Biology 107 at UConn: Announcements Spring 2002

Announcements Spring 2002

Last revised: Wednesday, May 1, 2002
Class announcements are listed in chronological order, with the most recent message at the top of this page.
Review session for Final Exam

Review session for Exam 4 (Final Exam) will be on Thursday May 9th, 2:30pm to 4:30pm in TLS 154.

May 1, 2002
Final Exam on Monday, May 13

Time: 3:30 to 5:30pm
Room: TLS 154

Same procedures as last time: May 1, 2002
Make-Up exam for Exam 3

A reminder to all students who have permission to take the Make-Up exam for Exam 3:
The Make-Up Exam for Exam 3 will be on Monday, April 29th starting at 4:30pm in room TLS 79 (basement of TLS). The exam format will be 50 multiple choice questions covering material as presented in lecture, notes and textbook reading assignments starting AFTER Exam 2 through Friday April 12th.

If you did not take Exam 3 on Monday April 15th and have not already contacted Dr. Van Cleef-Toedt as to explain your absence, you need to contact Dr. Van Cleef-Toedt immediately to obtain permission to take the Make-up exam on 4/29. Thank you.

April 18, 2002
Third exam on Monday, April 15

Same procedures as last time: April 5, 2002
Pre-exam Review Session Thursday, April 11

April 5, 2002
Third exam on Monday, April 15

Same procedures as last time: April 5, 2002
Documentation needed for students with special provisions

For all students registered with the Center for Students with Disabilities Office (CSD): please provide all documentation to Dr. Van Cleef-Toedt regarding any special provisions that you are entitled to when taking an exam (e.g. increased time, reader, etc.). This paperwork must be provided to Dr. Van Cleef-Toedt, even if copies have already been given to Dr. Terry for this course.

The deadline for submittal for CSD paperwork in order for your needs to be met for the next Bio 107 exam is WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10th directly following the 8am lecture. Thank you.

March 26, 2002
Date for Exam 3 is April 15, not April 1

The original printing of the syllabus incorrectly listed the date of Exam 3 as April 1; this should be April 15.

March 14, 2002
Exam 2 grades and answer keys are posted

See our Exam Answer Keys and Grades Index Page

March 13, 2002
Second exam next Monday, March 11

Same procedures as last time: March 1, 2002
Pre-exam Q&A clinic Friday 3/10 3:00 p.m.

As before, finding a room for Q&A clinic was not easy. Here's what I could get:
I use Q&A clinic to answer questions -- it's not realistic to try to "review" ten-50 minute lectures in less than an hour, so I'm not going to call this a "review session". If you can't attend, don't be alarmed -- I'm not going to divulge what's on the exam. My goal is to answer questions people have, including questions on the study guides that pose problems and answers to questions that come up about specific topics. If you want a review, read through the study guides.

March 1, 2002
Exam 1 Grades are posted

I've added a link to our home page that will access grades. Use the "student" and password that was given out in lecture.

February 19, 2002
First SI meetings this week

Biology 107 will have a student leader for Supplemental Instruction (SI). He is Peter Lai, and he will be available for SI sessions on the following dates:

Weekday:MondayThursday
Time: 6-7 p.m. 4-5 p.m.
(except 5-6 p.m. Feb 14)
Location: Monteith 319 Monteith 319


Important note: This week (Feb 11-15), SI meetings will be held as follows: February 11, 2002
First exam next Friday, Feb. 15

Unless I announce otherwise, all students will take the exam in TLS 154. Some guidelines: February 7, 2002
Pre-exam Q&A clinic Thursday 2/14 3:30 p.m.

Finding a room for a Q&A clinic was not easy. Here's what I could get:
I use Q&A clinic to answer questions -- it's not realistic to try to "review" ten-50 minute lectures in less than an hour, so I'm not going to call this a "review session". If you can't attend, don't be alarmed -- I'm not going to divulge what's on the exam. My goal is to answer questions people have, including questions on the study guides that pose problems and answers to questions that come up about specific topics. If you want a review, read through the study guides.

February 7, 2002
Supplemental instruction (SI) should be available next week

Several of you have asked for some type of tutorial assistance. We don't have a program to supply tutors, but I have been working to try to get something comparable. I'm pleased to announce that we will almost certainly have supplemental instruction (SI) for this course, starting next week.

SI is for anyone who wants to improve , whether you want to improve your chances for getting an "A" or just want to make sure you pass the course decently. The SI leader is an undergraduate who has taken this course and other biology courses, and knows how to succeed academically. He will run two SI sessions a week, times and locations to be announced by next Monday. These sessions are available on a "drop-in" basis -- you can come as often or as infrequently as you like. SI leaders help you focus on the more challenging ideas. They are trained not to lecture but to provide other ways for you to learn the material better, including cooperative work, quizzes, and more.

February 7, 2002
Answers to Selected Study Guide Questions Posted

I met with the Student Management Team las Friday. One suggestion made by your fellow students was that I post answers to certain selected questions on the study guides. I have done so, and set link to this new page from the Study Guide Index page.

February 4, 2002
Lab quizzes and lab reports: instruction clarified

Not all the TAs assigned to this course were present at our organizational meeeting, and as a result there was some inconsistency in notifying students what to expect from the lab. Here is a clarification:
  1. Weekly quizzes: these will include questions on the previous week's lab, and at least one question about the lab for the current week that you will investigate after the quiz.
  2. First "formal" report: this should focus only on the experiments you carried out in part 2, "acids, bases and buffers in action". Ignore results from part 1, the measurement of pH.
  3. Weekly schedule: the schedule for the first week is available in lab. Paper copies are also available outside room TLS 309, and the schedule is available online at: http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~bi107vc/sp02am/labschedule.html
  4. TA contact information: for each section, your TA's e-mail, office #, and phone # are available at: http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~bi107vc/sp02am/labindex.html
February 1, 2002
Students from dropped section 10

One lab section was dropped this summer because we were not assigned enough Teaching Assistants to cover all sections. We dropped section 10, which had only 4 students enrolled. The department secretary attempted to notify each student of the cancellation by sending e-mail to your UConn official e-mail account (the one that ends with "@uconnvm.uconn.edu"). Apparently, most of the students notified do not use these accounts, and thus did not receive notification. We did not realize you had not received your notification until today, otherwise we would tried to contact you by a different means.

As of Friday morning 2/1/02, there is still at least one seat available in each of the following labs: 02, 03, 05, 08, 09, 16, 17, and 20. Check the lab index page to see when these sections meet. Some of these seats are officially closed and were set aside to handle missed labs, but can be made available with a permission number. We will do everything we can to help students from the cancelled section 10 to register for a different section. The only thing we cannot do is enroll 25 students into a section where there are only seats for 24. See Prof. Terry if you have any difficulties in registering for a different section.

February 1, 2002
Student Management Team

The following individuals were selected as the student management team: Thanks to all who applied. The team will meet with the instructor after every Friday's class in TLS 263, starting Friday Feb. 1.

January 31, 2002
Volunteers wanted for Student Management Team

If you're interested in helping to contribute to the success of this class in the following ways: then I invite you apply for one of 5 positions as student team manager for this class. Please send me an e-mail , including: I will select the team to best reflect the diversity and composition of the class. Thank you for applying, and my apologies in advance to those of you I cannot fit onto the team in case I have more applicants than spaces!

January 10, 2002



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