Biology 113 Notebook Checklist

Biology Lab 3 Notebook Checklist

Because it is assumed that all students enrolled in Biology Lab III have mastered the skills, techniques, and knowledge presented in Biology Labs I and II, transfer students will especially need to be familiar with the following protocols from Biology 111 and 112 Labs. We will be doing labs this quarter which make use of and build on this prior background information and these skills.

Transfer Students:

How to Succeed: How to Succeed
Lab Notebook How-To: Lab Notebook How-To
Graphing: Graphing How-To
Spectrophotometer Use: Spectrophotometer and Pipets
Bunsen Burner Use: Bunsen Burner
Autoclave Use: Autoclave Use
Yeast Plate Count (Sterile Technique How-To): Sterile Technique and Use of Pipets
Microscope Use: Microscope Use Videos

List of Things That Should Be in the Biology Lab 3 Notebook (all students)

Syllabus
- all handout pages
First Day of Lab
- all notes you take, entered directly into the notebook
Writing Scientific Paper
- all handout pages (if in 112 NB, no need to print out another copy — just have that one available)
- in-class notes on how-to
- all returned writing assignments
- bibliography & notes on your library/literature research to-date
- any other notes, ideas, drawings, etc., as you start to plan your research
- suggestions
Mosses, Ferns, and Allies
- all handout pages
- in-class notes
- labeled drawings of
  - generic Alternation of Generations diagram
  - moss life cycle diagram
  - prepared slide of male moss gametophyte with antheridia and sperm
  - prepared slide of female moss gametophyte with archegonia and eggs
  - plastic mount or live moss sporophyte with capsule and calyptra
  - prepared slide of liverwort (Marchantia) thallus
  - prepared slide of male liverwort gametophyte with antheridia and sperm
  - prepared slide of female liverwort gametophyte with archegonia and eggs
  - prepared slide of liverwort gemmae
  - live Marchantia if available
  - fern life cycle diagram
  - live fern sporophyte (fronds, fiddleheads, sori?)
  - prepared and/or live/fresh slide of fern sporangia & spores
  - prepared slide of male fern gametophyte (prothallium) with antheridia and sperm
  - prepared slide of female fern gametophyte (prothallium) with archegonia and eggs
  - prepared slide of fern fertilization
  - prepared slide of fern prothallium with new sporophyte
- conclusions & suggestions
Gymnosperms
- all handout pages
- in-class notes
- labeled drawings of
  - pine life cycle diagram
  - prepared slide of cross-section of “male” pine cone
  - prepared slide of cross-section of “female” pine cone
  - prepared and/or live/fresh pine pollen
  - cross-section of a pine seed (“nut”) showing the embryo
  - live cycad (if available)
  - live or preserved ginkgo leaf or tree (if available in lab or on hike)
  - live pine tree, “male” cones, and “female” cones (on hike)
- conclusions & suggestions
Angiosperms
- all handout pages
- in-class notes
- labeled drawings of
  - angiosperm life cycle diagram
  - cross-section of generic flower
  - individual, live dandelion flower
  - at least one (preferably more) other, live flower(s)
  - any other prepared slides, plastic mounts, models, and/or live plants that were examined
- conclusions & suggestions
Dissecting Scope
- all handout pages
- in-class notes
- labeled drawing of dissecting scope
- labeled drawing of light and transformer
Waffle Breakfast
- all handout pages
- any notes taken if you were able to attend
Earthworm
- all handout pages
- in-class notes
- labeled drawings of
  - overall external anatomy
  - external view of anterior end
  - external view of posterior end
  - external, ventral view of segments 14-15
  - external arrangement of setae
  - overall internal anatomy (dorsal view)
  - cross-section of intestinal segment
- conclusions & suggestions
Crab/Crayfish
- all handout pages
- in-class notes
- labeled drawings of
  - overall external anatomy (dorsal and/or side view)
  - all appendages, including antennules, antennae, mouthparts, walking legs, swimmerets, uropods
  - specially-adapted male and female swimmerets (gonopods)
  - overall internal anatomy (dorsal view)
  - heart
  - ventral nerve cord (dorsal view)
- conclusions & suggestions
Cockroach
- all handout pages
- in-class notes
- labeled drawing(s) of external anatomy
- labeled drawing(s) of internal anatomy, if done
- conclusions & suggestions
Eyelash Mites
- all handout pages
- in-class notes
- drawing(s) of any mites that you were able to see
- conclusions & suggestions
Histology of Epithelial and Connective Tissue
- all handout pages
- in-class notes
- labeled drawings of
  - simple squamous epithelium
  - simple cuboid epithelium
  - simple columnar epithelium
  - stratified squamous epithelium
  - pseudostratifided ciliated columnar epithelium
  - hyaline cartilage
  - bone
- conclusions & suggestions
Bones and Muscles
- all handout pages
- in-class notes
- labeled drawing(s) of skeleton/bones
- labeled drawings of male and female pelvic bones
- labeled drawing(s) of locations of listed muscles
- conclusions & suggestions
Visual Reaction Time
- all handout pages
- in-class notes
- all data and calculations
- copy of print-out of class data, if distributed
- conclusions & suggestions
Blood Pressure, Pulse, and Recovery Rate
- all handout pages
- in-class notes
- drawings of stopwatch, stethoscope, and sphygmomanometer
- all data and calculations
- copy of print-out of class data, if distributed
- conclusions & suggestions
Cat Anatomy
- all handout pages (even if we don’t actual do this lab)
- in-class notes*
- labeled drawings* of
  - ventral view of neck and thorax area
  - ventral view of abdominal area
  - ventral (and side) view(s) of brain
- conclusions & suggestions*
- * these items will be required if we do this lab
Reproductive Histology
- all handout pages (even if we don’t actual do this lab)
- in-class notes*
- labeled drawings* of
  - prepared slide of cross section of testis
  - prepared slide of cross section of penis
  - prepared slides of ovaries with eggs in various stages of development
  - prepared slide of cross section of fallopian tube
- conclusions & suggestions*
- * these items will be required if we do this lab
Chick Embryo
- handout pages (?)*
- in-class notes*
- drawings*
- conclusions & suggestions*
- * these items will be required if we do this lab
End-of-Year Experiment
- all handout pages (even if we don’t actual do this lab)
- in-class notes*
- conclusions & suggestions*
- * these items will be required if we do this lab
Organisms Used
- all handout pages
- any notes you take as you read through the handout
For each hike
- list of/notes on all organisms that were seen and discussed
- optional illustrations thereof
- at least one (preferably more) correctly identified, souvenir specimen (drawings don’t count as specimens)
- a map of where we went with north indicated and with locations indicated for new species that were seen
- (remember to use this information to update your cumulative lists)
Other Items
- typed Table of Contents (each page listed, title and date of what’s on that page) should be up-to-date for each notebook grading period
- typed Cumulative Lists should be up-to-date for each notebook grading period
- all cross-references should be up-to-date for each notebook grading period
- all hike quizzes (and any other quizzes), midterm, final, notebook gradesheets, and any other returned, graded assignments
- any other information handed out in class
- returning students should have 2^nd NB grade, final, and notes/illustrations from Fungi Lab from Lab 2

times since 2 Apr 2008.