GLY-1101L The History of Life Laboratory Fall Term 2010 Room: PC 448 (Charles Perry Building at UP Campus) Instructor: Pushpa Soti Email: [email protected] Office: ECS 161 Classes: Section U 01: Monday 10:00AM - 12:45PM Section U02: Monday 2:00PM - 4:45PM Office hours are by appointment. Please, if you need assistance do not hesitate to meet with your lab instructor. Schedule an appointment by email. LAB OBJECTIVE: Hands-on experience with fossils and other biological specimens to understand the interacting biological and geological principles and processes that shape (d) life on Earth. CLASS READINGS: Lab Exercise handouts must be downloaded from the class website and printed out before the beginning of each class. http://casgroup.fiu.edu/earthenvironment/currentstudents.php It may be simplest to print out as many exercises as possible at one sitting rather than having to remember to print them out each week before coming to class. The book Life of the Past (4th edition), by W.I. Ausich and N.G. Lane (1999), which is required for the lecture course, can be used to supplement explanations in the handouts. Grading Labs: Each weekly Lab Exercise handout = 10 points. Total Lab Exercise points = 100. Each lab will be evaluated on an individual basis, and will be returned at the beginning of the next lab. There will be no grading on a normal curve (curving). Exams: Will be practical. Lab Midterm = 50 points. Lab Final = 50 points. Total exam points = 100. Grades: Total possible points = 200. Grades are determined by percentage as follows: A = 93-100, A- = 90-92, B+ = 87-89, B = 83-86, B- = 80-82, C+ = 77-79, C = 73-76, C- = 70-72, D+ = 67-69, D = 63-66, D- = 60-62, F = fewer than 60 %. Policies - Attendance is mandatory because written exercises are completed during the labs. There are no makeup labs or exams. If you have a medical emergency or a serious family problem then arrangements will be possible. Verification in the form of an official document will be required. Labs start on time. - In keeping with university policy, accommodations for students who wish to observe their religious holidays will try to be made. Students should make these requests known during the first week of the semester. - Cheating and any other kind of misconduct is unacceptable and will be reported to university officials. See Student Handbook regarding the FIU policies. - The class will be responsible for cleaning up the Lab. - No food or drinks in the laboratory; cell phones must be turned off during lab.EXERCISES MATERIAL COVEREDPlease click on link to download assignment. LAB 1 August 23 Telling Time: Principles of Stratigraphy http://www2.fiu.edu/orgs/geology/HOL/hislifelab/HistoryofLifeLab01.pdf (Covers Chapter 1: pages 6-12, Chapter 3: pages 47-51) LAB 2 August 30 Principles of classifying biodiversity, and preservation of fossilshttp://www2.fiu.edu/orgs/geology/HOL/hislifelab/HistoryofLifeLab02.pdf (Covers Chapter 2: pages 19-46) No Lab September 6 Labor Day Holiday (University Closed) No Lab September 13 P. Soti out of country LAB 3 September 20 Paleoenvironments, Paleoecology and Preservation http://www2.fiu.edu/orgs/geology/HOL/hislifelab/HistoryofLifeLab03.pdf (Covers Chapter 3: pages 46-47 & 51-54) LAB 4 September 27 Genetic Expression and Frequencies http://www2.fiu.edu/orgs/geology/HOL/hislifelab/HistoryofLifeLab04.pdf (Covers Chapter 3: pages 33-46, Chapter 5: pages 63-67) LAB 5 October 4 Morphologic Variation and Evolution http://www2.fiu.edu/orgs/geology/HOL/hislifelab/HistoryofLifeLab05.pdf (Covers Chapter 5: pages 66-75) LAB 6 &Review October 11 Invertebrates of the Paleozoic Era http://www2.fiu.edu/orgs/geology/HOL/hislifelab/HistoryofLifeLab06.pdf (Covers Chapter 9: pages 121-132, Chapter 10: pages 133-151, Chapter 11: pages 162-178, Chapter 12: pages 179-192) MIDTERM October 18 Covers Labs 1-5LAB 7 October 25 Invertebrates of the Mesozoic Era http://www2.fiu.edu/orgs/geology/HOL/hislifelab/HistoryofLifeLab07.pdf (Covers Chapter 10: pages 152-191, Chapter 11: pages 162-178, Chapter 12: pages 179-192) LAB 8 November 1 Invertebrates of the Cenozoic Erahttp://www2.fiu.edu/orgs/geology/HOL/hislifelab/HistoryofLifeLab08.pdf (Covers Chapter 10: pages 152-191, Chapter 11: pages 162-178, Chapter 12: pages 179-192)LAB 9 November 8 Plants and Paleoclimateshttp://www2.fiu.edu/orgs/geology/HOL/hislifelab/HistoryofLifeLab09.pdf (Covers Chapter 13: pages 193-198, Chapter 14: pages 205-232) LAB 10& Review November 15 Dinosaurs, Mammals and Hominoids http://www2.fiu.edu/orgs/geology/HOL/hislifelab/HistoryofLifeLab10.pdf (Covers Chapter 13: pages 198-204, Chapter 15: pages 233-258, Chapter 16: pages 259-280, Chapter 17: pages 281-291) FINAL EXAM November 22 Cumulative, covers Labs