Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement

物理系正在为生命科学学生的新物理课程开发一个新的实验室序列。课程的讲座部分已经完全重建，在每堂课的基础上，只使用与生命科学相关的物理学，并以生命科学的例子充分说明了一个完整详细的课程大纲。利用现代物理工具、计算机采集和分析数据以及与生命科学专业相关的实验实例，制定了适当的实验序列，并在50至200名学生的实验班进行了试点测试。除了常见的运动学、牛顿第二定律、静电学和电路外，还有二头肌模型、离子传输、颜色感知和热传输等实验。实验评分制度正在修订中，以使学生有更多的自由，以自己的速度和风格进行作业。该实验室序列正在扩展到为加州大学洛杉矶分校的100名生命科学专业学生提供服务。该项目的最终目标是编写一本教科书和实验手册，并将在全国范围内提供。*

The Department of Physics is developing a new laboratory sequence for a new physics-for-life-science-students course. The lecture part of the course has been completely reconstructed with a fully detailed course syllabus on a lecture by lecture basis using only physics relevant to the life sciences and amply illustrated with life-science examples. An appropriate lab sequence using modern tools of physics, computer acquisition and analysis of data, and experimental examples relevant to life science majors has been developed and pilot tested on trial classes with 50 to 200 students. Some of the experiments are biceps muscle model, ion transport, color perception, and heat transport, besides the more usual kinematics, Newton Second Law, electrostatics, and circuits. The lab grading system is being revised to give the students more freedom to work at their own speed and style. The lab sequence is being expanded to serve 100 life science students at UCLA. The ultimate aim of the project is to develop a textbook and lab handbook which will be made available nationwide. *