Welcome to Biology 160! Instructor: Colleen Sheridan

M/W 3 - 5:50p and online Rm AS1617

Please come pick up some handouts.

We are full, but, depending on how many people show up, you may still get in from the waiting list!

Logistics

Introductions Wait List/E-mail list Getting to know you Questionnaire Class website/Syllabus What IS science and what do scientists do? Biological Phenomena & Explanatory Models Initial Ideas

What IS science and what do scientists do?

“Every day, nurses perform interventions (for example, administering medication, positioning, suctioning) that should stimulate questions about the evidence supporting their use.” - American Journal of Nursing (2009) v109, p.49

http://www.wsg.washington.edu/citizenscience/citsci_toolbox.html

http://www.sciencemag.org/ http://www.nature.com/

The two most widely read science research publications in the world

Biological Phenomena and Explanatory Models

Using scientific evidence to explain how real biological phenomena might

work.

11 weeks to study all of Biology??!?!?!

Norms: Safe classroom for risky thinking Nurture curiosity, “Why, why, why?” Follow rules of deliberation

Gather knowledge: listen, support, question, understand Make a decision (solve problems) Reflect and revise

Are we really what we eat?

What is food?

Look at Hungry Planet book

Can it be….?

How Do We Categorize Foods?

http://www.choosemyplate.gov/food-groups/

Life in Its Diverse Forms Diversity is the hallmark of life.

The diversity of known life includes 1.8 million species.

Estimates of the total diversity range from 10 million to over 200 million species.

Biosphere

Ecosystem African savanna

Community All organisms in savanna

PopulationHerd of zebrasOrganism

Zebra

The Three Domains of Life

The three domains of life are: Bacteria Archaea Eukarya

Prokaryotes

Eukaryotes

At least four kingdoms of Eukarya-Plantae-Fungi-Animalia-Protists (a group of multiple kingdoms)

How is the diversity of our food related to the diversity of life?

Get out your books and come pick up one Reading Guide 01 per person

Please share your books in your group. Although you will be working in groups, each person is

responsible for turning in their own reading guide. You will have 30 minutes. Divide up the work as you

wish. Please be watchful of the time. When you are done you can start work on Part I of our

Project until we come back together as a whole class.