FALL 2014 Syllabus: Sec 3046 BIO 003 Intro to Biology

Instructor: Dr. Roy R. Withers e-mail: witherrr@lavc.eduOffice: Hours: Tuesday & Thursday from 8:20 PM – 9:05 PM in AHS 208

(Appointment is recommended for best results)

Meetings: Lecture - Tuesdays & Thursdays from 5:15PM – 6:40PM Rm. EST 105 Lab - Tuesdays & Thursdays from 6:55PM – 8:20PM Rm. AHS 151

Additional Resources: www.masteringbiology.com Practice Quizzes, Homework, & Activities Field Trips – Some fees may be required associated to the activity, and will be announced prior to the event.

Lab Fees – To Be Announced

Required Supplies: One package of Scantron Form No. ABF-882 (50 answers per side for Lecture Exams) One package of Scantron Form No. 815-E Quizzstrip™ (15 answers per side for Quizzes) #2 Pencils – Be sure to bring several to an exam! Eraser – Bring several just in case. Items for Field Trips – To Be Announced

Required Text Book: Life On Earth with Phys (10th edition) Optional: with MasteringBiology™,. Authors: Audesirk, Audesirk, & Byers

Required Lab Book: Biology 3 Lab Manual – Revised 2014 by LAVC Dept of Biology.

Additional Resources: www.masteringbiology.com Instructions for students to register, log in, and join a class for the website are provided on the student access code card that comes with your book. If you have problems registering, go to: http://247pearsoned.custhelp.com

ALSO: I will be sending important information to the class via the LAVC email system. PLEASE!! Make sure you list a current active email you can be reached with on the class roster at: www.lavc.edu

Description: The study of the major principles of biology including the structure and function of cells, the reproductive process, the mechanisms of heredity, and the organization of the bodies of the human organism, higher animals, and plants.

Course Objectives:

Demonstrate an understanding of the underlying principles of biology, cell structure, function, and the organization of living systems.

Apply concepts to study of ecology

Units: 4 semester / Required Prerequisites: NoneTransfer credit: UC, CSUField Trip is required

Religious Accommodations: If you require accommodations for religious purposes, you must inform the instructor in writing prior to the end of the 1st week of class.

ADA Accommodations: If you require accommodations as per ADA, you must register with the college’s Disabled Student Services and inform me in writing prior to the end of the 1st week of class.

Course Level Student Learning Outcomes (SLO’s)

Course Name and Number: Biology 3: Introduction to Biology Explain the Scientific Method; form a hypothesis and design an experiment with controls. Discuss the principles of general biology. Identify the organelles of plant and animal cells and discuss their functions. Identify the major components of the cell membrane, cytosol and their respective properties. Identify their major functions

in cells. Apply course content to everyday life using observations and critical thinking. Discuss the diversity of plants and animals on earth and how they interact from a ecological and evolutionary perspective. Differentiate between different animal phyla, be able to design and use an animal classification key. Compare the DNA double helix to the RNA structure and describe the functions of each molecule. Differentiate between common ecosystems and propose how population growth affects these ecosystems. Explain how biotechnology and genetic engineering are improving our human health system. Use the scientific method to set up a biological experiment. Build simple chemical models & DNA. Use the compound and dissecting microscopes to accurately observe, microscopic organisms. Be able to dissect a flower and identify trees using a leaf key. Explain the fertilization process. List and describe the common ecosystems in Southern California. Dissect an owl pellet and identify the main bones in the pellet. Solve basic genetics problems, using punnet square method to solve dihybrid and monohybrid crosses. Demonstrate how to use an animal key to identity the correct phyla of unknown species of animals. Dissect a flower and describe the function of each part and explain how fertilization takes place. Identify the primary human animal tissues with use of the microscope and identify the bones of the human skeleton. Use and accurately read measuring instruments such as scales, flasks, pipettes and graduated cylinders. Restate and apply the principles of cellular transport, such as diffusion, osmosis and active transport as they relate to living

organisms.

Course Level Student Learning Outcome Assessment MeasureStudents will have acquired skills necessary toanalyze issues associated with biotechnology.

Evidence that students have mastered this SLOwill be provided by a written response tobiotech questions presented during classdiscussion. A rubric will be developed toassess these responses.

Students will distinguish various forms of Evidence that students have mastered this

organism diversity. SLOwill be provided by laboratory investigationsthat require sketching of representativeorganisms in different species. A rubric willbe developed to assess laboratory reports.

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Lecture Exams and Quizzes: There will be three lecture exams plus a final exam. Each contains 50 questions and takes 65 minutes. The format may be of multiple choices, essay, and true/false types. Questions will be drawn from lecture and class text. The exam questions contain factual recall and critical thinking application questions. At instructor’s discretion, review sheets may be given prior to each test . The Final Exam is NOT cumulative. No exam will be dropped. General policy will be NO EARLY or MAKEUP EXAMS.. The format of questions varies. Classroom and lab quizzes are given at the beginning of class, and are collected during class. You may not make up quizzes.

Online practice quizzes & exams are available at: www.masteringbiology.com. Field Trips (TBA): The field trips are to be announced.

Class Policies: Students are advised to read the scheduled chapters and labs assignments before coming to lecture

and lab. Good attendance is REQUIRED. Here is the official policy on class attendance:

Attendance

The only students who may attend classes are those who have been admitted to the college and are in approved active status.Students are expected to attend every meeting of all classes for which they are registered. Violation of this regulation may result in exclusion from class as specified in Administrative Regulation E-13. Provisions of Administrative Regulation E-13 include the following:

1. STUDENTS WHO HAVE PREREGISTERED FOR A CLASS AND WHO DO NOT ATTEND THE FIRST MEETING OF THE CLASS FORFEITS THEIR RIGHT TO A PLACE IN THE CLASS. SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES MAY BE CONSIDERED BY THE INSTRUCTOR.

2. Whenever absences in hours exceed the number of hours the class meets per week, the instructor will consider whether there are mitigating circumstances which may justify the absences. If the instructor determines that such circumstances do not exist, the instructor may exclude the student from the class.

3. Three cases of tardiness may be considered equivalent to one absence.

Students missing more than ONE week of class or lab meeting time absent, may be dropped from the class. Additionally, it is your responsibility to officially drop from the class if you’ve decided not to attend the class anymore. Otherwise, you may get an “F” based on your accumulated earning points!

Cheating is not tolerated in this class. (See Class Schedule) Please do not turn in identical lab activities

or exercises!! This may be considered cheating, and will not be tolerated. Please do not copy exact words or sentences from the books, computer and other sources.

Plagiarism is prohibited. Students are not allowed to use dictionary nor electronic devices during exams. Please follow this link to LAVC’s rules on plagiarism: http://www.lavc.edu/wcweb/plagiarism.html

Please turn off all electronic devices and cellular phones BEFORE ENTERING the class, put them away, and keep them out of sight.

There is NO SMOKING in and around the entire science quad area. No visual or audio recording media of any kind may be utilized in class, without prior consent

from Dr. Withers. There is NO EATING OR DRINKING IN LECTURE OR LAB

Grading Scale:A=90-100%B=80-89%C=65-79%D=50-64%

F=Below 49%

Grading: LAB WILL BE 1/3 / LECTURE WILL BE 2/3 OF YOUR TOTAL CLASS GRADE

LAB ----------------------- ------------------------------- 1/3 GRADE Tests 3 ----------------------------- -- 100 pts 2/3 GRADE Final ----------------------------------- -- 200 pts -- Field Trips -- 100 pts Class Quizzes, Projects & Participation -- 100 pts --____________________________________________________________________

This is a tentative schedule, subject to change at the instructor’s discretion.

Wk Lecture Topic Corresponding Lab

1                                                    Chapter 1                                (lab 1)

   2                                                    Chapter 2 & 3                                  (lab 2)

 

   3                                                    Chapter 4                                  (lab 3a,3b)

   4                                                    Chapter 5 & 6                  (lab 4)                      

   5 EXAM I - Chapters 1,2,3,4,5,6

                                                    Chapter 7 & 8                (lab 5)

                                                                

   6                                                Chapter 11 & 12 DNA: (lab 6)

   7                                                     Chapter 9      (lab 7)

 

   8                                                     Chapter 10                                          (lab 8)

                                                                                                                                                                            

   9                                                     EXAM II - Chapters 7,8,9,10,11,12

Chapter 14, 15, & 16 (lab 9)

 

   10                                                   Chapter 19, 20, 21, 22                          (lab 10)

                                                          

                                                          

   11                                                    Chapter 43, 44, 45              (lab 11)              

 

   12                                                    Chapter 23,24 (lab 12) 

                                                                                               

   13                                                    EXAM III - Chapters 14 – 16, 19 – 24, 43 - 45

Chapter 31,32,33 (lab 13a&b)

 

  14                                                    Chapter 40 (lab 14)             

                                                                                               

 

  15                                                    Chapter 28, 29 Field Study

                                                          

 

  13                                                    Chapter 30 Field Study

 

                                                          Field Study 1, 2, & 3 will be intermixed into the

                                                          Schedule (weather, labs, and lecture schedule permitting)      

  16                                                     FINAL EXAM!                                             

FALL 2014 LAB Syllabus: Sec 3043 BIO 003 Intro to Biology

My Instructor: ______________________________ E-mail: _____________________________

Office: AHS______

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             BIOLOGY 3 Laboratory Activity Schedule Spring 2010

Lab Exercise Comments My Scores

QUIZ Lab Act.1 1. Metric System & Scientific

Method     

2 2. Chemistry / Biologically Important Macromolecules

   

3 3. Microscopy and Basic Cell Structure.

   

4 4. Functions and Properties of Cells

   

5 5. Photosynthesis    

6 6. DNA Structure & Function    

7 7. Cell Division    

7 8. Human Karyotyping / Human Genetics Lab

   

8 9. Evolution      

9 10. Protists, Fungi, and Plants    

10 11. Flowering Plants: Structure, Function, & Repro

   

11 12. Animal Classification    

12 13. Tissues & Systems / The Mammalian Cardiovascular Sys

   

13 14. Skeletal System and Owl Pellet Investigation

   

Field Studies    

   

     

Comments: Any of the items contained within this document may be modified at the instructor’s discretion.