Transcript Biology 100 Lab - Orange Coast College

Biology 100 Lab
Marc Perkins
Sections
0275 (Tues 3:50 – 7:00pm)
1149 (Thurs 2:20 – 5:30pm)
(Petitioners – please let me know who you are)
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Outline for the day
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Petitioners
Who are we all?
What is this course all about?
How will this course work?
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Any petitioners?
• You must enroll in both a lecture and a lab
• Lectures with more space:
– MW 8:00 – 9:25 am (Elliott; can probably hold more)
– W 7:00 – 10:10 pm (Kryder; 31 seats open)
• Lectures currently full
– TTh 2:20-3:45 pm (Kryder; full)
– MW 12:45 – 2:10 pm (Bandaruk; full)
– TTh 12:45 – 2:10 pm (Bandaruk; full)
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Who am I?
• Marc Perkins
• Went to college in the LA area
– Harvey Mudd College
• Masters degree in biology from ASU
– Researched insect physiology
• Taught at OCC for 5 years
– Including courses on Rabbit Island
• An island in British Columbia that OCC owns!
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S. occidentalis by Matthew Robinson http://flickr.com/photos/noisecollusion/448015222/ Manduca flying by Moon Rhythm http://flickr.com/photos/moonrhythm/197626890/
How can you contact me?
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Marc Perkins
E-mail: [email protected]
Office location: Science Hall 133
Office hours:
– Tuesday 12:00 – 3:30 pm
– Thursday 1:30 – 2:00 pm
• Office phone: 714-432-5847
• IM: more on this later
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• Web page: http://faculty.orangecoastcollege.edu/mperkins
Where is Marc’s office?
My office
is here
We’re here
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Who are you?
• What’s your name?
• On the cards:
– Name (what you’d like me to use)
• Written at the top
• Pronunciation notes would be helpful!
– What do you hope to be doing next year?
– Why are you here?
– Write your section day and time in the upper right
corner (e.g., Thurs 2:20)
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How can you do well in this course?
• Come to class
• Participation is key!
• Spend time outside of class on this class
– Study, read the labs ahead of time, etc.
– Apply what you’ve learned to other areas
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Course syllabus
• No separate grade for the lab section
• You must be registered for both lecture and lab
• Missed labs can only be made up the week of the lab
– By attending another lab section
• Contact me (and the other section’s instructor) to schedule this
– For excused absences only
• Since we’re in the lab
– Proper attire is required
– No food and drink in open containers
– We will work in groups
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Required Materials
• Lab manual
– 6th edition; earlier editions won’t work
– Available in the bookstore
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Grading
• Lab reports
– Due at the beginning of lab the week after the
lab is carried out
• Late reports lose 15%/day late
– Arriving late to class = late report!
– Graded for both completeness (you collected all
the data in lab) as well as thoughtfulness
(correct answers, through answers)
– 10 points per report
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Grading, pt. 2
• Quizzes
– 10 points
– ~3-4 questions based on the current week’s lab
• Entirely based on the lab manual
• Will likely be helpful to have filled out the term definitions for
the week’s lab
– ~6-7 questions based on the prior week’s lab
• Based on what we did in lab, and what’s in the lab manual
– The quizzes will start at the beginning of class, and will
be timed
• Hint: don’t be late :)
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Schedule
• There will be no quiz at the beginning of next week’s
lab
– All other labs have quizzes
• Field trip to Dana Point tide pools!
– One day on a weekend:
• Saturday, May 5 from 8:30 am – 11:30 am
• Sunday, May 6 from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
– You’ll need to arrange your own transportation to the site
– Going on the trip is worth 15 points
• In addition to the normal lab report
• No lab the last week of the semester
Pictures by Marc Perkins
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Online supplement
• For my sections only!
– Using WebCT
• I’ll use this to
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Post grades
Post handouts
Post news and announcements
Answer questions (in the discussions area)
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WebCT Information
• Go to http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu:8900
• Follow the handout’s instructions
– Log in with your pre-created user ID
• Based on your name and social security number
– A Bio100L section should appear
• Account creation
– If you added by last Saturday, you should have an
account now
– If you are petitioning, you’ll only get an account
after you’ve officially added the course.
• So, add as soon as you can!
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A typical day in Bio 100 lab …
• Turn in your lab report
– From the prior week’s lab
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Take the quiz
Introduction to the lab
Collect data as groups
Clean up and check out of lab
– Get a stamp on your lab report before you leave
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See you next week!
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Notes for the instructor:
• Note that scheduling information (e.g., lecture
times, field trip dates / places, etc.) are likely to
change frequently. Note also that you likely didn’t
go the same schools I did.
• I have an online supplement for my lab sections
(to post grades, study guides, handouts, and news),
and thus tell the students about
WebCT/Blackboard. If you aren’t using this,
delete those slides :)
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• The slides in this presentation were originally created by Marc C.
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History
• August 2007: Marc Perkins released first version.
http://faculty.orangecoastcollege.edu/mperkins
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