| Item |
% of Lab Grade |
Comments |
| 11 Quizzes |
40% |
There will be a short quiz at the beginning of every lab session (except
the first week and the last week). The lowest quiz grade will be dropped.
If you miss a quiz, that is the one dropped. |
| Practical Exam |
15% |
Covers the rat dissection and related material from the second half
of the course. Practical exams will be given in the last full week of
the course, in place of other lab activities. |
| Completing Lab Manual pages |
15% |
During and after each lab, you should record data, draw graphs or complete
tables, and and answer questions in each exercise. At the beginning of
the following week, tear out these pages, staple, and hand in. Be sure
your name and section number are written on the cover! These will be returned
the following week. |
| Formal lab write-ups |
25% |
Hand in two formal write-ups (including introduction, methods, results,
discussion sections) for the following labs in standard scientific form.
(Details and deadlines to be announced). See Appendix III on page 537
of your lab manual for detailed information on format. |
| TA evaluation |
5% |
A measure of your participation, attitude, and quality of effort in
the laboratory. |
