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TENTATIVE LAB SCHEDULE*

WEEK OF: LAB EXPERIENCE:
1.  Aug. 25 – Aug. 29
  1. Introduction
  2. Epidemiology – Section 19
  3. Vegetative Communities of AZ – Sec- 20
  4. Essential Elements (plant seeds): Sec-5
2.  Sept. 1 – Sept. 5
LABOR DAY -
NO MONDAY CLASSES
  1. Study of a Life Cycle - Section 1[setup]
  2. Epidemiology – Sec. 19 (observe microbes)
  3. Endangered Wildlife of AZ – Sec-23, p. 145
  4. Video: Saving End. Species – Sec. 24, page 154
3.  Sept. 8 – 12 
  1. The Plant Body: The Leaf - Section 2
  2. Continue: Life Cycle – Section 1 (week 2)
  3. Essential Elements: (Set-up) - Section 5
4.  Sept. 15 – 19

 

 
  1. The Study of Soils - Section 3
  2. Growth of a Plant – Sec- 6 (Set-up) (Day "0")
  3. Continue: Study of Life Cycle – Sec.1 (wk3)
  4. Essential Elements – Sec. 5 (water)
5.  Sept. 22 – 26
  1. Water Pollution - Section 4
  2. Continue: Life Cycle - Section 1 (week 4)
  3. Continue: Essential Elements – Sec. 5 – 1st data
  4. Continue: Growth of a Plant - Section 6 (Day 7)
  5. Conclude: Study of Soils – Section 3
6.  Sept. 29 – Oct.3**
  1. Flower Morphology & Pollination - Section 7
  2. Video: Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind
  3. Conclude: Life Cycle - Section 1 (week 5)
  4. Continue: Growth of a Plant - Section 6 (Day 14)
7.  Oct. 6 – 10
  1. Seed Dormancy– Sec. 8 - Set up
  2. Seed Dispersal - Section 9
  3. Continue:  Study of a Life Cycle - Section 1
  4. Continue: Essential Elements – Sec. 5 (2nd data) -Finish
  5. Continue: Growth of a Plant - Section 6 (Day 21)
8.  Oct. 13 – 17

 
  1. Environmental Awareness and MCC - Section 10
  2. Use of Bioinsecticides - Section 11 – Setup
  3. Conclude:  Growth of a Plant - Section 6 - (Day 28)
  4. Conclude:  Seed Dormancy - Section 8**
9.   Oct. 20 – 24
  1. The Diversity of Arizona Animals - Section 12
  2. Conclude: Bioinsecticides - Section 11
10. Oct. 27 – Oct. 31 Happy Halloween
 		 Field Trip:  Desert Botanical Gardens - Section 13
11. Nov. 3 – 7
 
  1. Bears, Habitat and Carrying Capacity - Section 14
  2. Population - Section 15
12. Nov. 10 – 14
Veterans Day (Nov. 11)NO TUESDAY CLASSES
 		 Field Trip:  The Phoenix Zoo - Sec. 16
13. Nov. 17 – 21
 
  1. Skulls Talk - Sect. 18
  2. Video:  Saguaro, Sec. 24, page 163
Text Box: Happy Thanksgiving!

 14. Nov. 24 – Nov. 28

 

 NO LAB: THANKSGIVING WEEK
NO THURS. / FRI. CLASSES
15. Dec. 1 – 5**
  1. Owl Ecology - Section 17
  2. Forest Ecology and Dendrochronology - Sect. 21
  3. Finish Vegetative Communities of AZ Map – Sect. 20
16. Dec. 8 -- 12

 

 Developing a Sustainable Community – Videos and group activity, Sec. 22
17. Dec. 15 – 18   FINALS See Final Schedule

*Schedule subject to change
 **Read these labs beforehand and answer all the questions you can.  Your lab instructor will check these questions at the beginning of the lab period.

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