Biology 240 - Laboratory Exercises Fall 2009

 Date
Lab 
Topic
Aug 25-26
Enrollment
Aug 27-28
1
Variation in the Natural World
Sep 1-2 3, 4 Symbiosis/Biotic Adaptations
Sep 3-4
Furlough Day — No Labs
Sep 8-9
Furlough Day — No Labs
Sep 10-11
5
Phylogeny and Classification I
Sep 15-16
5
Phylogeny and Classification II
Sep 17-18
6
Heterotrophic "Protists" — The "Protozoa"
Sep 22-23
2
Mechanisms of Evolution: The Hardy-Weinberg Law / Video
Sep 24-25
Laboratory Examination I
Sep 29-30
9
Autotrophic Eukaryotes — The "Algae"
Oct 1-2
10
The Plant Kingdom — An Evolutionary Overview
Oct 6-7
11
Reproduction in Non-Seed Plants
Oct 8-9
12
Reproduction in Seed Plants
Oct 13-14
13
Flowers and Pollination
Oct 15-16
Field Trip to San Francisco Botanic Garden
Oct 20-21
14
Plants and Their Environment
Oct 22-23
Furlough Day — No Labs
Oct 27-28
Laboratory Examination II
Oct 29-30
15
Animal Life Cycles 
Nov 3-4
16
Animal Architecture and Body Plan
Nov 5-6
17
The Hydrostatic Skeleton
Nov 10-11
Veterans' Holiday — No Labs
Nov 12-13
18
Adaptive Radiation in the Molluscs
Nov 17-18
19
The Arthropod Body Plan
Nov 19-20
20
Insect Diversity
Nov 23-27
Thanksiving week holiday— No Labs
Dec 1-2
21
Chordate Diversity
Dec 3-4
22
Chordate Homologies and Adaptations
Dec 8-9 Field Trip to San Francisco Zoo
Dec 10-11 Laboratory Examination III