This document outlines the course structure and requirements for an Animal Physiology class. It includes details about homework assignments, quizzes, lab reports, exams and grading. Students will complete 3 homework assignments, 2 Extreme Examples presentations, 5 lab reports, 1 Independent Project, and 3 exams. The exams will cover both lecture and lab material. Students are expected to attend class, participate, and put in their best effort to pass with a C. Higher grades require a solid understanding of concepts and critical thinking skills like synthesizing content. The next class will meet in the computer room to discuss Chapter 1.

1. Animal Physiology
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Three Truths and A Lie
Write 4 statements; 3 will be truths
about yourself and one will be a lie.
You’ll read your statements to us
and we’ll try to figure out which
one is a lie.
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Three Truths and A Lie
1) I’m a terrible artist
2) I have owned leather pants
3) I went to my 20 year high school
reunion this summer
4) I collect small children
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Textbook
Animal Physiology, Third Edition, by Hill, Wyse and Anderson
ISBN: 978-0-87893-559-8
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Lots of Work
• Homework – 3 assignments
• Quizzes
• Extreme Examples (EE’s) – 2
• Lab Reports – 5
• Independent Project (IP)-1
• Exams – 3
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Homework
• Statistical Worksheet
• Solutions and Dilutions
• Metabolic Rates
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Extreme Examples (EE’s)
Two PowerPoint presentations that give an overview of an
animal that demonstrates an “extreme example” of a
physiological process (topics randomly assigned)

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Lab Reports
Answer lab protocol questions prior to attending lab
Compile lab data in googledocs
Lab short reports due before leaving lab

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Independent Projects
• You will play the role of Primary Investigator (PI) and
develop and conduct your own experiment
• You will have three members in your group who will critique
your experiment, you in turn will critique theirs
• You will submit a formal report of your experiment and
present your Independent Project to the class

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Exams
• Exam 1 – 50 points from lecture, 60 points from
lab/skills
• Exam 2 – Take home test – 80 points
• Exam 3 – Comprehensive Final – 50 points
25% of exams material will be from prior exams
Exams can only be made up with prior permission or
a documented emergency

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Grades
How to pass with a C:
Show up, participate, show your BEST effort on
assignments
How to get a B:
Do everything above and demonstrate a solid
understanding of the concepts
How to get an A:
Do everything above and demonstrate critical
thinking skills such as synthesizing content, being
innovative and organized

13. Next Class – Meet in
Computer Room Science
Bldg 149
Please read Chapter 1