What can I do at home?

Although you are required to take all of your exams in the testing room of the Biology Learning Center (BLC), much of your work can be completed at home with an Internet connection and your textbook.

Textbook Worksheets and Practice Tests: You can complete all of your textbook worksheets at home. These worksheets serve as your "lecture notes," much like you would obtain from going to a formal lecture. You should study these worksheets to help prepare for the exams. You also can complete the self-tests (practice tests) and other review materials on the course website using your home Internet connection.

Assignments and extra credit assignments: This class has several assignments that you can complete at home. Some of the assignments require a high-speed internet connection, so if your home connection is slow, you might want to plan on doing these assignments in the BLC to save time. Most of these assignments can be submitted online directly to your instructor for grading, but a few of them will require you to print out assignment worksheets, complete them, and turn them in to be graded.

Labs: Many of the labs require that you come into the Biology Learning Center to use the lab materials on site, such as microscopes, models, and kits. However, other labs can be completed partially or entirely at home.

The following is a table showing labs that MUST be done in the Biology Learning Center (BLC) vs. labs that can be done at HOME. Of course, if you do not have a computer at home, you are welcome to do ALL of your work in the BLC!

Unit	Labs	BLC or Home?
1	Scientific method: Testing hypotheses Measurements and conversions	Home BLC
2	Importance of surface area Primary production Osmosis and diffusion	BLC Home BLC
3	Survey of marine biodiversity (long lab!) Survey of sea weeds Picoplankton	BLC Home Home
4	Comparing invertebrates Survey of marine invertebrates Using a dichotomous key	Home BLC BLC
5	Comparing invertebrates Survey of marine invertebrates Using a dichotomous key	Home BLC BLC
6	Functional morphology of fishes	BLC
7	Marine mammals vocalizations Functional morphology of marine mammals	Home BLC
8	Exploring plate tectonics Geographic provinces of the ocean floor Oceans, seas, and gulfs	Home Home Home
9	Exploring ocean currents Temperature, salinity, and density	Home BLC
10	Ecobeaker: Barnacles Ecology of marine organisms	BLC Home
11	Ecobeaker: Keystone predator	BLC
12	No labs
13	Coral reef GIS	Home
14	Epipelagic food webs	Home
15	Endangered and invasive marine species	BLC