Learning
Outcomes/Competency
Common
Assessment/Evaluation
1. Test/worksheet
http://www.helpteaching.co
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hod/College
Course Orientation
Discuss
Course Outline
1. To identify the unifying
themes in biology and how they
relate with concepts in other
disciplines
2. To examine selected
milestones in biology
emphasizing the use of the
scientific method as a tool and
collaboration as a strategy
3. To solve problems using the
scientific method
4. To explain evolution as the
core theme in biology
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Topic
1. Reiterate concepts in
composition of matter and
properties of carbon and water;
lecture (Chapters 2 to 4; Mader:
Chapters 2 to 3)
2. Video showing
3. Biology of protein. Interactive
http://star.mit.edu/biochem/
4. Mastering Homework:
Explain the effects of varying the
amounts of the different
macromolecules in your diet (such
3.Quiz material:
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/
biology/7-012introduction-to-biology-
b. Prokaryotic vs.
Eukaryotic cells
1. Test
2. Group presentation:
Explain how insulinproducing cells are like
dysfunctional factories
when a person is diabetic
a. Membrane structure
2. Video showing
b. Cell communication
3. Group presentation:
Group 1: Insulin signaling
Group 2: Sex hormone signaling
(As one group explains; the other
group makes a critique). Apply the
two mechanisms of chemical
signaling to insulin signaling and
sex hormone signaling
1. Lecture (Chapter 8; Mader:
Chapter 6)
Test
2. Video showing
1. Lecture (Chapter 9; Mader:
Chapter 8)
2. Video showing
Test
Photosynthesis,
3. Group report:
Explain how a H+ gradient and
oxygen are both necessary for
oxidative phosphorylation.
1. Lecture (Chapter 10; Mader:
Chapter 7)
Test
2. Video showing
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3. Group report:
Explain what kind of sunlight is
used by the plant and why sunlight
is necessary and explain how trees
are carbon sinks. Describe where
the mass of a tree comes from and
explain how the mass is made.
EXAM 1 (Do Chapter Review)
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Basis of Inheritance:
a. Chromosomal
a.1. Mendelian inheritance
a.2. Sex-linked genes
a.3. Genetic recombination
a.4. Abnormalities
b. Molecular
2. Video showing
1. Lecture (Chapters 13 and 14;
Mader: Chapter 10)
2. Video showing
2. Video showing
1. Test
2. Mastering Homework:
a. Explain the
consequences of specific
stages of mitosis failing.
b. Explain how cancer cells
disobey the rules that
normal cells follow in the
cell cycle and in cell
growth
1. Test
2. Problem exercises on:
a. Genetic crosses that
determine if a trait is
dominant or to determine
an individuals genotype.
2. Calculating probabilities
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1. Test
2. Activity on tracing the
path of the central dogma
of molecular biology
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6. Additional reading:
1. The AveryMacLeodMcCarty
experiment.1944. J of
Experimental Medicine. How did
the authors come to the conclusion
that it is DNA, and not protein,
that is the carrier of genetic
information?
1. Lecture (Chapters 19, 20 and
21; Mader: Chapter 14 and 20)
2. Video showing
1. Test
EXAM 2
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Parade of:
a. Archaea
b. Bacteria
c. Eukarya
c.1. Protists
c.2. Fungi
c.3. Parade of Plants
c.4. Parade of Animals
Unit 5: The History and
Distribution of Life
Introduction to
Evolution
a. Darwinian View of Life
a.1. Origin of species and
common ancestry
a.2. Natural selection
1. Test
2. Optional Activity:
Construct a cladogram
1. Test
2. Cladogram construction
List down all the
plants/invertebrates around
your house/boarding
house/dorm and
draw a correct cladogram
for them
1. Test
2. Mastery Homework
a. Why is the study of
evolution a science?
Group work:
b. Discuss an evidence for
Evolution
(use Journal articles as
references)
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To examine: a) hypotheses
History of Life on Earth
regarding the origin of life, b)
a. Conditions on early
evidences about the rise and fall Earth
of groups of organisms over time
b. Fossil records
b.1. From unicellular to
multicellular organisms
b.2. From water to land
habitats
c. Biogeography
c.1. Plate tectonics
c.2. Adaptive radiation and
extinction
Introduction to Ecology
a. The Biosphere and
Climate Patterns
b. Major Ecosystems
c. Speciation and
Macroevolution
d. Population and
Ecosystem Ecology
Plants
a. Structure, Growth and
Development
EXAM 3
Alternative strategy:
Comparison of Plant and
Animal
1. Lecture (Chapters 35 to 39;
Mader: Chapters 24 to 27)
2. Video showing
1. Test
2. Group work:
Draw a phylogenetic tree
given a list of organisms
and traits.
1. Test
2. Individual work:
What is ecological
footprint?
How many Earths do we
need to support our current
lifestyle?
3. Call to action (essay
writing):
Practical changes in my
(and familys) lifestyle to
reduce my ecological
footprint
e. Biodiversity and
Conservation Biology
Unit 6: The Form and
Function of Life
2. Video showing
2. Video showing
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(Keeton - Biology
textbook)
Test
transportation
c. Soil and plant nutrition
d. Responses to signals
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e. Reproduction in
flowering plants
Animal
a. Form and function
(organ systems)
2. Video showing
a. Circulation and Gas
exchange
b. Osmoregulation and
excretion
a. Immunity
Test
b. Nutrition
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b. Nervous system
a. Reproduction
2. Video showing
Test
1. Test
2. Short paper:
Can I have the chicken pox
twice?
b. Animal development
2. Video showing
1. Test
2. Group report:
How do different
contraceptives work?
3. Make a stand:
To use or not use
contraceptives
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EXAM 4
FINAL EXAM (Comprehensive)
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Common Teaching
Strategies
Exercise 1: Observation and descriptions
Laboratory manual
Exercise 2: Formulation, testing of hypothesis Laboratory manual
and experimental design (proper review of
literature)
Exercise 3: The use of models and controls
Introduce Special Problem as requirement
(include use of Statistics)
Introduce the use of microscope and concept of Laboratory manual
cell
Exercise 4: Plant tissues
Exercise 5: Animal tissues
Laboratory manual
Exercise 6: Cellular respiration
Laboratory manual
Exercise 7: Photosynthesis
Laboratory manual
Review (mock exam)
Exam 1
Start Special Problem using format prescribed Laboratory manual
in manual (group of 3 students to work under Laboratory manual
faculty research projects with emphasis on
simple problems and the use of the scientific
method)
Exercise 8: Phylogeny and Systematics Three Laboratory manual
Domains of Life
Exercise 9: Ecological Investigations
Laboratory manual
Exercise 10: Plant Form and Function
Laboratory manual
Laboratory manual
Review
Exam 2
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References
Main:
J. B. Reece, et al. 2013. Campbell Biology. 10th ed. Benjamin Cummings,
ISBN-13: 978-0321775658, ISBN-10: 032177565 (the 9th or 8th eds
can also be used)
Suggested:
Freeman, Scott. Biological Science. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002. ISBN: 9780130819239.
Mader, S. Biology, 8th ed. 2004. McGraw-Hill.Kimballs Biology Pages.http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/