BIOLOGY 1A & 1AL
FALL SEMESTER 2008
BIOLOGY 1A (Lecture): Syllabus PDF
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1A Exam Schedule (tentative)
Midterm Exam 1 - Wednesday October 1st at 8:00 - 9:00 AM.
Midterm Exam 2 - Wednesday November 5th at 8:00 - 9:00 AM.
Final Exam - Monday December 15th at 8:00 - 11:00 AM.
Study Resources
BIOLOGY 1AL (Lab): Syllabus PDF
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1AL Lecture and Lab Exercise File Download Page
1AL Exam Schedule
Lab Exam 1 - Thursday October 16th at 6:30 - 8:30 PM.
Lab Exam 2 - Monday to Friday December 2nd to 5th in scheduled lab section time.
Study Resources
Practice Genetics Problems
Lab Exam 1 Study ResourcesFollowing are links to Reviews (2 parts) given by Mike Meighan for the 1st Lab Exam. They were recorded Fall 2004, but they are fully relevant to this Semester's exam. Click the links to get the RealOne Media File to start the stream.
1st Lab Exam Review - Part 1 Covering Labs 1 - part of 4 (1hr 52 min)
1st Lab Exam Review - Part 2 Covering Labs 4 - 6 (2hr)
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If you have trouble opening the stream by clicking on the ".rm" file, your system may not be set to open the RealPlayer program automatically. Try starting the program and opening the file from within RealPlayer.
Spring 08 March 17th Lab Exam 1 Review Slides: 1/page, 3/page, 6/page
Lab Exam 2 Study Resources
Here are a number of resources to help you study for the Lab Practical Exam.
Mike Meighan held 2 review session in Fall 2004 that can be viewed by webcast here.
The slides that were used for the 2 reviews can be seen in better detail here.
Lab Review Slides - Part 1 - the Animal Phylum Chart can be found here.
Labeled Lab Review Photos can be donwloaded here in PDF. They are organized in sets by lab week. The unlabeled photos can be found in the lab Review Slides Parts 1 & 2 above.
UGSI Margaret Weitzman prepared a collection of unlabeled illustrations from the lab manual for you to use to test your knowledge. The important structures/features are indicated by yellow boxes. You can download the PDF here.
Practice Practical Exam - this practice exam was prepared by one of the previous UGSIs.