The laboratory exercises for this course are the handouts found on the list below. There is no laboratory manual for the course.

Each laboratory handout is a PDF file.

You should print each laboratory handout and bring it with you to the laboratory period. During the laboratory period you and your lab partners perform that day's laboratory exercise by following the procedure steps in the handout. As you perform the experiment you should fill in the results tables and all other parts of the handout. When your lab group has finished the experiment please bring the completed handout to my desk so that I can review your results.


Week 1 (Jan 26 - 30):

     Course introduction and overview (no lab handout)

     Water chemistry




Week 2 (Feb 2 - 6):

      Diffusion and Osmosis

      Carbohydrates




Week 3 (Feb 9 - 13):

      Lipids

     Thursday = Midterm 1 during lab period. See the syllabus for the exact date and time of the midterm. There is no lab exercise on the midterm day




Week 4 (Feb 17- 20):

      Proteins

      Amylase enzyme




Week 5 (Feb 23 - 27):

      Microscopy

      Chromatography




Week 6 (Mar 2 - 6):

      Chromosomes

      Genomic DNA isolation




Week 7 (Mar 9 - 13):

     Tuesday = Midterm 2 during lab period. See the syllabus for the exact date and time of the midterm. There is no lab exercise on the midterm day

      Genetics lab 1




Week 8 (Mar 16 - 20):

      Genetics lab 2

      Hardy-Weinberg genetics (population genetics) lab




Week 9 (March 30 - April 3):

      Photosynthesis and light




Week 10 (Apr 6 - 10):

      Cellular respiration lab

     Thursday = Midterm 3 during lab period. See the syllabus for the exact date and time of the midterm. There is no lab exercise on the midterm day




Week 11 (Apr 13 - 17):

      Electrophoresis

      Genes: DNA to protein




Week 12 (Apr 20 - 24):

      PCR (part 1)

     Thursday = Midterm 4 during lab period. See the syllabus for the exact date and time of the midterm. There is no lab exercise on the midterm day




Week 13 (Apr 27 - May 1):

      PCR (part 2)

      Transformations




Week 14 (May 4 - 8):

     Tuesday = Midterm 5 during lab period. See the syllabus for the exact date and time of the midterm. There is no lab exercise on the midterm day

      Plasmid DNA Isolation




Week 15 (May 11 - 15):

      Restriction digestions and analysis of digestions (parts 1 and 2)




Week 16 (May 18 - 22):

      Restriction digestions and analysis of digestions (part 3)

     Thursday = Final exam during lab period. See the syllabus for the exact date and time of the final exam. There is no lab exercise on the final exam day