BI 3224 Week III

Dr Farouk mentioned something about a quiz which we needed to hand in to him as a group task. He mentioned last week, and for those who missed it, I'll just cut/paste it from my old post.

Calculate with chemical structure the pathway and ATP energy output for one glucose molecule.
We need to familiarize ourselves with the Citric Acid Cycle.
links:
http://people.unt.edu/~hds0006/tca/index.htm
http://www.johnkyrk.com/krebs.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/C004535/aerobic_respiration.html

Oh we must hand it in on Monday next week (04/02/08), although he said the dateline was this Saturday before changing it to Monday. I'm not really sure, but just pass it up early to be on the safe side.

Also, can someone confirm with me whether there will be a lecture on Saturday this week?

PH 2229 Week III

Dr. Ayo has given us an assignment which is an essay about CMP (Condensed Matter Physics) and it is due on 11/02/08. I'll be updating the task list, and if you need more information, be sure to get a copy of the assignment (small paper given out by him).

The notes for his topic can be downloaded here.

Green Form / Final Course Registration

The final dates to register for our courses will be on the 6th, 9th and 11th February 2008. That means our green form will be updated to a yellow one and no further changes will be possible.

Make sure you get all the needed signatures by then so that you won't need to rush during that period. (bida english ku tarus).

Green form Registration Dates:
6, 9 and 11th February 2008

CH 2506 Week III

There will be a test on the 14th of February on Thursday, 1.10pm at room FSM 2.18. I think it'll cover the topics Dr. Akbar Ali has taught us, and I suppose it's going to be the last lecture from him for this course.

Chemistry test on Thursday
14/02/08

BI 3224 & BI 3223 Week III

Very tired at the moment. So I'll make this post as brief as possible.

[BI 3224]

Notes Download:
Lecture 4 - Metabolism and Thermoregulation III
Lecture 5 - Cardiovascular I

[BI 3223]

Regarding the lecture during the practical session which was supposed to be from 10am-12pm, it is changed again from 9am to 11am at room FSM 1.12.

Figures for the notes:

Figure 1 (Sources: [RevisionWorld] [McDaniel.edu])


Figure 3 (Sources: [Ask Mendel's Mother] [Robert Fuller])

BI 3224 Week II Updates 2

Dr. Ulmar mentioned some resources which might be useful for our practical 1 report write up.

Here they are:
Grinell College Handbook
Putnam Bennett 1981 locomotion in anurans

Origin

Hi! you can try out Origin from their website or you can use the old one which is available below.

Download here:
Origin
Origin Installer

Week II Reminders

[Timetable]
I've updated the timetable accordingly. Hopefully this time there won't be any errors.

Here is the Excel file.

Source: [ Year 3] [Year 2]

[BI 3224]
Don't forget that tomorrow we have a Practical Session which starts at 9am right after our Physics class.

If you missed it, you can get the practical lab script for tomorrow at:

Practical 1 - Locomotion (26th Jan)

We also had a supposedly open book quiz (more like a self-study thing) and the question was:

Calculate with chemical structure the pathway and ATP energy output for one glucose molecule.
We need to familiarize ourselves with the Citric Acid Cycle.
links:
http://people.unt.edu/~hds0006/tca/index.htm
http://www.johnkyrk.com/krebs.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/C004535/aerobic_respiration.html

Any more useful links? Post a comment or say something on the tag board! :)

BI 3223 Week II

Finally!

Anyway there are no changes in the lecture times. Although the initial plan (supposedly the practical session was moved to saturday) is cancelled and we will still make use of our practical time on monday morning. Next monday (28th Jan), there will be a lecture session which will be conducted from 8am - 10.30am (or 10.00am - 12.00pm).

UPDATE : The lectures will be conducted from 10.00am onwards since 2.18 lecture theater is only free by then.

The lecture/practical/tutorial timetable will hopefully be finalized on Thursday.


BI 3223 Format

70% Exams
20% Practical assessment
10% Tests

Recommended books

Tiaz and Zegal : Plant Physiology
or any biology book under the topic Plant form and function

The lecture notes were given out by our kind lecturer, Dr. Tennakoon. If you don't have a copy, please ask for a copy from him. I've e-mailed him regarding the lecture notes, I'm asking him for a digital(soft) copy so that it can be accessible from this blog. ;)

Dr K.U. Tennakoon,

Email: kushan00 [at] [yahoo].com
Extension: 1769

BI 3224 Week II Updates

I managed to get a copy of the Practical scripts today. Want it? see below to download..

Practical 1 - Locomotion (26th Jan)
Practical 2 - Frog Heart (9th Feb)
Practical 3 - Spirometry (15th Mar)
Practical 4 - not yet known (29 Mar)
Practical 5 - Osmoregulation Fundamentals (12th April)

Also, I've added the course outline. Check my previous post on BI 3224 Course Intro to download it.

PH 2229 & PH 2230 old lecture notes

These are last years notes. I'm not sure if there are any changes for this year, but hopefully these notes will be of help. WARNING: These files are large (PH 2230 is 13Mb, PH 2229 is 15Mb and Condensed Matter is 25Mb).

Download them here:
PH 2229 Old Notes
PH 2229 - Condensed Matter Physics
PH 2230 Old Notes

BI 3224 Week II

I finally managed to get a copy of last weeks lecture notes.


I can't seem to upload it at the moment as Rapidshare Premium is down (can't get to the login page somehow).

UPDATE: Finally got it uploaded.

Download it here:
Lecture 1 Introduction.pdf
Lecture 2 Metabolism & Thermoregulation I.pdf
Lecture 3 Metabolism & Thermoregulation II.pdf

Anyway, we will continue to have our lectures on Monday (1pm-2pm), Tuesday (4pm-5pm) and Saturday morning (when we don't have lectures) on 16 Feb and 22 March.

The tutorials will be conducted on Tuesdays (8am-9am).

BI 3224 Week I

Here is the course outline for BI 3224.

I heard that there was a class conducted on BI 3224, but I didn't know so obviously I didn't attend it. :S

Anyway, I managed to attend the second class, the lecturer seems okay, but has already given us an assignment. The good thing about this course is that we won't have the practical sessions weekly (which means some Monday mornings we'll be free).

Practical Dates: 26th Jan, 9th Feb, 15th Mar, 29th Mar and 12th April.

BI 3224 Format

70% Exams
20% Practical work
10% Tests and Assignment

Assignment:

Assignment 1:

Question 1 : Problems in Animal Physiology, M.K Sands (2 pages long).

Question 2: Learning outcome for the course outline. Summarize, maximum of 10 points.

The dateline for this assignment is next week, Thursday (22/01/08).


Lecture notes were provided. I'll try to upload it as soon as I get a copy.

Timetable Updated.

There were some mistakes on the previous timetable posted, so I've updated it.

The other class for BI 3224 (previously posted as Wednesday 9am) and its tutorial will be confirmed soon.

Confirm with Dr. Akbar Ali regarding your CH 2605 tutorial, whether it is on Saturday 1-2pm or Thursday afternoon.

Click here for the timetable (*.xls format).

Inorganic Textbook CH 2605

If you haven't checked your UBD e-mail already, here's the e-mail from Dr. Wimmer:

I have been searching for a suitable textbook on inorganic chemistry for CH2605, that covers all aspects of the subject with reasonable theoretical and descriptive sections.

I belive that such a book is:

Inorganic Chemistry (2nd Edition) (paperback) by Catherine Housecroft, Alan G. Sharpe


The Amazon price is US$137 plus postage. You can look up the publisher's web site

( http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0130399132,00.html

I have been able to negotiate a price from the suppliers for B$75.

The suppliers are able to ship early next week. Before I place an order, I need definite numbers and payment in advance.

If you are interested, please see me as soon as possible.

Dr F Wimmer

Results for Semester 1.

Hi!

Here it is!
You can also download (right click /save as)

the PDF version from here! or here!
the XLS version from here!

If anyone has a website and willing to host the PDF file for us.. please do provide us with a link..