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| BIY1003 | General Biology Laboratory-1 | 0+0+2 | ECTS:2 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Compulsory | | Department | DEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study, Lab work , Practical | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of laboratory per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Rabiye TERZİ | | Co-Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Atalay SOKMEN | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | The main objectives of this laboratory are to provide the student with a clear observation and application of the basic concepts and principles of Biology. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | provide the student with a clear observation and
application of the basic concepts and principles of Biology
| 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 | 1 | | LO - 2 : | analyze and describe the samples involving plant cells: qualitative and quantitative analysis and light microscobic analyses of the samples | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 | 4 | | LO - 3 : | observe mitotic cell division in a plant cell and classification of vegetative and generative plant organs | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 | 4 | | LO - 4 : | understand and describe the water metabolism in cell, plant and environment, | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 | 1 | | LO - 5 : | develop laboratory skills that allow a student to
perform experiments and analyze data based on the concepts listed above. | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 | 4 | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| Introduction and use of microscope. Samples involving plant cells. Ergastic substances, qualitative analysis of some plant organic substances, mitotic cell division in plant cell tissues, vegetative and generative organs in plants, experiments involving water metabolism in cell, relationship of plant and environment, structure of plant organs. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Organization and general explanation | | | Week 2 | Description of microscope and preparation | | | Week 3 | Description of microscope and preparation | | | Week 4 | Cell examining under a microscope | | | Week 5 | Buffer and their importance | | | Week 6 | Cytoplazmic movement, preparing sections, cell subunits | | | Week 7 | Cell stains and cell specific stains | | | Week 8 | Movement of solutes (diffusion, osmosis, passif and active movement) | | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | | Week 10 | Description and determination of some carbon compounds | | | Week 11 | Some methabolic pathways in organisms (photosynthesis and respiration) | | | Week 12 | Chromatography | | | Week 13 | Chromatography. | | | Week 14 | Description of lower organisms in an ecosystem | | | Week 15 | Excrusion. Description of higher organisms in aquatic and terrestial ecosystem | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Campbell, N.A., Reece, J.B. 2008; Biology, Benjamin Cummings-Pearson Education, FL, USA. | | | 2 | Taiz, L., Zeiger E. 2008: Plant Physiology, 3rd Ed., Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers, Massachusetts, USA | | | |
| 1 | Stern, K.R.2000; Introductory Plant Biology, 8th Edit., California State University, USA | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 17/11/2021 | 1 | 50 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 08/01/2022 | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Laboratuar çalışması | 2 | 14 | 28 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 9 | 1 | 9 | | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Uygulama | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 10 | 1 | 10 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Total work load | | | 50 |
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