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Textbook Lab Manual
Website well use
www.sevenminutescientist.com
Syllabus
Syllabus
Laboratory is a great learning
opportunity
Meet in Schrank Hall North,
Room 251.
You DO have lab this week.
Attend the section for which you
enrolled.
The laboratory manual is
available in the bookstore.

Introduce yourself! . . .
. . . to at least two people.
Write down in your notes:
1. Their name
2. Their major
3. Their email address
Why? To ask about class, to get notes,
to study with, for clarification.

Picture a Scientist in
your mind
Children as young as eight see
scientists as "middle-aged white males
who never have fun"
Scientists are 'boring eccentrics
Boring know a lot of detail about a
subject that I dont know much about.
Scientists work with things that have
a chance to blow up.


BBC December 16, 2000
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/1072502.stm
Biology is not just for students
who want to become medical
doctors, professors, or
researchers
Agriculture
Agronomy
Animal Behavior
Animal Science
Anthropology
Aquatic Science
Astrobiology
Bacteriology
Biomechanics
Biodiversity Studies
Bioethics
Bioinformatics
Biological Systems Engineering
Biological Materials Supply
Biometry
Biophysics
Biotechnology
Botany
Conservation
of Natural Resources
Curator of Museums

Dairy Science
Developmental Biology
Ecology and Environment
Endocrinology
Entomology
Environmental journalism
Environmental Law
Ethology
Fisheries Biology
Food Science
Forensic Science
Forestry
Genetic counseling
Genetics
Genomics
Health Fields
Herpetology
Horticulture
Ichthyology
Immunology
Laboratory Animal Science
Limnology
Marine Biology
Microscopy
Mycology (Study of Fungi)
Neuroscience (Neurobiology)
Oceanography
Ornithology
Paleontology
Physiology (Animal)
Plant Pathology
Proteomics
Science writer
Soil Science
Systematics
Teaching Biology
Veterinary Medicine
Virology
Wildlife Conservation
and Management
Zoology

What do these professions have in
common? They study living things, they
research, and they make connections
About Me
Graduated from Norton High School
Graduated from Mount Union College with a
degree in Environmental Biology
Taught High School in Eagle Pass, TX for 10
years.
Graduated from Sul Ross State University with
Masters Degree in Educational Admin
PhD in Curriculum and Instruction with a focus
on STEM Education
Working as Natural Science Biology Lab
Coordinator at University of Akron for 6 years

www.amybhollingsworth.com
How to be successful in NSB?
Attend class every Tuesday, and keep up-to-date on the
Springboard
Read the book (focus mainly on information weve discussed in
class).
Reorganize and rewrite your notes, record lectures and listen
to them again.
Use the books resources (www.prep-u.com youll need the
access code provided in your book)
Consult outside resources if youre still confused
Ask questions. If youre unsure, then your classmates are likely
stumped too!
Study with others in the class (peer network)
Work with a (free) tutor (see
http://www.uakron.edu/colleges/univcoll/tutor.php for
details)
Come see me during my office hours or set up an appointment

How am I going to be graded?
overall grade = 75% lecture grade (750pts) +
25% lab grade (250pts)
Lecture grade =
48% exams (480pts)+
22% homework (220pts) +
5% in-class questions (50pts)

Total possible points 1000
What are your exams like?
Approximately 60 multiple choice questions
NOT straight definition questions
Taken in CBT Center
Should take 60 minutes you have 90.
Taken during a test window (Thur 4pm to 7pm)
Check wait times!
You will not immediately know the results I have to
see how the class did first.
You can review your exams in my office after class
(the exams are hard. You should be reading each
chapter, and studying 2 hours for every hour in class)

What if I miss an exam?
Four Exams
Sept 9
th

Oct 7
th

Nov 11
th

Final and Makeup - Dec 11
th


If you miss an exam there will be a comprehensive
final exam you may take during finals week to replace
the grade. Your absence must be due to an official
university-approved excuse
What Makes Up Life?
Unit 1
Chapter 1: Scientific Thinking
Your best pathway to understanding the world
Lectures by Mark Manteuffel, St. Louis Community College
Learning Goals
Describe what science is.
Describe the scientific method.
Describe key aspects of well-designed
experiments.
Describe how the scientific method can
be used to help make wise decisions.
Describe the major themes in biology.
Chapter 2: Chemistry
Raw materials and fuel for our bodies
Lectures by Mark Manteuffel, St. Louis Community College
Learning Objectives

Describe what atoms are, their structure, and how they
bond.

Understand waters features that help it support all life.

Describe carbohydratestheir structure and function.

Describe lipidstheir structure and function.

Describe proteinstheir structure and function.

Describe nucleic acidstheir structure and function.


Chapter 3: Cells
The smallest part of you
Lectures by Mark Manteuffel, St. Louis Community College
Learning Objectives
Describe what a cell is and the two general types of
cells.

Describe the structure and functions of cell membranes.

Describe several ways in which molecules move across
membranes.

Describe how cells are connected and how they
communicate with each other.

Describe nine important landmarks in eukaryotic cells.
What is DNA?
Unit 2
Chapter 4: Energy
From the sun to you in two easy steps
Lectures by Mark Manteuffel, St. Louis Community College
Learning Objectives
How energy flows from the sun and through
all life on earth

How photosynthesis uses energy from
sunlight to make food
How cellular respiration converts food
molecules into ATP, a universal source of
energy

Alternative pathways to energy acquisition

Chapter 5: DNA, Gene Expression,
and Biotechnology
What is the genetic code,
and how is it harnessed?
Lectures by Mark Manteuffel, St. Louis Community College
Learning Objectives
Describe what DNA is and what it does.
Explain the process of gene expression and
the collaboration of nature and nurture.
Explain the causes and effects of damage to
the genetic code.
Discuss biotechnology in agriculture.
Describe biotechnology and its implications
for human health.
Continuity and variety
Lectures by Mark Manteuffel, St. Louis Community College
Chapter 6: Chromosomes
and Cell Division
Insert new photo (Jackson 5)
Learning Objectives
Understand and be able to describe the different
types of cell division

Understand and be able to explain how through
mitosis worn out old cells are replaced with fresh
new duplicates
Understand and be able to explain how sperm and
eggs are generated through meiosis

Describe the sex differences in the chromosomes

Discuss the consequences of deviations from the
normal chromosome number

How are traits passed along
through generations?

Unit 3
Chapter 7: Genes and Inheritance
Family resemblance: how traits are inherited
Lectures by Mark Manteuffel, St. Louis Community College
Chapter 8: Evolution and Natural Selection
Darwins dangerous idea: evolution by natural
selection
Lectures by Mark Manteuffel, St. Louis Community College
Learning Objectives
Be able to explain evolution in action.

Be able to explain Darwins journey to an idea.

Be able to describe and explain the four mechanisms
that can give rise to evolution.
Be able to explain how populations of organisms can
adapt to their environment through natural selection.

Be able to explain the evidence for the occurrence of
evolution.

Chapter 9: Evolution and Behavior
Communication, cooperation, and conflict in the animal world
Lectures by Mark Manteuffel, St. Louis Community College
Learning Objectives
Be able to explain the following:

Behaviors are traits that can evolve

Cooperation, selfishness, and altruism can be
better understood with an evolutionary approach

Sexual conflict can result from disparities in
reproductive investment by males and females

Communication and the design of signals evolve
Chapter 10: The Origin and Diversification of
Life on Earth
Understanding biodiversity
Lectures by Mark Manteuffel, St. Louis Community College
Learning Objectives
Be able to describe how:

Life on earth most likely originated from nonliving
materials.

Species are the basic units of biodiversity.

Evolutionary trees help us conceptualize and categorize
biodiversity.
Chapter 11: Animal Diversification
Visibility in motion
Lectures by Mark Manteuffel, St. Louis Community College
Learning Objectives
Define an animal and the key distinctions that
divide the species.
Define and describe the invertebrates, including
sponges, cnidarians, flatworms, mollusks,
arthropods and echinoderms.
Define and describe vertebrates and their
evolution.
Define and describe the terrestrial vertebrates,
including amphibians, birds, and mammals.

Unit 4
Biodiversity

Chapter 14: Population Ecology
Planet at capacity: patterns of population growth
Lectures by Mark Manteuffel, St. Louis Community College
Population ecology is the study of the
interaction between populations of organisms
and their environment, particularly their
patterns of growth and how they are
influenced by other species and by
environmental factors.

Chapter 15: Ecosystems and Communities
Organisms and their environments
by Mark Manteuffel, St. Louis Community College
Learning Objectives
What are ecosystems?
How is weather created?
How do energy and chemicals move through
ecosystems?

Chapter 16: Conservation and Biodiversity
Human influences on the environment
Lectures by Mark Manteuffel, St. Louis Community College
Learning Objectives
Explain what biodiversity is.

Explain how extinction reduces biodiversity.

Describe how human interference generally
reduces biodiversity.

Discuss strategies we can develop for effective
conservation.

On Thursday . . .
We will meet to discuss Chapters 1 and the
beginning of Chapter 2.
Log in to Springboard and look at our course
Make sure to read Chapter 1, and complete the
assignment that will be listed.