| Life Sciences 2 Cells, Tissues, and Organs | ||||||||||||
| Information for Laboratory Instructions | ||||||||||||
| Contacts for lab instructions | ||||||||||||
| Lab Director /Development | ||||||||||||
| Gaston Pfluegl | gaston@lifesci.ucla.edu | Slichter 2875 | 794-4113 | |||||||||
| Administrative issues | ||||||||||||
| Tracy Newman | tracyn@lifesci.ucla.edu | LS 2305 | 825-6614 | |||||||||
| Lily Yanez | lyanez@lifesci.ucla.edu | LS 2305 | 825-6614 | |||||||||
| Jane Park | jpark@lifesci.ucla.edu | LS 2305 | 825-6614 | |||||||||
| Lab topics | ||||||||||||
| Labs are held on Tuesday through Friday of Weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, and 10. Reports are due the following week in section. | ||||||||||||
| Week | Activity | Assignment | Points | |||||||||
| (quiz+) lab | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Scientific Method & Research Proposal | Individual lab report | 5 + 10 | |||||||||
| 3 | Photosynthesis | Group lab report | (4 +) 15 | |||||||||
| 5 | Metabolism | Group lab report | (4 +) 18 | |||||||||
| 7 | Histology | In Class Assignment | 16 | |||||||||
| 10 | Rat Dissection | In Class Assignment | 8 | |||||||||
| Lab manuals | ||||||||||||
| The 9th Edition of the lab manual is required for 2009-10. It is available for TAs at the LS Core office. Students can purchase them at the campus bookstore. | ||||||||||||
| Lab grade transfer | ||||||||||||
| Students who took the course within the last four sessions (including summer) are allowed to transfer their previous grades from the lab portion and be exempt from attending the labs. All students in the course must take the lab portion of the final exam. The policy and sign up procedure are available after students log on to http://www.lsic.ucla.edu/classes/ and click on the link under the “Announcements”. Please remind students of this option at the first discussion or lab. | ||||||||||||
| Make-up Labs, Switching Sections, Lab Re-grades | ||||||||||||
| Make-up labs will not be granted. If a student has a legitimate, excused absence (with documentation), lab points can be pro-rated. Information on obtaining documentation for an absence due to illness can be found on the Ashe Center website at www.studenthealth.ucla.edu. Once enrolled, students are not allowed to switch sections to accommodate their schedules. Requests for lab assignment re-grades must be submitted within one week of the return of the assignment, in writing, and will be considered at the end of the term. | ||||||||||||
| Quizzes | ||||||||||||
| Quizzes are given for the Metabolism and Photosynthesis labs, for 4 points each. | ||||||||||||
| LS Laboratory Website | ||||||||||||
| Information on class, section and room schedule can be found here: | ||||||||||||
| http://lslab.lscore.ucla.edu | ||||||||||||