Biology 240 - Laboratory Exercises Fall 2008

 Date
Lab 
Topic
Aug 28-29
Enrollment
Sep 2-3
Ecology Field Work
Sep 4-5
1
Variation in the Natural World
Sep 9-10
3, 4
Symbiosis/Biotic Adaptations
Sep 11-12
2
Mechanisms of Evolution: The Hardy-Weinberg Law
Sep 16-17
5
Phylogeny and Classification I
Sep 18-19
5
Phylogeny and Classification II
Sep 23-24
6
Heterotrophic "Protists" — The Protozoa
Sep 25-26
7
Filamentous Fungi and Water Molds
Sep 30-Oct 1
8
The Higher Fungi
Oct 2-3
Laboratory Examination I
Oct 7-8
9
Autotrophic Eukaryotes — The "Algae"
Oct 9-10
10
The Plant Kingdom — An Evolutionary Overview
Oct 14-15
Field Trip to San Francisco Botanic Garden
Oct 16-17
11
Reproduction in Non-Seed Plants
Oct 21-22
12
Reproduction in Seed Plants
Oct 23-24
13
Flowers and Pollination
Oct 28-29
14
Plants and Their Environment
Oct 30-31
Laboratory Examination II
Nov 4-5
15
Animal Life Cycles 
Nov 6-7
16
Animal Architecture and Body Plan
Nov 11-12
17
The Hydrostatic Skeleton
Nov 13-14
18
Adaptive Radiation in the Molluscs
Nov 18-19
19
The Arthropod Body Plan
Nov 20-21
20
The Insects
Nov 25-28
Thanksiving week holiday— No Labs
Dec 2-3
21
Chordate Diversity
Dec 4-5
22
Chordate Homologies and Adaptations
Dec 9-10
Field Trip to San Francisco Zoo
Dec 11-12 Laboratory Examination III