Welcome!! Glad to have you here.

(1) Please pick up a course textbook at the Biology Office EDM 216. Do this ASAP – itʻs important! Bring a $20 deposit refundable at the end of the semester

(2) We will have labs starting this week. First lab is Tuesday at 1:30 in EDM201 – see Lab 1 post for pre-lab assignments.See your pre-lab quiz on Laulima, live 24hr before your lab period.

(3) Read this interesting article to discuss in class on Wednesday (passed out in class but here is a pdf): Please think about

• What are the central questions?
• How do they use evidence to address the questions?
• What, specifically did they learn?

(4) Enroll in the Wikipedia course, and Create your Wikipedia account: https://dashboard.wikiedu.org/courses/University_of_Hawaii/Animal_Physiology_(Fall)?enroll=selgochn

(5) Do your Wikipedia Assignments by Friday (easy stuff; from your dashboard):

• Training – Wikipedia policies
• Sandboxes, talk pages, and watchlists

(6) The syllabus and class assignment sheet will be posted to the course docs tab upper right menu ^^ (by tomorrow)

(7) Join the Slack Channel for class off-line discussions, questions, posting helpful tips, etc.

What is it?

This is an upper level class for people interested in learning comparative physiology  via original research projects.  We will learn physiology and apply our skills to reconstructing the physiological systems of an extinct animal. How could it have lived? We will figure it out by doing some original research. 

Ideas are exciting! And it is exhilarating to find out what we can explain through our own scientific efforts. 

The lab allows students to see physiology in action in live-animal experiments illustrating heart regulation, muscle contraction, nerve conduction, and kidney function.

There are no exams. In real life there are no “tests” – only work – and judgement by the quality of your work. So we will learn science by doing science. Continue reading Course FAQs →