BIO 100 Principle of Biology

Tentative laboratory Schedule

Week 1            Introduction,
Lab Safety, Student Assessment

Week 2            Scientific
method I (Hypothesis development)

Week 3            Scientific
Method II (Measurement)

Week 4            Scientific
Method III (Statistics and data interpretation)

Week 5            Taxonomy

Week 6            Biochemical
molecules

Week 7            Microscopy
I (Introduction and proper scope use)

Week 8            Microscopy
II (Cells and tissues)

Week 9            Microscopy
III (Cell division), Osmosis and diffusion

Week 10          Osmosis
and diffusion, Cellular respiration

Week 11          Photosynthesis

Week 12          DNA
isolation

Week 13          PCR
experiment

No labs during Fall Break,
Thanksgiving Break, and the Finals Week.