Prop Check-out/Check-in Procedure
1. When developing your lesson plan, decide what kinds of props would be useful for hands-on activities.
2. Look over the prop list for potentially useful props to incorporate into your lesson. (We strongly encourage you to design and build your own props! If you can, involve the students in the building of models during the lesson.) See the browse props page.
3. Visit GSI or UGSI office hours to look over props and/or prop catalogue.
4. Reserve props on-line at least TWO WEEKS before props are needed. We request that you sign up early so that if a particular prop is unavailable on the day of your lesson, you can adjust your lesson plan or change your teaching date.
- When the GSI approves your lesson, you will be given a team-password to pick out your props.
- Go to: http://ib133.buddybetts.com/ and sign in your Team name and Password.
- Type in what you are looking for, the pick up and return date, your name, and the dates you are teaching. Checkouts are due the following day unless you are using the same props for two consecutive days.
- Click on the props that you want to check out.
- Your GSI has to first APPROVE the check out before you can go to room 3034 VLSB to pick up your items.
- Check back on the website to see when your requests have been approved. Then, print out your request to show Instructional Support and for your records. Instructional support will not give you items that have not been approved.
- YOU MUST CHECK OUT ITEMS IN ADVANCE. WE WILL NOT ACCOMMODATE DAY OF REQUESTS. NO EXCEPTIONS.
5. CHECK-OUT: Arrive ON TIME (yours may not be the only group waiting!) during your appointed day and time to the prop room (3034 VLSB) with a copy of your reservation and your Student ID card to pick up the props.
- If no one is in 3034 VLSB, check the door for notes addressed to your group number.
- See Jill Marchant or Tami Mau in room 3018 VLSB during scheduled check-in/check-out times only.
- The staff will double-check your reservation form against the GSI's record. They will double-check your contact info and Student ID card.
- Confirm the day and time the props are due back. All checkouts are due the following day unless you are using the same props for two consecutive days.
- Collect your props from 3034 VLSB: Plastic bins are provided for carrying the props and white plastic buckets are available for preserved specimens. You are responsible for finding and packing up the specimens!!
- You may use a department utility cart to carry props to and from your car. Please return the cart to the staff after each use so we don't lose it! Parking passes are not available, so make sure to leave someone with the car to avoid tickets.
NOTES: Our human bones are both fragile and irreplaceable. They must be handled with extreme care. Do NOT allow the school students to handle them!
The preserved specimens we have are to be used as demonstrations only. Do NOT dissect them! Keep the specimens moist at all times, and use disposable gloves whenever you or the school students touch them. (Remember to take enough gloves for you, the teacher, and the students. Use the gloves efficiently and return any unused ones!) Support the bottom of the specimen container and secure the lid when moving it.
Viewing pans, disposable gloves (sm, med, lg), wood applicator sticks, and cheesecloth are available in 3034 VLSB.
Dissecting kits are available for use with any organs that you purchase.
6. CHECK-IN: Arrive ON TIME during your appointed day to the prop room (3034 VLSB).
- Return cleaned items to their respective shelves with the labels facing out so that they are easily located.
- Wash and wipe dry white plastic buckets, trays, and dissection kits. Return any unused supplies (gloves, sticks, etc.) to the prop room as well.
CHECK-OUT/CHECK-IN TIMES (3034 VLSB):
Monday-Friday: Return, 10:00AM-11:00AM; Pick up, 11:00AM-12:00PM.
***Please arrive promptly to allow enough time for packing up/ cleaning off the specimens. You may not be the only group in line for props that day! It is critical that you return the cleaned props ON TIME (within the posted one hour return period) so that the next group is not delayed.
***Please note that Jill Marchant and Tami Mau are available ONLY during these hours. Do not disturb them during other times.
IMPORTANT: The above requirements allow us to keep track of the props and to share them with everyone who needs them, so your cooperation is very important and appreciated.
Any group that does not adhere to the above procedures (by returning materials late or unclean, by making a mess of the prop room, etc.) will forfeit prop privileges for the rest of the semester.