Biology 105 lab “is an introduction to the basic concepts and unifying principles of ecology and evolution. The goal of the laboratory portion of the course is to give you hands-on experience that reinforces the concepts covered in the lectures, as well as basic laboratory techniques” (Biology 105 Fall Syllabus 2018). With that said, over the course of fourteen weeks we completed fourteen different labs. Each lab was based around a core concept that we previously learned in biology lecture, as mentioned above. Examples of the topics included evolution, which could be seen by the snail simulation, understanding of protists which can be seen by the Tetrahymena lab where ingested carbon particles were counted. These are merely two examples of two labs, many more theories and concepts were studied and demonstrated throughout the course of the semester. In a sense it brought the book to life. We were able to actually see what scientists preformed back in the time of discovery and see what lead them to formulate the concept. In addition to the course agenda we learned laboratory procedures through practice, such as wearing gloves and goggles when presented with anything corrosive or harmful and much more. One of the major tasks that we worked towards was beginning to learn how to write a proper lab report, since we will be doing so much more often in the future. Although we didn’t attempt at writing all of the sections it was a good learning experience and I got back a lot of feedback for future attempts. Below is my first college level lab report.
