• Bolded labs are experimental labs. Lab reports are required for each experimental lab. Most non-bolded labs are histology labs. You will be quizzed on this material. Two non-bolded labs are field trips and you will need to dress accordingly.
• You will have a lab handout for each lab. You will usually have reading from Schoenwolf's Laboratory Studies of Vertebrate and Invertebrate Embryos (SCH in table below). You will sometimes have assigned reading from the copy package (SR below).
• Expect to be in lab extra hours, both during the week and on weekends. Developing animals (whether from experimental labs or field collections) will need to be cared for. Also, you will need extra time to study histology.
| Date | Scheduled Lab | Reading | Quizzes/ Lab reports due |
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1/23 |
#1-Intro to Microscope and Gametogenesis |
SCH 2-27; 4:174 |
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1/30 |
#2-Sea Urchin Fertilization |
SCH 1:3-5 |
Quiz #1-Gametogenesis |
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2/6 |
#3-Echinoderm Development |
SCH 1:entire |
1st draft Sea Urchin Fertilization |
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2/13 |
#4a-Early Amphibian Development/ #4b-Axolotl Lab |
SCH 2:25-31, SR |
final draft Sea Urchin Fertilization |
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2/20 |
#5-4 mm Tadpole |
SCH 2: 25-26 (again), 32-36 |
Quiz #2-Echinoderm and Early Amphibians |
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2/27 |
#6-Cytoplasmic Determination |
SR |
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3/6 |
#7-Embryos in the Forest (field trip) |
1st draft Cytoplasmic Determination |
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3/13 |
#8-21-33 Hr Chick |
SCH 3: 53-59,74-80,88,98,102 |
final draft Cytoplasmic Determination |
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3/20 |
Spring Break |
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3/27 |
#9-48 Hour Chick |
SCH 3: 104-111 |
Quiz #3-4mm Tadpole and 21-33 Hr Chick |
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4/3 |
#10-Planarian Regeneration |
SR |
1st draft Axolotls |
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4/10 |
#11-72 Hour Chick |
SCH 3: 138-142 |
final draft Axolotls |
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4/17 |
#12-72 Hour Chick |
SCH 3: review entire |
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4/24 |
#13-Embryos in the Ocean (field trip) |
Quiz #4-48 and 72 Hour Chick |
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5/1 |
#14-10 mm Pig |
SCH 5: 217-235 |
1st draft Planarian Regeneration |
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5/8 |
#15-10 mm Pig |
SCH 5: review entire |
final draft Planarian Regeneration |
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5/15 |
Take Home Lab Final Due (including 10mm Pig) |
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Lab Points Breakdown
| Quizzes | #1 | 15 |
| #2 | 30 | |
| #3 | 30 | |
| #4 | 45 | |
| Lab Reports | 4 X 25 each | 100 |
| 10 mm Pig | 30 | |
| Take Home Final | Cumulative | 100 ----- |
| TOTAL | 350 |