5/17/2003
Laboratory Outline and Objectives
Lab Information - How To Write an Abstract (Correctly)
How to Construct a Graph
Statistical Programs
Lab Investigation - Care & Use of the Microscope
Lab Information for 'Care & Use of the Microscope'
Lab Information - An Introduction to Microscopy: Botany
Lab Investigation - Systems of Measurement
Lab Information - The United States and the Metric System
Lab Investigation - Biological Molecules
Lab Investigation - Mitosis and Cytokinesis
Lab Investigation - Bacteria and Fungi
Lab Information - Azolla - A Source of Cyanobacteria
Lab Information - Bacterial Viruses
Evolution Sites - information and images useful in both lecture and lab
BBC Education: Evolution Homepage
The British Broadcasting Company produced this page as part of an
evolution weekend that featured shows and debates. This is an
engrossing, high-quality site with lots of information and even an
evolution simulator/game. Available pages on this website include:
Darwin: The Man and His Legacy, The Origin Online [Origin of the
Species], Bibliography, Debate, Alife - Biotopia, Life On Earth,
Extinction Files, Fossil Roadshow, Natural Selections, Site A-Z,
Feedback and Credits. Biotopia is an online artificial life game,
which is interesting enough to stimulate quite a discussion (****) -SR
Plant Evolution
"Plants onto land - The algae through the gymnosperms" is a
single-page site on the origin of land plants, posted as part of
Biology 160 - Evolution and Biodiversity. This is content rich,
summarizing vascular plant diversification succinctly and illustrating
it without wasting links or time. At the end is a free online warm-up
quiz. A high quality beginning site on land plant origins. Site by
Thomas J. Herbert, Department of Biology, University of Miami. (****)
Plant Evolution Tour
Dig in, browse or hold on to this one as a
reference. Take the tour, from the beginning
of life on earth, to hurdles of land colonization,
to the first vascular plants, and on to
Baragwanathia Flora, Mega Clubmoss Flora and
much more. Appreciate the thickening forest of
plant life over time. Understand the richness of
what botanists already know. Be challenged to
enter this beautiful and flourishing realm of biology.
Synthetic Theory of Evolution: An Introduction to Late 20th Century
Evolutionary Concepts and Theories
Cell Sites - information and images useful in both lecture and lab
Cellupedia
This model site on the cell is graphically oriented, including all of
the major topics that one would like to cover during an introductory
course in cell biology. The site has 14 chapters, including: basics,
before cells (molecules), origin of cells, cell basics, cell
functions, cellular processes, cell metabolism, cell signaling, to
name a few. The most interactive part - CellEv - is a Java applet that
is currently down. CellEv is a strategy game to be played with others
on the Internet, where the object is to out-evolve your cellular
competition. Other interactive elements (in addition to CellEv include
message boards, news and a timeline history of cell biology. There are
also well chosen links, a search engine and ~1300 word glossary.
(****) -SR
Web Atlas of Cellular Structures Using Light and Confocal Microscopy
Subcellular structures and organelle images are shown on these pages,
viewed using fluorescent probes for nucleic acids and specific
proteins. Six topics are currently included: the nucleus &
microtubules, actin & microtubules, nucleus & actin, endoplasmic
reticulum, Golgi apparatus and stages of mitosis. The images are
excellent (and in some cases irreplaceable), but the text content is
incomplete and perhaps best complemented by a more complete textbook
(or cell biology site). Site by Imaging Technology Group at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (****) -SR