GLY-1101L: The History of Life LaboratoryFall Term 2009Room: PC 448 (Charles Perry Building at UP Campus)Instructor: Danielle Ogurcak [email protected]: OE 218Class: Section 1: Monday 10:00 AM – 12:45 PM Section 2: Monday 2:00 PM – 4:45 PM Office hours are by appointment. Please, if you need assistance do nothesitate to meet with your lab instructor. Schedule an appointment byemail.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.It may be simplest to print out as many exercises as possible at onesitting 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. GradingLabs: 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 bypercentage 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 of during lab. LAB COURSE OUTLINEhttp://www.fiu.edu/orgs/geology/Content/Syllabi/Syllabi.htmlEXERCISESMATERIAL COVEREDPlease click on link to download assignment.INTROAug 24th Course overview, handling fossils and zoological specimensLAB 1Aug 31st Telling Time: Principles of Stratigraphy (Covers Chapter 1: pages 6-12, Chapter 3: pages 47-51)NO CLASSSept 7th NO CLASS: LABOR DAY HOLIDAYLAB 2Sept 14th Principles of classifying biodiversity, and preservationof fossils (Covers Chapter 2: pages 19-32, Chapter 3: pages 33-46)LAB 3Sept 21st Paleoenvironments, Paleoecology and Preservation (Covers Chapter 3: pages 46-47 & 51-54)LAB 4Sept 28th Genetic Expression and Frequencies (Covers Chapter 3: pages 33-46, Chapter 5: pages 63-67)LAB 5Oct 5th Morphologic Variation and Evolution (Covers Chapter 5: pages 66-75)REVIEWOct 12th Midterm Review (Labs 1-5)MIDTERMOct 19th Midterm (Covers Labs 1 - 5)LAB 6Oct 26th Invertebrates of the Paleozoic Era Covers Chapter 9: pages 121-132, Chapter 10: pages 133-151, Chapter 11: pages 162-178, Chapter 12: pages 179-192)LAB 7Nov 2nd Invertebrates of the Mesozoic Era (Covers Chapter 10: pages 152-161, Chapter 11: pages 162-178, Chapter 12: pages 179-192)LAB 8Nov 9th Invertebrates of the Cenozoic Era (Covers Chapter 10: pages 152-161, Chapter 11: pages 162-178, Chapter 12: pages 179-192)LAB 9Nov 16th Plants and Paleoclimates (Covers Chapter 13: pages 193-198, Chapter 14: pages 205-232)LAB 10Nov 23rd Dinosaurs, Mammals and Hominoids (Covers Chapter 13: pages 198-204, Chapter 15: pages 233-258, Chapter 16: pages 259-280, Chapter 17: pages 281-291)REVIEWNov 30th Review of all lab material (Labs 1 – 10)FINAL EXAMDec 7th Cumulative, covers Labs 1-10The syllabus may be subject to change due to unscheduled events such as emergency university closings. Please consult the syllabus on the web for the latest