Laboratory Instructors
|
Name |
Phone |
e-mail |
|
Eric Butler |
||
|
Lisa McPhatter |
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|
Lisa Paine |
513-7550 |
lmpaine@ncsu.edu |
|
Nick Seward |
djcuisine@hotmail.com |
|
|
Poem Turner |
poem_turner@ncsu.edu |
Day
|
Time |
Section #
|
Graduate
Teaching Asst |
|
Monday |
9:10-11:55 |
201 |
Eric
Butler |
|
Monday |
3:00-5:45 |
202 |
Eric
Butler |
|
Tuesday |
8:30-11:15 |
203 |
Lisa McPhatter |
|
Tuesday |
1:30-4:15 |
204 |
Poem Turner |
|
Tuesday |
4:30-7:15 |
205 |
Poem Turner |
|
Wednesday |
9:10-11:55 |
206 |
Lisa Paine |
|
Wednesday |
3:00-5:45 |
207 |
Lisa Paine |
|
Thursday |
8:30-11:15 |
208 |
Lisa McPhatter |
|
Thursday |
1:30-4:15 |
209 |
Nick Seward |
|
Thursday |
4:30-7:15 |
210 |
Nick Seward |
The laboratories for this
course will be a mixture of computer-based human physiology labs, dissection,
and more traditional ÒwetÓ physiological labs.
The computer labs will
use software and hardware that is part of the Vernier Human Physiology Laboratory package. This package
was chosen partly because it allows modern physiological monitoring in humans
(i.e., you) to illustrate physiological principles. The other attractive feature of the Vernier labs is that the
software allows students to design their own experiments and measure several
physiological variables simultaneously.
This provides substantial flexibility you can take advantage of in
designing your independent projects.
The ÒwetÓ labs will
involve experiments on invertebrate animals like cockroaches, crayfish, and
water bears. Invertebrates are
used here because of animal care considerations, because more than 95% of
living animals are invertebrates, and because the basic principles underlying
their physiological functioning are identical to those of vertebrates
usually. Indeed, much of the early
and modern research that gives us understanding of these processes involves
invertebrate animals.
We will also have
demonstrations set up for you to examine in many labs and A.D.A.M. Interactive
anatomy software to allow you to compare what you see in invertebrates with
human anatomy and functioning.
SCHEDULE OF
LABORATORIES
* means there will be a
quiz given in lab that week
|
Week of: |
|
Laboratory
Topic |
|
|
August |
22 |
First Week of Classes -
no labs |
|
|
|
27 |
Skin and Digestive
System dissection |
No worksheet or report |
|
September |
3 |
Labor Day - no labs
this week |
|
|
|
10* |
Support and Movement |
Report (due week of
9/24) |
|
|
17 |
Internal Transport
– heart sounds, blood pressures, dissection |
worksheet |
|
|
24 |
Internal Transport
– cockroach plasma volume |
worksheet |
|
October |
1* |
Respiration lab |
worksheet |
|
|
8 |
Fall Break - no labs
this week |
worksheet |
|
|
15* |
Excretion in the
crayfish |
Quiz material |
|
|
22 |
Regulation of the
Internal Environment – thermoregulation |
Report (due week of
11/5) |
|
|
29* |
Two things this week: 1) Dissection of reproductive and urogenital
systems 2) also: student project descriptions due w/ oral
presentations of ideas |
Project description due |
|
November |
5* |
Intro to nervous
systems and eye dissections |
no report or worksheet |
|
|
12 |
Student projects week |
Report (due week of
12/3) |
|
|
19* |
Thanksgiving - no labs this week |
|
|
|
26 |
Student projects
continued as necessary, Dissection practical exam at end of week |
|
|
December |
3 |
Oral Presentations of
Student Projects |
Project report due |
The laboratory portion of
the course will count for 100 points or 25% of your final course grade. Laboratory grades will be based on
performance in quizzes (best 5 of 6 @ 5 pts each for 25 pts total; dates noted
above by asterisks), written reports and a lab practical (best 2 of 3 @ 15 pts
each for 30 pts total), a written proposal for your independent project at 5
pts, a written report for your independent project at 20 pts, oral
presentations @ 10 pts, and general participation and completion of worksheets
(+/- grading) @ 10 pts.
Please note the
following:
1) We will use the best of the two marks for your
reports on the class wide experiments and lab practical. While you may elect to use your report
grades and not take the lab practical (i.e., the lab practical grade would be
the one ÔdroppedÕ), we will require that you complete both reports on the
class-wide lab exercises. Failure
to hand one of these in will result in a grade of 0 points being assigned for
that lab report and this grade being one of the two that is used for
calculating the final lab grade.
2) Late laboratory reports will be docked 10% of the
report credit for each day they are late.
Laboratory reports will be due in your scheduled laboratory period during
the week indicated on the schedule above or at times and dates announced by
your T.A..
3) The report you write for your independent project will
be averaged into the final lab grade calculation (i.e., this is not one of the
reports which can be dropped from this calculation).
4) Participation marks will be based on your general
participation in laboratory exercises with a component from ÒcitizenshipÓ
(Clean up is expected. Do not
leave it to your T.A. to clean up after labs; this is everyoneÕs
responsibility).
|
Component |
Number |
Point Value (each) |
Point value (total) |
|
Quizzes |
Best 5 of 6 |
5 |
25 |
|
Lab Reports (2) and
Practical Exam (1) |
Best 2 of 3 |
15 |
30 |
|
Independent Project Proposal |
1 |
5 |
5 |
|
Independent Project Report |
1 |
20 |
20 |
|
Oral presentations |
|
|
10 |
|
Participation,
worksheet completion |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
Total |
100 points 25% of course grade |
All students are expected
to follow safety guidelines announced by the T.A. in laboratory.
Emergency procedures, exit routes, and fire extinguisher locations will
be discussed during the first laboratory period. Special clothing in the form of full, enclosed shoes and
full-length pants will not be required for some laboratories and your T.A. will
inform you if it will be necessary for a given laboratory exercise during the
preceding laboratory period.
Please be conscientious and cooperative in this regard.
Attendance of all of your
scheduled laboratory sections is required for credit. Unexcused absences from a section will result in zero credit
being given for that dayÕs quiz, no credit for that weekÕs report or
presentation if applicable, and subtraction of 50% from the participation
portion of your grade (i.e., 0.625% of your final course grade plus the point
value of the report and/or quiz that you miss). A missed report or quiz for which a zero grade is given will
be averaged into your final grade calculation – these will not be
used as the Òone that is droppedÓ.
There will be no exceptions to this policy. Remember that it is your responsibility to inform your T.A.
that you will miss/have missed a section, preferably in advance, and provide
documentation outlining university –sanctioned reasons for your
absence. We discourage attending
other lab sections, but this may be allowed in unusual circumstances.
Goals: We
understand that these reports represent a considerable effort. Our goal is to give you experience in
this form of writing to help you better understand the concepts being explored
and, more generally, to help you succeed in the future. Success in the work force and on
aptitude tests for graduate and professional schools increasingly depends on
solid written and oral communication skills. Some individuals are Ôborn writers,Õ but it requires hard
work for the vast majority of us and this is the reason for the emphasis on
writing in the sophomore portion of the Zoology core sequence.
Individual Reports:
You will be working in pairs or groups of four in the laboratory this semester. We encourage you to talk about and work
through your data together.
However, the actual writing for the reports you will complete is
intended to be your work and only your work. You can and should work together to talk about
interpretations of your data, but you should be working alone when you sit down
to write the actual reports.
Writing your own reports means more than token word changes. Having students write something
together and then make minor word changes for their separate reports is not
what we are looking for.
Proper Attribution of
Sources: Academic and
intellectual work primarily produces ideas. It is critical to give proper credit for ideas and analyses
to those who formulated them. For
this reason, plagiarism is a very serious issue that is at the heart of
concerns about academic integrity.
We expect all work presented in lab reports to be your own unless
properly referenced. If you have
questions about whether something represents plagiarism or whether you are
giving credit to an author or authors properly, please do ask your TA. for
guidance.