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NS121 Human Biology: Selected Topics in Medicine
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DECEMBER 2008 ASSIGNMENTS

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DATE DUE ASSIGNMENT
Dec 1
Monday

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Assignment # 32
 

BE HERE. BE ALERT. BE FOCUSED.

Class Activities

  • Lecture/presentation: Model Conference Talk . Merle will subject you to one of her BEST--presentations, and you will critique it so we know you understand all the techniques you should use.

    Be there and critique her! It's your big chance! Refreshments will be served. Learn from her mistakes! It will relax you about your talk. You won't be able to be worse. We'll have a rubric and a feedback sheet for you to use to give her a grade.

  • Check the program for our Final Symposium to see when you are scheduled to give your talk.

    If you are presenting in one of the first groups and would like to prepare some overhead projection transparencies or try out a PowerPoint presenation, bring in material you'd like to use and we'll help you figure out how to prepare it.

  • IT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE FOR EVERYONE TO ATTEND EVERY CLASS FOR THE REST OF THE SEMESTER.

    THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.

    SET YOUR ALARM CLOCK! TELL FRIENDS TO CALL YOU! DO NOT BE LATE TO ANY OF THE FINAL SYMPOSIUM (FINAL TALKS) DAYS!!!!!
Dec 3
Wednesday

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Assignment # 33
  
We will get your final paper drafts back to you today. That will leave you the rest of this week and all of next week to work on a second draft and polish your paper. We expect to see substantial improvement in analysis, organization, content, and writing in this final version, so you should be working on it all along and meeting with us (or the TA's) to answer questions you have.

Class Activities

  • Introduction to the physiology of blood flow control: central nervous system (the autonomic nervous system) and local control of blood flow to specific tissues and organs.

  • Check the program for our Final Symposium to see when you are scheduled to give your talk.

    If you are presenting in one of the first groups and would like to prepare some overhead projection transparencies, bring in material you'd like to use and we'll help you figure outhow to prepare the

  • Final paper, self evaluation, and portfolio, due by December 15 (no later!)

  • IT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE FOR EVERYONE TO ATTEND EVERY CLASS FOR THE REST OF THE SEMESTER.

THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.

SET YOUR ALARM CLOCK! TELL FRIENDS TO CALL YOU! DO NOT BE LATE TO ANY OF THE FINAL SYMPOSIUM (FINAL TALKS) DAYS!!!!!

Final paper, self evaluation, and portfolio, due by December 15 (no later!)
Dec 5
Friday

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Assignment # 34 ROOM 333: 3 SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS AND MODERATING TEAMS ARRIVE BY 8:50 am		  

Continue revising and polishing your final paper.

Final paper, self evaluation, and portfolio, due by December 15 (no later!)

Class Activities

  • FINAL PRESENTATIONS. 10 minute talks about the topics you are addressing in final papers. Light refreshments.

    It is necessary to arrive promptly and attend presentations of all other students. Everyone is expected to ask questions about others' work (questions about things that interest you, things you'd like to know more about or understand better). This is a very important role, even though you may think your role in an audience is basically passive. 
    You'll each be asked to fill in feedback forms about some of the presentations.

  • Final paper, self evaluation, and portfolio, due by December 13 (no later!)

Dec 8
Monday

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Assignment # 35 ROOM 333: 4 SPEAKERS; 3RD FLOOR OPEN: 4 SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS AND MODERATING TEAMS ARRIVE BY 8:50 am		  

Continue revising and polishing your final paper.

Final paper, self evaluation, and portfolio, due by December 15 (no later!)

Class Activities

  • FINAL PRESENTATIONS. 10 minute talks about the topics you are addressing in final papers. Light refreshments.

    It is necessary to arrive promptly and attend presentations of all other students. Everyone is expected to ask questions about others' work (questions about things that interest you, things you'd like to know more about or understand better). This is a very important role, even though you may think your role in an audience is basically passive. 
    You'll each be asked to fill in feedback forms about some of the presentations.

  • Final paper, self evaluation, and portfolio, due by December 15 (no later!)

Dec 10
Wednesday

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Assignment # 36 ROOM 333: 4 SPEAKERS; 3RD FLOOR OPEN: 4 SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS AND MODERATING TEAMS ARRIVE BY 8:50 am		  

Continue revising and polishing your final paper.

Final paper, self evaluation, and portfolio, due by December 15 (no later!)

Class Activities

  • FINAL PRESENTATIONS. 10 minute talks about the topics you are addressing in final papers. Light refreshments.

    It is necessary to arrive promptly and attend presentations of all other students. Everyone is expected to ask questions about others' work (questions about things that interest you, things you'd like to know more about or understand better). This is a very important role, even though you may think your role in an audience is basically passive. 
    You'll each be asked to fill in feedback forms about some of the presentations.

  • Final paper, self evaluation, and portfolio, due by December 15 (no later!)

Dec 12
Friday

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Assignment # 37 ROOM 333: 2 SPEAKERS; 3RD FLOOR OPEN: 4 SPEAKERS
LAST DAY OF CLASSES
SPEAKERS AND MODERATING TEAMS ARRIVE BY 8:50am		  

Continue revising and polishing your final paper.

Final paper, self evaluation, and portfolio, due by December 15 (no later!)

Class Activities

  • FINAL PRESENTATIONS. 10 minute talks about the topics you are addressing in final papers. Light refreshments.

    It is necessary to arrive promptly and attend presentations of all other students. Everyone is expected to ask questions about others' work (questions about things that interest you, things you'd like to know more about or understand better). This is a very important role, even though you may think your role in an audience is basically passive. 
    You'll each be asked to fill in feedback forms about some of the presentations.

  • Course Evaluations and End of Year Wrap-up

    Final paper, self evaluation, and portfolio, due by December 15 (no later!)

Dec 15
Monday

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NO CLASS  
  • Final Portfolio with all completed work and self evaluation is due today. We will read your portfolio and write an evaluation of your work. That evaluation should be in your Central Records file by the beginning of Spring semester. Look at the sample evaluation to get an idea of the kinds of things we pay attention to in your portfolio. 
  • When you return next semester, stop by to pick up your portfolio from Merle on the table outside her office in CSC.

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