Post on 29-Aug-2018
BIO 100Melanie K. Boerner, Ph.D.
email: mboerner@dccc.eduoffice hours: by appointment
•Textbook and Lab Inquiry into Life, 13th ed.and lab manual (bring to every lab)•Bring your Syllabus and Unit Objectives toevery class•Calendar -write down important dates,liketests!! ; study schedule•Course content --five units of study•Course Competencies --what you will learn
Grading Systems
• Traditional - no projects; unit exam is yourgrade; final grade determined by averagingthe five unit exam grades
OR• Integration -each unit worth 150 points
(activities-30 pts; lab/lecture participation-20pts; unit exam & lab quizzes-100 pts); finalgrade determined by total number of pointsearned for the five units
INTEGRATION ACTIVITY AND UNIT GRADE RECORD
Name Section: Lab #:
Unit Activities And
Test Due Date
Activity
Number
Activity Title Points Test
Grade
Unit
Grade
I .
8/29-9/23
Activities Due by:
9/20– Tues.
*Test I:
9/23
1-15
1-21
!
!
! Computer
activity
!
! Current Event
15
15
Number right
Lab - 12
Lecture - 75
(EXAM)
Total - 87/115
% 76=76 pts
15
15
76
20(partic.
)
126
‘B’
I I .
9/26-10/7
Activities Due by:
10/4 - Tues.
*Test II:
10/7
Number right
Lab -
Lecture -
Total -
%
III.
10/10-10/28
Activities Due by:
10/26 - WED.
*Test III:
10/28
Number right
Lab -
Lecture -
Total -
%
IV.
10/31-11/18
Activities Due by:
11/15 – Tues.
*Test IV:
11/18
Number right
Lab -
Lecture -
Total -
%
V .
11/21-12/12
Activities Due by:
12/6 – Tues.
**Test V:
Exam Schedule
Number Right
Lab -
Lecture -
Total -
%
SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
** Unit V test is scheduled for one day/time between 12/13 and 12/19. Consult exam
schedule .
Unit I: What Characteristics Are UsedTo Identify Whether Something Is
Alive?
• What separates living from non-livingthings?
• Learning objectives listed in Unit I• Reading assignments• Everyone must do Integration Activities
The Characteristics of Life (Obj. 1)
• Living things exhibit levels of biologicalorganization
The Characteristics of Life #2 (Obj. 1,2)
• Organisms require materials andenergy
Metabolism--how living thingsacquire energy (Obj. 2)
Anabolism:
Catabolism:CO2 + H2O C6H12O6 + O2
CO2 + H2O + ATPC6H12O6 + O2
The Characteristics of Life #3
• Living things reproduceWhat’s the point??
The Characteristics of Life #4
• Organisms respond to stimuli
The Characteristics of Life #5
• Living organisms are homeostatic
– What does it mean?
– How does it apply to me?
• Pulse--let’s try it!!
The Characteristics of Life #6• Living things grow and develop
The Characteristics of Life #7• Living organisms adapt to the environment
– Adaptation Evolution
WHO AM I??
From atoms to the atmosphere (Obj. 3)
H H H H H H
H C C C C C C H
H H H H H H
Organic=Living?Inorganic=Nonliving?(Obj.4)
Inorganic:Organic:
Carbon--one of the most important elements to Life (WHY???)
H
H C H
H