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Stern 4030, x8290 (504-862-8290)

email: bfleury@tulane.edu
home page: http://www.tulane.edu/~bfleury/

402 Boggs, (504) 247-1541

email: bsigel@tulane.edu

To supplement your text for the material on the history of evolution, you will find a great web page at UC Berkeley on early evolutionary thought:

 http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/history_01

All students enrolled in lecture must also take the EBIO 111 laboratory that accompanies the lecture section, and vice-versa. The two classes are co-requisites. Both lab and lecture are designed to complement and reinforce one another.

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Lab Supervisor  Dr. Bruce Fleury

For help with registration for lab sections, contact: Christy Day, Dinwiddie 210, x8282,  clday@tulane.edu 

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Lab Manual

The lab manual is available for purchase from the university bookstore, together with your photographic atlas and dissecting kit. You can also download the complete lab manual in Microsoft Word ".doc" format--> HERE

Important: However you obtain it, you will be expected to bring your own printed copy of the weekly lab guide to each lab session!!

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Laboratory Goals

This lab will give you the opportunity to examine many of the organisms discussed in lecture. You will have an opportunity to interact with many funky organisms.

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Laboratory Guidelines

Labs meet in Science and Engineering Labs Building 218 (adjacent to the ERC/Financial Aid offices).

There will be no makeup labs. You must complete all assigned work during the regular laboratory period. You must attend the section you are registered for. If you are unable to attend your usual lab session due to an accident or illness, we can occasionally place you in a different section for that week, pending the approval of both TA’s concerned. BUT you will need a written note or email from the Dean’s office, or your academic adviser, or your physician (or your mom) explaining your absence from your usual lab section. We will NOT schedule makeup labs for social events or travel convenience. You must notify your TA as soon as possible if you know you will miss a lab for any reason.

There will be no makeup quizzes. Makeups for missed quizzes will be given only in special circumstances, at the discretion of the lab supervisor and the TA in charge of that section. To some extent, exams are tailored to the material emphasized in each individual section. Taking a quiz in another section, even with a legitimate medical excuse, could result in a substantially lower score.

Be prepared when you come to lab. Read the lab guide in advance, to ease the osmosis of knowledge. Read through it as you examine the slides and specimens. The lab guide also contains step by step instructions for the dissections. Bring your lab atlas to class and compare the photos etc. to the specimens you'll see in lab. Quiz questions are often based on recognition and recall, and the atlas can help you remember what you saw in lab.

Clean your station thoroughly before you leave. Your area must be clean, your microscope properly stored, and all display materials returned to wherever you found them. Take only one or two slides at a time from the display area (some are in short supply) and be sure to return them to the proper tray.

All plant and animal matter goes into the garbage container (near the sinks). Do not leave arms, legs, lower life forms, pieces of plants, etc. in the sink or your dissecting pans. Dispose of slides and other glassware ONLY in the glassware disposal container provided.

You will be held responsible for any damage you do to the microscopes or to the lab instructor. Don't try to rush through the exercises -- remember that everyone in lab is playing with sharp knives and small pieces of glass. No running around the room with scissors!

Have fun. Labs shouldn't be a grind. This will be your first (and perhaps only) chance to see many of the strange and fascinating creatures with whom we share this Earth. So tease a worm - tickle a leech - annoy the algae! Unless the display material labels or TA says otherwise, the first rule in lab is handle (with care).

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Grading

You must be prompt in attending lab, or you will miss the quiz at the beginning of the lab period. Students who enter the lab after the quiz is completed may only take the quiz at the discretion of the TA in charge of that section. Makeups for missed quizzes will be given only in special circumstances, at the discretion of the lab supervisor and the TA in charge of that section. There will be no make-ups for worksheets. If you miss more than three labs, you will automatically receive a failing grade for the lab. 

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Equipment
 

Dissecting kit

Rubber or vinyl gloves (optional - for dissections

These items are available at the University Bookstore in the Student Center.

Labs can get messy (most of our organisms are aquatic or live in dirt) so we encourage you to dress casually.

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Weekly Laboratory Schedule
 
 

Lab 1	Sept.15	Evolution
Lab 2	Sept. 22	Bacteria & Protista
Lab 3	Sept. 29	Sponges - Nematodes
Lab 4	Oct. 13	Mollusks & Annelids
Lab 5	Oct. 20	Nematodes &Arthropods
Lab 6	Oct. 27	Echinoderms & Chordates
Lab 7	Nov. 3	Fungi
Lab 8	Nov. 10	Mosses - Ferns
Lab 9	Nov. 17	Gymnosperms & Angiosperms
Lab 10	Dec. 1	Plant Structure

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