 14 FEB 2012
Annotated Bibliography Assignment if here
Week 6
14 FEB 2012
Membrane Transport Lab (Part 1) (L7)
16 FEB 2012 Membrane Transport Lab (Part 2)
Here is the *.doc of the lab
and here is the diffusion and osmosis data set
Writing Scientific Papers -
Discussion Assignment I is due Tuesday, 21 FEB 2012
Discussion Assignment I (DISC 1) is here
Journal Article for Discussion Assignment I is here
Project Proposal is due Tuesday, 21 DEC 2012
Proposal Guidelines are here
Week 7
21 FEB 2012 Project Review Lab
Come prepared to discuss your project... yes, in public!
23 FEB 2012 Enzyme Activity Lab (L8)
Data for morning lab is here
Writing Scientific Papers -
Title Writing Assignment (TITL) is due Tuesday, 28 FEB 2012
Title Writing Assignment (TITL) assignment is here
Week 8
28 FEB 2012 Photosynthesis Lab (Part 1) (L9)
Bring a flash drive (USB memory device) to lab today
1 MAR 2012 Photosynthesis Lab (Part II)
If your devices did not work properly, then use the data here. Use these data to create your figure!
Spectra of the colored waters are here
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Introduction Assignment is due Tuesday, 6 MAR 2012
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 9
6 MAR 2012 Respiration and Fermentation Lab (L10)
Bring a flash drive (USB memory device) to lab today)
Writing Scientific Papers -
Data for Mouse Metabolism Results Section are here are here
Results Section Assignment is here
This assignment is due Tuesday, 20 MAR 2012
12 - 16 MAR SPRING BREAK
Week 10
20 MAR 2012 Mitosis Lab (L12)
Mitosis data are here
22 MAR 2012 Genetics/Meiosis Lab (L13)
Coin flip data for the lab will be here
Coin flip data for several years are here
Week 11
27 MAR 2012 Movie: "The Double Helix" (L14)
29 MAR 2012 DNA Isolation Lab (L15)
See DNA here
Absorbance data will be here
Week 12
3 APR 2012 Polymerase Chain Reaction Part 1 (L16)
5 APR 2012 Polymerase Chain Reaction Part 2
PV92 alu insert data are here. Note: use these gels to generate the data set. You will not have personal data for this lab.
Week 13
10 APR 2012 Movie: "Evolutionary Arms Race"
12 APR 2012 Cladistics and Systematics Lab (L17)
Week 14
17 APR 2012 Protein Fingerprinting Lab (L18)
Kaleidoscope Standards data are here and Fish Phylogeny Assignment
19 APR 2012 Project Support Lab
Week 15
24 APR 2012 Point Quarter Data Collection (FIELD TRIP)
Note: we will meet in the field 30 minutes after the normal start time of your lab.
Thus, the 08:30 lab will meet at 09:00, the 14:30 lab will meet at 15:00
Instructions for getting to the site are here
26 APR 2012 Point Quarter Data Analysis (L19)
PROJECT ABSTRACTS are due Monday 7 MAY 2012 by 5 pm. Please email them to me. The abstract guidelines are here.
Here is the grading rubric for the abstract.
Week 16
1 MAY 2012 Sexual Selection Lab (L20)
No Handout
3 MAY 2012 Project Data Analysis Lab (L21)
Week 17
8 MAY 2012 Poster Presentations in lab
10 MAY 2012 Semi-annual meeting of the Saddleback College Biological Society. SM 313 all day, pot luck luncheon.
