Date Week Lab # Lab Name Activity Quiz Items Assigned This Week Assignments Due Before Start of Class
26 Aug 2021 Week 1 Lab 1 Course   Introduction, Scientific Method, and Measurements I Introduction   to BSC2010L None Post-Lab   1 none
Scientific Method  
Pre-Lab 2
Measurements
EC Introduced: Quiz Corrections
2 Sept 2021 Week 2 Lab 2 Measurements II and   Microscopes Measurements Quiz 1 (on labs 1 &   2) Post-Lab 2 Post-Lab 1
Microscopes Pre-Lab 3 Pre-Lab 2
Introduce Press-Release Project Students form groups   and choose paper  
9 Sept 2021 Week 3 NO LAB   Labor   Day (No Classes)      
16 Sept 2021 Week 4 Lab 3 Biologically   Important Molecules Carbohydrates Quiz 2   (on labs 2 & 3) Post-Lab 3 Post-Lab 2
Proteins Pre-Lab   4 Pre-Lab 3
Lipids PR groups formed,   paper chosen
23 Sept 2021 Week 5 Lab 4 Cells and Cell Membranes Cells Quiz 3 (on labs 3 &   4) Post-Lab 4 Post-Lab   3
Cell membranes Pre-Lab 5 Pre-Lab   4
PR Message Box
EC: Quiz 1 Corrections
30 Sept 2021 Week 6 Lab 5 Identifying Solutes   and Determining their Concentrations Identifying   Solutes Quiz 4 (on labs 4 &   5) Post-Lab 5 Post-Lab 4
Determining Concentrations Pre-Lab   5
  EC:   Quiz 2 Corrections
7 Oct 2021 Week 7 Lab 6  Press Release Peer   Review Press   Release Peer Review No Quiz Post-Lab 6 (individual reflection on peer   review) Post-Lab   5
Pilot Lab PR   Rough Drafts
Pre-Lab 7 EC:   Quiz 3 Corrections
13 Oct 2021 Week 8 Lab 7 Enzymes Enzymes Quiz 5 (on labs 5 and   7) Post-Lab 7 Post-Lab   6
Lightning Talks Introduced Pre-Lab   8 Pre-Lab   7
Students form groups and choose paper for LT PR   Final 
EC: Quiz 4 Corrections
21 Oct 2021 Week 9 Lab 8 Respiration Respiration Quiz 6 (on labs 7 and   8) Post-Lab   8 Post-Lab   7
Pre-Lab 9 Pre-Lab   8
LT groups formed and papers chosen
28 Oct 2021 Week 10 Lab 9 Mitosis, Meiosis, and   Gametogenesis Mitosis Quiz 7 (on labs 8 and   9) Post-Lab 9 Post-Lab 8
Meiosis Pre-Lab 10 Pre-Lab 9
Gemetogenesis EC: Quiz 5   Corrections
4 Nov 2021 Week 11 Lab 10 Mendelian Genetics Mendelian Genetics Quiz 8 (on labs 9 and   10) Post-Lab 10 Post-Lab 9
Pre-Lab 11 Pre-Lab 10
LT Paper   Summary
EC: Quiz 6   Corrections
11 Nov  2021 Week 12 NO LAB   Labor   Day (No Classes)      
18 Nov 2021 Week 13 Lab 11 Population Genetics Population Genetics Quiz 9  (on labs 10 and 11) Post-Lab 11 Post-Lab 10
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Pre-Lab 11
EC: Quiz 7   Corrections
25 Nov  2021 Week 14 NO LAB Thanksgiving Break: No Classes      
2 Dec 2021 Week 15 Lab 12 Lightning Talk Presentations Lightning   Talk Presentations Bonus Quiz EC: Quiz 9   Corrections due 48 hours after Lab 12 Post-Lab 11
EC: Quiz 8 Corrections


Assignment Grade % (out of 100) Points out of 1000
Lab # Task Sheets/Lab Activity 22 220
Lab 1 TS/A: Lab 1 2 20
Lab 2 TS/A: Lab 2 2 20
Lab 3 TS/A: Lab 3 2 20
Lab 4 TS/A: Lab 4 2 20
Lab 5 TS/A: Lab 5 2 20
Lab 6 TS/A: Lab 6 2 20 Peer Reviews of Rough Drafts
Lab 7 TS/A: Lab 7 2 20
Lab 8 TS/A: Lab 8 2 20
Lab 9 TS/A: Lab 9 2 20
Lab 10 TS/A: Lab 10 2 20
Lab 11 TS/A: Lab 11 2 20
Lab 12 TS/A: Lab 12 0 0 Peer Reviews/Questions
Lowest Lab Activity is dropped
Quizzes 8 80
Lab 2 Quiz 1 1 10
Lab 3 Quiz 2 1 10
Lab 4 Quiz 3 1 10
Lab 5 Quiz 4 1 10
Lab 7 Quiz 5 1 10
Lab 8 Quiz 6 1 10
Lab 9 Quiz 7 1 10
Lab 10 Quiz 8 1 10
Lab 11 Quiz 9 0 0 Lowest Quiz Dropped
Lab 12 Bonus Quiz 0 0 Bonus Replacement Quiz
Pre-Lab Activity 9 90
Lab 2 Pre-Lab:Lab 2 1 10
Lab 3 Pre-Lab: Lab 3 1 10
Lab 4 Pre-Lab:Lab 4 1 10
Lab 5 Pre-Lab: Lab 5 1 10
Lab 7 Pre-Lab: Lab 7 1 10
Lab 8 Pre-Lab:Lab 8 1 10
Lab 9 Pre-Lab: Lab 9 1 10
Lab 10 Pre-Lab:Lab 10 1 10
Lab 11 Pre-Lab: Lab 11 1 10
Post-Lab Activity 11 110
Lab 1 Post-Lab: Lab 1 1 10
Lab 2 Post-Lab:Lab 2 1 10
Lab 3 Post-Lab: Lab 3 1 10
Lab 4 Post-Lab:Lab 4 1 10
Lab 5 Post-Lab: Lab 5 1 10
Lab 6 Post-Lab: Lab 6 1 10 Reflect on peer review (individual)
Lab 7 Post-Lab: Lab 7 1 10
Lab 8 Post-Lab: Lab 8 1 10
Lab 9 Post-Lab:Lab 9 1 10
Lab 10 Post-Lab: Lab 10 1 10
Lab 11 Post-Lab:Lab 11 1 10
Press Release (Group) 25 250
Message Box 5 50
Rough Draft of Press Release 10 100
Final Press Release 10 100
Lightning Talk (Group) 25 250
Paper Dissection/Summary 10 100
Presentation 15 150
TOTAL 100 1000
Extra Credit: Quiz Corrections 3 30
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Q2C 0.333333333 3.333333333
Q3C 0.333333333 3.333333333
Q4C 0.333333333 3.333333333
Q5C 0.333333333 3.333333333
Q6C 0.333333333 3.333333333
Q7C 0.333333333 3.333333333
Q8C 0.333333333 3.333333333
Q9C 0.333333333 3.333333333