MSCI/BIOL 302 Lab

Spring 2004 - Syllabus

 

Lab section:         Instructor:                  Contact Info. (email / phone)           Schedule:           Location:

       1               Dr. Robert Young         ryoung@coastal.edu  /  2277       W 2:30 - 5:30      SCI 110

       2               Dr. Daniel Abel            dabel@coastal.edu  /  2257          R 11:30 - 2:20    SCI 110

       3               Dr. Eric Koepfler          eric@coastal.edu  /  2222             R 2:30 - 5:30      SCI 110

 

 

Week of

Topic(s)

 Assignment(s)

1/12

Introduction to Lab

Activity 1: Marine Mammal Dive Response  (due next lab)

1/19

Introduction to Experimental Design: Marine Mammal Dive Response

Read: Online Guide to Writing Lab Reports; Activity 2 – Online Quiz (to be completed before next lab)

1/26

Scientific Writing; Data Analysis, Interpretation, and Presentation; Intro. to Use of Excel and Statistics (XL data)

Full Lab Report #1 (due next lab) 

 

2/02

Identifying and Classifying Aquatic Plants and Protists: Phytoplankton, Macroalgae and Sea Grasses

Activity 3: Online Quiz to be completed before next lab) AND Mini-practical I (at the beginning of next week’s lab).

2/09

Celebration of Inquiry

 

2/16

Mini-Practical I; Marine Invertebrate Classification and Identification

Activity 4: Online Quiz to be completed before next lab) AND Mini-practical II (at the beginning of next week’s lab).

2/23

Mini-Practical II – Intro to Classification and Identification of Fishes

Activity 5: Online Quiz to be completed before next lab) AND Mini-practical III (at the beginning of next week’s lab).

3/1

Mini-Practical III- Shark Critical Thinking Activity; Intro to Primary Production Lab

Activity 6: Shark Critical Thinking (due at the beginning of next week’s lab).

3/8

Primary Production: Effects of Nutrients and Light Intensity – Coastal II Cruise

(DATA & INSTRUCTIONS)  

Activity 7:Analysis of Data from previous year (due at the beginning of next week’s lab).

Lab Report # 2 due 4/05

3/15

Spring Break

 

3/22

Floating Docks Field Trip 

Reading assignment: Indices of Ecosystem Diversity

Activity 8: Online Quiz (to be completed before next lab)

3/29

Examination of Floating Dock Fouling Community; Discussion of Biodiversity

Activity 9: Analysis of Floating Dock Data (due at the beginning of next week’s lab).

 

4/05

Critical thinking activity (Invasive Species)

Activity 10: Critical Thinking (due at the beginning of next week’s lab).

Lab Report # 2  (due at the beginning of next week’s lab).

4/12

Huntington Marsh Field Trip or Fish Banks (Low Tide 1 - 2 PM approx)

Reading Assignment: Fish Banks

4/19

Fish Banks or Huntington Marsh Field Trip (Low Tide 5 - 6 PM approx)

 

4/26

Final Lab Practical (images for section 3)

 

 

 

Grading

 

2 Lab reports   (20% each)                                                      40%

10 Activities (5% each)                                                             50%                            

Final Practical                                                                           10%

 

                                    Total =                                                 100%