BIOL
220L (SEC. 1&2): HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY (2)
FALL SEMESTER, 2003
Instructor:
Dr. Morgan Wilson
Phone: 362-6549
Email: mwilson@hollins.edu
Office hours: M, W, F
T, TH
*Please
feel free to stop by my office at any time. If I am available, I will be happy
to meet with you; however, if it is not a good time for me, we can set up a
time to meet that is convenient for both of us.
Laboratory: Dana 209 Wednesday
(Section 1)
Thursday (Section 2)
Laboratory Manual: Handouts for each laboratory exercise
will be posted on Blackboard each week.
The objective of this laboratory course is to teach
you some of the tools and techniques used in the study of physiology, as well
to provide you with the opportunity to employ these tools and techniques in
order to understand physiological processes and the essentials of scientific
writing. In addition, it is a goal of
this course to help you to develop, explore, and master your ability to take in
information, process it, and then present or apply it in a meaningful way. You will be asked to solve problems using
physiological data alone or as a member of a group, design and conduct
experiments to collect physiological data, analyze these data using statistical
methods, and present and discuss your findings in written form. In addition, you will be asked to draw from
the current scientific literature to support your findings.
Grading:
The grade you will earn in this laboratory will be
based on your performance on weekly quizzes, your laboratory notebook, your
general laboratory skills and participation, and two formal laboratory reports. Short laboratory quizzes, given during the
first 10-15 minutes of each laboratory, will be formed from the material and
specific activities covered in the previous laboratory as well as the
laboratory to be covered on that day.
Your laboratory notebook will consist of formal entries made for each
laboratory experiment we conduct. Your
performance in laboratory will be evaluated throughout the semester by informal
oral quizzes and observation of your skills.
Finally, to enhance and your scientific writing skills and understanding
of the process of laboratory science, you will be asked to prepare formal
laboratory reports on two of the experiments we conduct.
Laboratory Quizzes (10/drop
2) 80
Laboratory Notebook (checked
2x) 80
Laboratory Performance 40
Formal Laboratory Report 1 40
Formal Laboratory Report 2 60
Total Points 300*
*Please Note: I do
not grade on a curve, nor to I have any preconceived ideas about how many A’s,
B’s, C’s, D’s, or F’s should be assigned. The number of points you earn out of
300 possible points will determine your semester grade. Remember, everyone starts with an “A” in this
course; it’s your job to keep it there!
1. If you have special needs,
please make me aware of these needs as soon as possible.
2. You are expected to attend
ALL laboratory meetings. You will be
expected actively participate and have a command of the material covered in
each laboratory meeting. I will not
always take attendance formally; however, I will pay close attention to who
does not attend class. Missing one or
more laboratories is very likely to have a negative effect on your grade. You must attend laboratory on the day
(Wednesday or Thursday) you are scheduled to unless you have made
arrangements with me ahead of time.
3. The laboratory is
where much of your learning about how physiological processes really work will
occur. You will be asked to work as a
group to collect data. In most cases,
groups will then compile their data such that the class as a whole will have a
data set in which to analyze. Therefore,
work as a team to make sure you are collecting information in the proper way –
the entire class is relying on you to do so!
4. Read all handouts that correspond to the
material to be covered in each laboratory.
Be prepared to begin a laboratory exercise when you enter the
laboratory. In most cases, I will give
some introductory remarks and some specific instructions or modifications to
the laboratory. However, you should have
a good understanding of the premise of the laboratory exercise before you come
to class. You will be held responsible for all handouts and announcements made in
laboratory or by email.
5. Clean up after yourself in the
laboratory – leave it as clean (or cleaner!) than you found it.
6.
Missed laboratory quizzes will not be made up (remember that I drop your
lowest two scores on laboratory quizzes).
Weekly laboratory quizzes are given during the first 10-15 minutes of
each laboratory. If you are more than 15
minutes late to laboratory, you will not be allowed to complete the quiz.
7. Written assignments (laboratory reports and
notebooks) will be collected at the beginning of the laboratory period
on the day on which they are due (see schedule for details). Points will be deducted for any assignment
turned in late.
8. You are bound by the Hollins
University Honor Code at all times.
Please pledge all work.
9. Enjoy! While some of the material we will cover this semester may be demanding, try not to lose sight of the fact that learning about the intricacies of how the human body functions should be enlightening and rewarding experience!
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DATE |
TOPIC |
ASSIGNMENT |
|
1 |
W/Th Sept 3/4 |
Laboratory
Introduction; Keeping a Laboratory Notebook |
|
|
2 |
W/Th Sept 10/11 |
Data
Analysis and Statistical Techniques |
quiz
1 |
|
3 |
W/Th Sept 17/18 |
Chemical
Digestion*; Writing Laboratory Reports |
quiz
2 |
|
4 |
W/Th Sept 24/25 |
Neurophysiology* |
quiz
3 |
|
5 |
W/Th Oct 1/2 |
quiz
4 |
|
|
6 |
W/Th Oct 8/9 |
No Laboratory – Fall Break
(Oct. 9-10) |
|
|
7 |
W/Th Oct 15/16 |
Human Performance:
Respiratory (formal laboratory report 1) |
quiz 5; Notebooks due |
|
8 |
W/Th Oct 22/23 |
Human
Performance: Cardiac |
quiz
6 |
|
9 |
W/Th Oct 29/30 |
Frog
Cardiac Response |
quiz
7; Formal Report 1 due |
|
10 |
W/Th Nov5/6 |
Frog
Muscle Physiology |
quiz 8 |
|
11 |
W/Th Nov 12/13 |
Renal Physiology* |
quiz 9 |
|
12 |
W/Th Nov 19/20 |
Salivary Cortisol ELISA (formal lab 2); Endocrine Physiology* |
quiz
10; Notebooks due |
|
13 |
W/Th Nov 26/27 |
No Laboratory –
Thanksgiving Recess (Nov. 24-28) |
|
|
14 |
W/Th Dec 3/4 |
Hematocrit,
Blood Type, and Blood Oxygen Carrying Capacity |
|
|
15 |
W/Th Dec 10/11 |
Formal Laboratory
Reports |
Formal Report 2 due |