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Biology 202

Autumn 2000

Lectures: M,T,W,Th 12:30-1:20 pm-----Johnson 101

Labs: Hitchcock 144 - 146

 

Instructors:

Mary Pat Wenderoth, Ph.D.

Billie Swalla, Ph.D.

Lab Associate:

Leslie Zeman, D.V.M.

Science in the news--weekly updates of articles of interest to students in Biology 202

  • Scientists in Seattle propose to grow a heart-- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    • graphic showing how they propose to grow this new organ
  • Check out the science section of the NYTimes every Tuesday
  • Seminars on campus

Check out the University Week (UW paper) for a calendar of all lectures and seminars at the UW.

Pictures from the FHL field trip October 2000

 Pictures from the Friday Harbor field trip-----Autumn 1999

Take a closer look at

potassium channels

Information for this class

How to get hold of us

E-mail

Room 

Phone 

Mary Pat Wenderoth 

mpw@u.washington.edu 

HCK 327

685-8022  

Billie Swalla

 bjswalla@u.washington.edu

Kincaid 262

686-9367

Leslie Zeman

zeman@u.washington.edu 

HCK 144A

543-2364

Teaching Assistants

Kelly Grant

kgrant@u.washington.edu

Will Henry

wfhenry@u.washington.edu

Katie McDonald

kamcdon@u.washington.edu

T. A. Office hours Held in Hitchcock 144 or 146

  •  Wednesday 10:30-11:20 am
  • Thursday 2-3 pm

Dr. Wenderoth's office hours--first five weeks of class

  •  Friday 12:30- 1:20 in HCK 144
  • or by appointment (e-mail me)

Dr. Swalla's Office hours--LAST 5 weeks of class

  • Friday 12:30-1:20 in HCK 144
  • or by appointment (e-mail me)

Please use these office hours as an opportunity to keep up with the questions you have from course material.

Study Aides

  • Office hours and review sessions for Bio 202
  • Student Counseling Center
    • 8-5 pm, Schmidt 401
    • offers test anxiety and study skills sessions
  • Undergraduate Academic Advising
    • offers FREE study skill seminars on numerous topics
    • check out their WEB site for times
      • test taking
      • time management
      • stress reduction
      • reading and notetaking

Study guides

  • Interactive Physiology CD-Rom in Biology Study Area (BSA)- HCK 220
  • Study Guides are found in your lab/lecture manual. From time to time I may add new study questions to this web sit

Study Groups

A good ways to meet and form study groups are

  • to attend TA office hours and find students of like mind
  • look at your lab group, lab table, whole lab

Review Session

  •  For Exam 3-- Sunday -- November 19, 4-6 pm in HCK 132

Old Exams

  • Copies of old exams are found in your course manual appendix-(after the lecture diagrams and before the lab manual.)

- Seminar-- 5 pts/seminar, 2 reports

Select and attend a seminar held at the UW (or affiliate) on a topic dealing with PHYSIOLOGY or DEVELOPMENT.

TYPE a one page report (single spaced, 1 inch margins, 12 pt font) on the seminar.

Must include (but need not be limited to)
  • seminar title
  • speaker
  • date and location
  • What was question being asked?
  • What techniques did they use to answer this question?
  • What were the findings and of what significance are these results to the field
  • What is your analysis of the work and the presentation

 NOTE NEW due dates

  • First one due no later than beginning of class October 26 th
  • second one due no later than beginning of class November 30

Turn in to Dr. Wenderoth or Dr. Swalla

how to find seminars

  • look on bulletin board outside HCK 318
  • look on bulletin board outside Zoology Office in Kincaid
  • check the University Week publication
    • select seminars

Grades & Exam Key

Grades

  • approximately the top 5% of class = 4.0
  • median = approxiamtely 2.6 to 2.7
  • approximately 55% of total points =0.7
Exam 1- 80 points possible
posted outside the lab
  • Range = 72- 14
  • median= 51 (64%) set about a 2.6
  • danger zone = 0.7= 50% of high (36)
    • students in last category need to attend more office hours,
    • get into study groups,
    • meet with Dr. Wenderoth or Zeman

Exam 2 = 120 points--

My apologies for not getting this key posted earlier. Doing the advising lab this week got me too far behind.

Answer key to exam 2- (*also posted outside the lab)
  • Range = 107---22
  • median= 74
  • danger zone= 53
  •  
  • After two exams, the class median is 124/200 which is about a 2.6 - 2.7
  • This does not include lab grades, seminars, or credit for survey

Exam 3 = 80 points

  • Range = 73---17
  • median=52

Exam 4 = 120 points

  • Range =118 --26
  • median=96.5

Final total points

  • Range =460--202
  • median= 376 = 2.7
  • passing 235
 

Undergraduate Research Opportunities-

Biology advisors have more info on these and other reserach opportunities

Course evaluations for other classes

Find out about an instructor/class BEFORE you take the class

Web sites of interest to this class

Cells Alive-- A most intersting site to see cells caught in the act of doing their thing.

General Information

Animal Diversity:

  • WEb page with links to many invertebrate pages
    • see giant squid
    • tarantulas
    • crustaceans
    • etc.
  • Great page of info on invertebrates (top section deals with labs and bottom half of site has brief info on each phylum)

 Membranes:

Histology slides of various tissues

  • Loyola University histology collection -- Lumen
 

Osmoregulation (Renal System)

Nervous System

Skeletal Muscle

Cardiac system

Respiratory System

Endocrine System

Development

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