BIOL 1012 DISCUSSION
Information & Schedule
Goals:
Discussions in this course serve the following purposes:
Assessment:
Assignments (Generally 5 points each) |
65 points |
Participation (TA discretion) |
10 points |
In addition, you will be spending discussion time analyzing data from laboratory experiments that will be used in writing your lab reports.
Attendance in discussion is mandatory. If you miss more than three laboratory or discussion sessions, you will not pass the course. Students who miss discussion for unexcused reasons will not be able to make up missed assignment points. If you cannot attend your assigned discussion section one week, you may attend a different section that week if you email both your TA and the TA of the section that you plan to attend IN ADVANCE. Repeatedly attending a different section is not allowed.
Required Materials:
Students are expected to print out copies of lab exercises and bring them to lab each week. Printouts will not be available in discussion. There are blue links to exercises in the schedule below (updated throughout the semester). Use your UMD username and password to access them. You need Adobe Reader to be able to open the files. Campus computers have this program. You can download it for free here.
Discussion Schedule:
Week |
Topic |
| Sep 7 - 11 | No meeting |
| Sep 14 - 18 | Molecular Biology and Primate Phylogenetics Exercise
|
| Sep 21 - 25 | How to Do Science |
| Sep 28 - Oct 2 | 1. Guidelines for Lab Report # 1; 2. Review for Lecture Exam 1 |
| Oct 5 - 9 | |
| Oct 12 - 16 | |
| Oct 19 - 23 | |
| Oct 26 - 30 | Reaction Time Presentations |
| Nov 2 - 6 | Case Study: Take Two and call me in the Morning **HANDOUT will be provided in discussion** |
| Nov 9 - 13 | Plasticity Experiment Setup |
| Nov 16 - 20 | |
| Nov 23 - 27 | Thanksgiving - No Discussions |
| Nov 30 - 4 | Life Cycles Discussion Exercise Life Cycles Diagrams |
| Dec 5 - 11 | Saving SpeciesBA |
Discussion Section Schedule
All Discussions meet in 115 Swenson Science Building
All Labs meet in 109 Swenson Science Building
| 002 DIS | 10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. | Th | SSB 115 | Edmund Zlonis |
| 003 LAB | 09:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m. | Tu | SSB 109 | |
| 004 DIS | 01:00 p.m.-01:50 p.m. | Th | SSB 115 | Carly Lapin (coordinator) |
| 005 LAB | 12:00 p.m.-02:15 p.m. | Tu | SSB 109 | |
| 006 DIS | 03:00 p.m.-03:50 p.m. | Th | SSB 115 | Elizabeth McGarry |
| 007 LAB | 02:30 p.m.-04:45 p.m. | Tu | SSB 109 | |
| 008 DIS | 05:00 p.m.-05:50 p.m. | Th | SSB 115 | Elizabeth McGarry |
| 009 LAB | 06:00 p.m.-08:15 p.m. | Tu | SSB 109 | |
| 010 DIS | 10:00 a.m.-10:50 a.m. | F | SSB 115 | Geoffrey House |
| 011 LAB | 10:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | W | SSB 109 | |
| 014 DIS | 05:00 p.m.-05:50 p.m. | M | SSB 115 | Geoffrey House |
| 015 LAB | 06:00 p.m.-08:15 p.m. | W | SSB 109 | |
| 016 DIS | 09:00 a.m.-09:50 a.m. | Tu | SSB 115 | Jeremy Erickson |
| 017 LAB | 08:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m. | Th | SSB 109 | |
| 018 DIS | 11:00 a.m.-11:50 a.m. | Tu | SSB 115 | Jeremy Erickson |
| 019 LAB | 10:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. | Th | SSB 109 | |
| 022 DIS | 03:00 p.m.-03:50 p.m. | Tu | SSB 115 | Edmund Zlonis |
| 023 LAB | 03:30 p.m.-05:45 p.m. | Th | SSB 109 |