Date |
Topic |
Lab Handout |
Lab
Report? |
| Aug. 23 |
Introduction; Hypothesis Formulation Exercise |
hypothesis handout |
|
| Aug. 30 |
Lab 1: Defining Behavior
|
lab 1 handout
Levitas et al.
Silvertown & Gordon
|
|
| Sept. 6 |
Lab 2: Pond Watching
question asking
|
lab 2 handout
|
|
| Sept. 13 |
Lab 3: Statistical Methods and Report Writing
|
lab 3 handout |
|
| Sept. 20 |
Lab 4: Paternity Analysis in Rodents
molecular methods
|
lab 4 handout
mouse data
blackbird data
|
X |
| Sept. 27 |
Lab 5: Optimal Foraging and Diet Choice
foraging exercises |
lab 5 handout |
X |
| Oct. 4 |
Lab 6: Human Mate Choice
virtual preference testing |
Bring laptop with wireless!
lab 6 handout |
|
| Oct. 11 |
Lab 7: Writing Excellent Lab Reports
|
lab 7 handout |
|
| Oct. 18* |
Lab 8: Field Trip to Desert Museum
animal behavior scavenger hunt!
|
lab 8 handout |
|
| Oct. 25 |
Lab 9: Ant Aggression
social behavior exercise
|
|
X |
| Nov. 1 |
Lab 10: Feeding tradeoffs in butterflies and ants
energy and viscosity |
lab 10 handout |
X |
| Nov. 8 |
Lab 11: Mating behavior in crickets and other insects
sounds and pheromones of love
|
lab 11 handout
|
X |
| Nov. 15 |
Term project presentations |
|
|
| Nov. 22 |
THANKSGIVING BREAK! |
turkey consumption handout |
|
| Nov. 29 |
Term project presentations |
course evaluation |
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