MAJORS BIOLOGY LAB



Biology for Majors Lab (Bio 4)

Winter 2021 (COVID online)

Instructor: Dr. Cindy Shannon

Mt. San Antonio College

Web: (secondary to canvas for this semester)

Email: cshannon@mtsac.edu

Office Hours: Office Hours by appointment, with a response time within 48 hours.

Please let me know how I can help, if you are having trouble

Section 30245 is synchronous, attendance is required from 12:30pm-5:35pm

SYLLABUS

Required Lab Manual: Biology 4 Lab Manual 13th edition, 2017 Author: Shannon

Day & Nite Publishing , Click the “Product and Bookstore” button, 909-595-1108

Course Objective: An exploration of the core principles of biology required for advanced study, including concepts of cellular and molecular biology, bioenergetics, genetics, reproduction, evolution, biodiversity & ecology.

YOU MUST BE ENROLLED IN BOTH THE LECTURE & LAB. This is a 4 unit course. NO CELLULAR PHONES/SMART WATCHES DURING CLASS TIME ALLOWED--Points will be subtracted for violations of this rule!

ATTENDANCE: If you miss three labs, you will be dropped from the course. Poor attendance will reduce your grade! After October 30th 2020, you cannot officially be dropped from the class. THE LAST DAY TO RECEIVE A "W" (WITHDRAWAL) IS January 27th !!! After that you must be given a grade in the course, which may entail counting all your remaining work as zeros (F's).

If you are late to class, it your responsibility to report it to the instructor at the end of class, or it will be counted as an absence. Three times late to class counts as one absence.

QUIZZES

In lab you will be given a quiz over the previous lab's work each week. You may have questions on the quiz (generally) regarding the lab we do the next time, in order to insure you read the lab before attempting the next lab. (With the exception of the ecosystem lab--last lab since there is no next lab)

Each lab quiz is worth 10 points, and I will count 13 scores. THERE WILL BE NO MAKE-UP QUIZZES! If you miss a quiz, you will receive a zero (with the exception of college excused emergencies).

Quizzes will consist of multiple choice, matching, true/false, fill-in, and short answer.

Please have your camera on during class meetings at least 80% of the time. Communication is key in science. We will have discussions and breakout groups. Visual and verbal communication are required. (Plus I get lonely if I look at a bunch of black screens!) No really, it is very hard to gauge understanding if I cannot see you (

DL protocol for COVID-19 circumstances:

Important: All exams and quizzes will be administered with Proctorio on Canvas. For this you must have a working camera, microphone and allow screen access. An extension may need to be added to google chrome for this program to work. No notes, talking to others, books, phones, smart watches, opening new windows other than the exam are allowed. The exam must be taken during the allotted time. Mt SAC has a laptop loan program where you can borrow a laptop. Proctorio does not work on an iphone or ipad.

To fill out a form to get a laptop loan go to:

Papers must be turned in through canvas and the plagiarism check.

POLICY ON ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: Anyone cheating may receive a failing grade (F) for the assignment, for the course, or the student may be dropped. Additional disciplinary action may be taken--see section on cheating in Schedule of Classes and Biological Sciences Department Policy on Student Cheating. A copy of the department cheating policy will be posted and signed by each student the first week of classes.

A TYPICAL DAY IN LAB:

In this core majors biology course, each week will begin with a lab quiz. After that your instructor will give an approximate 30-45 minute overview of the main ideas to focus on in lab that week on zoom. After the introduction, you will be given time to complete the lab online. It is important to learn to work independently and in a deductive way in this lab, however your instructor is always reachable via email to answer questions and advise you on the correct direction to proceed in your experiments. At the beginning of the next lab or in lecture, we will have a post-lab review where we will go over the main points of the experiments and answer questions as a group. Remember experiments are called that because they do not always turn out the way we expect. If your results turn out unexpectedly do not change them. Write in the margin how it should have come out when we go over it and reasons why you think it did not come out that way.

Grading:

I count 13 lab quizzes, so 13 x 10 points each= 130 points.

Your lab worksheets will be graded accordingly:

3 points = excellent

2 points = satisfactory

1 point = needs improvement

0 points = unsatisfactory THREE ZEROS WILL LOWER YOUR GRADE ONE GRADE LEVEL. (You need not be absent to receive a zero!)

**Lab Participation will also be considered in these scores.

Summary of lab points possible:

13 quizzes (10 points each).................................................130 points

13 labs (3 points each)..........................................................39 points

Laboratory Final Exam.........................................................56 points

Participation…………….…………………………………..5 points

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Total possible 230 points (on lecture syllabus)

(Lab is 30% of grade)

Extra credit: During the semester, I will offer extra credit points. These points will be added directly to your grade.

Note: At least 2 other extra credit opportunities will be offered that occur outside of class time. The extra credit points for outside of class activities will be added to your grade only if you are on the borderline of the next grade.

Holidays!

January 18 (Monday)………………………………….Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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BIOLOGY 4 LAB SCHEDULE

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

January 4 5 6 7

Lecture Microscope Macromolecules Enzymes

Day Sci. Method

Lab 1 Lab 2 Lab 3

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11 12 13 14

Cytology Lecture Transport Lecture

Mitosis Day Lab 5 Day

Lab 4

Exam 1? ______________________________________________________________

18 19 20 21

Photosynthesis Resp/Metab Lecture

Holiday! Lab 6 Lab 7 Day

Paper 1 Due

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25 26 27 28

DNA/Protein Meiosis/ Lecture Taxonomy

Synthesis Genetics

Lab 8 Day

Exam 2? Lab 9 Lab 10

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February 1 2 3 4

Ecology Ecology Embryology Lecture Day

Lab 11 Lab 12 Biolab Fly

Part 1 Paper 2

Part 2 Exam 3

Lab 13

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8 9 10 11

Evolution Sanctuary Lab Final Lecture Final

Population Lab 15 Lecture EXAM

Lab 14 Exam 4 Review

Paper 2 due

Discussion Hour

The Bio 4 discussion hour in intended to give students a better understanding of the material. Instructions on writing the formal papers will be given at this time.

Paper #1 is worth 35 points, rough draft is worth 15 points (Total of 50 points)

These scores will be added to your lecture and lab scores to determine your overall grade.

Poor attendance to the discussion hour will decrease your grade!

Course Measurable Objectives: view at Student Learning Objectives: Students completing this project will be able to demonstrate the ability to show the relevance of biology on their daily lives. Students completing this project will develop an understanding of the scientific method. Students who complete this project will have the ability to -form a hypothesis -collect data -conduct statistical analysis -interpret data

Note: If you have a verified disability and need accommodations, please let me know what your needs are as soon as possible. You must request accommodations from the Access Program (formerly DSPS) prior to using them.

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