BIOLOGY 213 LABORATORY SCHEDULE
Spring 2003

       Laboratory Manual: Fox/Andrykovitch (Fox), available online at BIOL-213-001-S02
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Week of 
Quiz/Assignment Due
Topic
Source
 January 20
  
Introduction, Homework Assignment 
  Fox 1, Appendix A
January 27
Appendix A homework 
Scientific Method, Presenting Data, Using EXCEL
  Fox 2, Appendix B,C
February 3
 Appendix B,C homework
Microscopy
 Fox 3
February 10
   QUIZ 1 
Pipeting and Spectrophotometry
 Fox 4
February 17 
  
Qualitative Analysis of Biomolecules
 Fox 5
February 24
QUIZ 2
 Extraction of Proteins and DNA
 Fox 6 
March 3
 
Quantitative Analysis of Proteins and DNA
 Fox 7
March 17
 QUIZ 3
Photosynthetic Pigments
 Fox 8
March 24
  
Enzyme Assays
 Fox 9
March 31
 QUIZ 4
Properties of Enzymes
 Fox 10
April 7
 Lab Report First Draft
DNA Technology I
 Fox 11
April 14
 QUIZ 5
DNA Technology II
 Fox 12
 April 21
  Lab Report Final Manuscript
Mitosis, Cell Division and Growth
 Fox 13
April 28
  
 FINAL Laboratory EXAM
  

Your lab grade is 25% of the course grade.


There will be five quizzes, the lowest will be dropped
40 pts
One Laboratory Report
15 pts
Two Homework Assignment
10 pts
Final Laboratory Exam
25 pts 
Participation/Technique
10 pts
Total
100 pts