LABORATORY SCHEDULE
BIOLOGY 121 - FALL '08
Lab Web Site--> www.tarleton.edu/~animal/lab.html
Week of:
Aug.    25    Chapter 1 (PROTISTA - Protozoa) & 2 (ANIMALIA - Porifera)

Sept.    1    No Lab! (Labor Day)

Sept.    8    Chapter 3 (Cnidaria) & 4 (Platyhelminthes) [Weekly Quiz]

Sept.    15    Chapter 5 (Nematoda) & 6 (Annelida) [Weekly Quiz]

SEPT.     22    LAB PRACTICAL #1

Sept.    29    Chapter 7 (Arthropoda) & 8 (Mollusca)

Oct.    6    Chapter 9 (Echinodermata) & 10 (Chordata) [Weekly Quiz]

Oct.    13    Chapter 11 (Animal Tissues) [Weekly Quiz]

Oct.     20     LAB PRACTICAL #2

Oct.     27    Chapter 12 (Muscular System & Skeletal System)

Nov.    3    Chapter 13 (Frog-Visceral Organs) & 14 (Circulatory System) [Weekly Quiz]

Nov.    10    Chapter 15 (Nervous System) [Weekly Quiz]

Nov.    17    Chapter 16 (Embryology) [Weekly Quiz]
    
Nov.     24    LAB PRACTICAL #3

Dec.     1 & 2    LAB PRACTICAL MAKE-UP [YOU CAN ONLY MAKE UP 1 PRACTICAL]
    

    1.    Grades:  You will have 3 practicals as scheduled above and 7 weekly quizzes (weekly quizzes cannot be made-up, however you can drop your lowest 2 grades). The lab grade is the average of 4 grades (three practicals and the weekly quiz average).  This average will be given to the lecture instructor and will be one-fourth (1/4) of your grade for Biology 121.

    2.    You are financially responsible for breakage of any materials or equipment in the laboratory. You will be required to sign a breakage voucher for each offense and make payment to the Department Storekeeper (Room 229) before the end of the semester (You will not be allowed to register until all charges are cleared).
        
ATTENDANCE POLICY: Class roll will be administered immediately after class begins. I will report the absences to the lecture instructor when an excess of absences has been attained (3 times).  Note:  Last Day to Drop a Class – Nov.3th