Bio 045: Biology of the Algae
Spring 2007
Lecture: MWF 10:00-10:50 in Steffee B108
Lab:
Thu 1:30-4:20 in Steffee B108
Algal Identification Web resources:
Key to
Common Freshwater Algae
©2002 Chris H. Lundberg
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1. Class Session Wed
17.Jan: Introductory activity
LAB #1 Thu 18.Jan: Microscope
/ Notebook
2. Class Session Fri
19.Jan: Atoms
3. Class Session Mon
22.Jan: Water, Organic molecules
4. Class Session Wed
24.Jan: Lipids
LAB #2 Thu 25.Jan: Gallery
of Algae for this week
5. Class Session Fri
26.Jan: Nucleic Acids & Proteins
6. Class Session Mon
29.Jan: Cells
7. Class Session Wed 31.Jan: Membranes,
Energy
LAB #3 Thu 01.Feb: Gallery of Algae for Lab #3
8. Class Session Fri 02.Feb: Taxonomy
and Diversity of Life
9. Class Session Mon 05.Feb: Kingdoms:
Bacteria, Archaebacteria, and Protists
10. Class Session Wed 07.Feb: Kingdoms
continued / End Unit #1
Announcement: Exam over
Unit #1 will be in lecture on Wed., 14.Feb
LAB #4 Thu 08.Feb: LabQuiz#1 / Winogradsky column
11. Class Session Fri 09.Feb: Begin Unit #2 / Asexual Reproduction, Cell Division
12. Class Session Mon 12.Feb: Mitosis,
Meiosis
13. Class Session Wed 14.Feb: Exam #1
/ Exam #1 ANSWER KEY
LAB #5 Thu 15.Feb: Mitosis/Meiosis handout / Mitosis/Meiosis ANSWER KEY
14. Class Session Fri 16.Feb: Alternation
of Generations
15. Class Session Mon 19.Feb: Cyanobacteria
16. Class Session Wed 21.Feb: Cyanobacteria
part 2
LAB #6 Thu 22.Feb: Setup of Phytoplankton experiment
17. Class Session Fri 23.Feb: Endosymbiosis,
Green Algae
18. Class Session Mon 26.Feb: Green
Algae continued
19. Class Session Wed 28.Feb: Chromophytes
Announcement: Exam over
Unit #2 will be in lecture on Wed. 14.March
LAB #7 Thu 01.Mar: Chlamydomonas mating / Mystery Algae Key
20. Class Session Fri 02.Mar: Chromophytes
continued
21. Class Session Mon 05.Mar: Browns,
Reds, Euglenoids
22. Class Session Wed 07.Mar: Cryptophytes,
Haptophytes, Dinoflagellates, non-algal protists / End Unit #2
LAB #8 Thu 08.Mar: Making Diatom Slides / Mystery Algae Key
23. Class Session Fri 09.Mar: continued viewing of diatom slides
24. Class Session Mon 12.Mar: review for Exam #2
25. Class Session Wed 14.Mar: Exam #2
/ Exam #2 Answer KEY
LAB #9 Thu 15.Mar:
Count Sample for Phytoplankton Experiment
26. Class Session Fri 16.Mar: Begin Unit #3 / Concept of Niche
27. Class Session Mon 26.Mar: spontaneous algal walk across campus
28. Class Session Wed 28.Mar: Biogeochemical
cycles: water, nitrogen
LAB #10 Thu 29.Mar: Collecting
field trip: Ernst Trail, Conneaut (Geneva) Marsh
29. Class Session Fri 30.Mar: Cycles
continued: nitrogen, phosphorous
30. Class Session Mon 02.Apr: Cycles
continued: carbon
31. Class Session Wed 04.Apr: Primary
Productivity
LAB #11 Thu 05.Apr: No
field trip while winter rages on; Explore samples collected previous week
32. Class Session Fri 06.Apr: Limits
to Primary Productivity, part 2
33. Class Session Mon 09.Apr: Food
Chains
34. Class Session Wed 11.Apr: Trophic
Cascades
LAB #12 Thu 12.Apr:
Collecting trip to Woodcock Lake, Bousson, and Tamarack Lake
35. Class Session Fri 13.Apr: Photosynthesis
36. Class Session Mon 16.Apr: Respiration
& Fermentation
37. Class Session Wed 18.Apr: River
and Lake Ecosystems / GoogleEarth file
LAB #13 Thu 19.Apr:
Collecting trip to Conneaut Lake, Hartstown Marsh (towpath), Pymatuning Lake
38. Class Session Fri 20.Apr: Review
Session
39. Class Session Mon 23.Apr: Exam #3
/ Exam #3 KEY
40. Class Session Wed 25.Apr: Video: “Living Together” from
the series The Private Life of Plants
by David Attenborough
LAB #14 Thu 26.Apr:
Explore algae collected previous two weeks
41. Class Session Fri 27.Apr: Presentations, Review for Final
42. Class Session Mon 30.Apr: Exam 3
summary, Presentation, Review for Final, Algal Foodfest
FINAL EXAM will be on Monday, 07.May from 9:00 am – noon (exam
code G)
Finals week Office Hours:
Tue 01.May 9:00-12:00, 1:30-3:30
Thu 03.May 1:30-3:30
Fri 04.May 1:30 2:00-3:30
Old exams & Answer
keys:
Exam #1 Fall 2002 (updated; questions relevant
to Exam 1 this term in green) / Answer
Key
Exam #1 Fall 2003 (updated; questions relevant
to Exam 1 this term in green) / Answer
Key
Exam #2 Fall 2002 (all questions relevant; see
also purple highlighted questions in old Exam #1’s) / Answer Key
Exam #2 Fall 2003 (all questions relevant; see
also purple highlighted questions in old Exam #1’s) / Answer Key
Exam #3 Fall 2002 / Answer Key
Exam #3 Fall 2003 / Answer Key
Comprehensive Final 2002 / Answer Key