LABORATORY  GRADING
BISC208, SECTION 10, FALL 2009

COMPONENTS OF YOUR LAB GRADE:
These are slightly different from what is shown in your laboratory manual for spring 2009. Please refer to the link from your syllabus.

HARD COPIES OF WORK REQUIRED
Unless a special arrangement is made with your TA, reports and other work must be turned in as printed hard-copy, not electronic submission.

WRITTEN REPORTS
Two Long Reports will be done on labs 3 and 6 and four short reports on labs  2,  5, 7 and 9. An explanation of the difference, as well as helpful documents for writing reports, can be found in Appendix B of the lab manual.  Rubrics for grading these reports will be made available.  

OTHER GRADED WORK:
This includes two sets of WorkBook answers (labs 1 and 9), one set of Worksheets (lab 4), three Quizzes (labs 4, 7 and 9), one set of calculations (lab 8), four WorkPlans and/or pre-lab assignment (labs 2, 3, 5, 6 ), and a final Lab Exam (week 10). An explanation of WorkPlans can be found in Appendix C of your manual.

GRADING & PUNCTUALITY OF WORK
All reports and work plans  must be typed. Reports should be in double spaced format; workplans may be done in a format of your choice. These and any other assignments are due at the beginning of laboratory  in the week shown on your laboratory schedule.  Lateness of reports incurs a penalty of  10% for the first 24 hr period (or part thereof) and 20% for each day thereafter, deducted from the final grade for that report. So if a report is due at the beginning of lab and you turn it in at the end of lab, the maximum you can receive for that report is 90%. If you are unable to come to class or lab on time, you must send your report or work plan with someone else, or turn it in early. Reports will be graded using rubrics "similar" (but  updated) to those in BISC 207. Work plans will be checked in lab by your TA, but may also be kept by TAs for grading.

LAB FINAL EXAM
The lab final exam is given on the last lab meeting. For this exam, you will be responsible for understanding and demonstrating procedures, interpreting results that are given to you, and understanding the theory behind each lab. You will also be responsible for the disection of all animals. This should be an incentive for everyone to participate fully in all aspects of each lab, because the lab exam will be taken as individuals, not as groups. For example, even if someone else was in charge of monitoring data collection on the computer, each of you should learn to read raw data from the computer program. So although you may divide up chores in lab, you will be responsible for all them for the lab exam. This exam will include all labs that you did. You will not be tested on lecture content during the lab exam unless it directly pertains to the lab and the theory behind it.

The following table shows how your writing assignments, final lab exam, and other work contribute to your lab grade. This is a bit different from the list for spring 2009 shown in your lab manual
 

GRADED ITEMS
 % of Course Grade  #  Points out of 250 total lab
 points
 2 Long Reports - Labs 3, 6 - 25 pts. each
 5
 50
 3 Workbooks &/or worksheets  - Labs 1,  4, 9 - 8 pts each
 2.4
 24
 3 Quizzes  -  Labs 4, 7, 9 - 4 pts each
 1.2
 12
 4 Short Reports -  Labs 2,5, 7, and 9 - 12 pts each
4.8
 48
 4 WorkPlans  -  Labs 2, 3, 5, 6 - 3 pts each
 1.2
 12
 1 Pre-lab assignment - Lab 5 - 2 pts
 0.2
 2
  1 set Calculations -  Lab 8
 0.2
 2
Lab Final Exam  10
 100
Total
 25
 250