I've added the breakdown of questions for Practicum 3 (under OFFICIAL INFORMATION). Be sure to see the breakdown page, because it also includes study links.

Let me set the rules for the hormone presentations.

1. You'll be using the instructor station to deliver your PowerPoint presentations. Come to the laboratory with your presentation saved to a USB drive (flash drive).

2. Each member of the group must participate in presenting the information.

3. Presentations MUST be made on the correctly scheduled night. No Wednesday presentations can be made on Monday; no Monday presentations can be made on Wednesday. If you show up on Wednesday thinking that it's okay to do your Monday presentation at that time, all members will receive a zero.

4. Any member who does not show up for the presentation will have its score cut in half.

5. Know your presentation well enough so that you don't simply stand up there and read the slides to the audience. The audience can read. Put the information in your own words as you speak.

6. Anyone who is late to the laboratory (even for being in the audience) will lose points.

7. Be prepared to answer questions from me and from students.

There are a five important announcements today.

1. There will be two open laboratory sessions (to study for Practicum 2) on Friday 10 April 2009 C.E. The first will be 0900 to 1100, and the second will be 1700-1900. The word on the street is that the cadavers will be available only for the first hour of each session. I haven't confirmed the veracity of such claims, but to be sure, you should show up at either 0900 or 1700 if you need to see the cadavers.

2. The breakdown of questions for Practicum 2 is:
·35 questions on sheep hearts
·25 questions on cadaver vessels
·15 multiple-alternative questions about blood routes, fetal circulation, and PhysioEx
I made an announcement weeks ago about the appearance of blood routes and fetal circulation on the practicum, but I'm reminding you here to BE SURE to look at the Practice Blood-Route Worksheets and the Fetal Circulation links (under Course Materials). The best way to make sense of the blood-route worksheets is to study the flowchart-type figures, NOT the anatomical figures (the ones that show what they actually look like). One example is Figure 21.11 in the Seeley, Stephens, and Tate (8th Edition) textbook.

3. You should always remember to check the Potentially Useful Study Links, but I'm letting you know that there's a link to a pinned dissection of a sheep heart. It's the last link under cardiovascular links.

4. Because this practicum involves a classwide activity, if you appear late you will risk being locked out.

5. I have decided to allow a second choice as being correct for one of the questions on Lecture Examination 4, so I will need your Scantrons again. Bring them to lecture on Monday. I don't expect any shenanigans, but I want you to be aware that making any changes to your Scantron is acedemic dishonesty and will result in a zero for the examination. (Remember that I can check it against your question forms.)

6. I said there are FIVE announcements, not six.

Be sure to read through the BioPac handout BEFORE coming to the laboratory. You should know the procedure well enough to be able to take a quiz on it.

If you think DOING the vascular project was a pain, I encourage you to try GRADING them. After many hours, I'm exactly half way through them. Anyway, I'll have them done by Monday's lecture. My original intent was to have them done by Monday so that you could use them to study, but I'm now officially telling you NOT to use them to study. They're not much good for studying how the vessels ACTUALLY are arranged. The class, as a whole, really dropped the ball on this assignment, I'm afraid. I'm not trying to make you feel bad or discourage you; I'm just telling you the truth. It's disappointing, because I was hoping this assignment would be a source of comparatively easy points for you. That's because the entire assignment consisted of following instructions and copying. Also, I told you SPECIFICALLY how to get full credit. I announced that the easiest way to lose points was to omit vessels that appear on the official list. Yet almost no one included all the vessels. This just doesn't make any sense to me, especially in a class in which students beg for extra credit. Even worse, though, the drawings are fraught with carelessness with respect to positioning, completeness, spelling, and labeling. That's why I'm telling you not to use them. Instead, study from books or from websites. Enjoy the weekend. I'll see you Monday.

Don't forget to check the Potentially Useful Study links for things that might help you with the sheep hearts.