G. Bio Syllabus Week of September 8, 2003
Monday:
Lab: Introduction to a Compound light microscope
Care and feeding instructions
Observations of a wet mount and a dry mount preparation
Homework:
Finish Questions from microscope lab (Wednesday)
Tuesday:
Observation of a Periwinkle shell activity
Detailed observation are important
Homework:
Finish questions from periwinkle observations (Wednesday)
Wednesday:
Introduction to the metric system:
Units of the metric system for distance, mass, and volume.
Prefixes of the metric system for the six most common values
Basis of metric system on 10
Metric Conversions
Homework:
Metric System Conversions (Thursday)
Thursday:
Lab: CAPT Type Hot Sauce
Students are to write problem statement, hypothesis, and procedure for the CAPT Type hot sauce lab (open ended)
Lab: Introduction to the Compound Light Microscope
Homework:
Finish Procedure for Hot Sauce lab (to be conducted on Friday)
Finish Questions from Microscope lab (Monday)
Friday:
Lab: Conduct Hot Sauce Lab
Making observations
Drawing conclusions and validity
Go over data tables and graphs
Homework:
CAPT Lab Write- Up (does not need to be typed) (Wednesday)
