Biology 113
General Biology II
Spring 2011
Course Syllabus
Instructor: Dr. Donald Glassman (Professor, Biology)
Office: Rm. 10D, Bldg. 4
Phone: 515-964-6237
E-mail: dlglassman@dmacc.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 12:20 - 1:15, Friday 10:10-1:15
Text: Biology. 8th edition. Campbell/Reece (Custom edition for DMACC)
Lab Manual: Symbiosis (Custom edition for DMACC)
Course Description: This course is designed for biology/science majors. It is the second course in a sequence for students majoring in the biological sciences. Its mission is to provide the student with a solid framework for further coursework. Topics will include: fungi, plant and animal structure and function, plant and animal diversity, and ecology.
I. Lecture A tentative lecture schedule is attached. You are responsible for all material in the assigned chapters as well as the material presented in class. If you must miss a lecture it is your responsibility to obtain the notes from a classmate. Attendance and attention in lecture is vital to your success.
II. Lab You are required to attend each lab. You can receive no points for a lab that you did not attend! A laboratory schedule is attached. You should be adequately prepared for each laboratory session. This includes reading the laboratory exercise before the laboratory period.
III. Safety Laboratory safety is of paramount importance. It is essential that you follow proper procedures at all times. No food, drink, tobacco or gum can be permitted in the lab. There is zero tolerance for inappropriate activities in the laboratory.
IV. Web Site http://www.dmacc.edu/instructors/dlglassman/
The pertinent course information is also posted on my faculty web site. This site may be used throughout the semester to post information and assignments. You can also use this site as a link to other science oriented Web sites of interest.
V. Grading There will be four (4) written lecture exams (100 points each) and a comprehensive final (200 points). The laboratory performance will be evaluated by attendance/participation, lab reports, quizzes, and an ecology project (specifics will be announced). There will be three lab practical exams given (50 points each). You must pass both the lecture and laboratory components of the course to pass the course!!
Grades will be assigned based on the percentage of total points possible you earn:
A 92.0-100
A- 90.0-91.9
B+ 88.0-89.9
B 82.0-87.9
B- 80.0-81.9
C+ 78.0-79.9
C 72.0-77.9
C- 70.0-71.9
D+ 68.0-69.9
D 62.0-67.9
D- 60.0-61.9
F <60
Tentative Point Totals
Lecture Exams 400
Final 200
General attendance, attitude, and participation ~ 25
Laboratory Attendance/Reports/Quizzes/Project ~ 150
Lab Practical Exams 150
Total Points ~925
I. Policy on Missed Exams, Quizzes, and Labs: NO makeup labs, quizzes, or practical exams will be given. One and only one missed lecture exam may be made up by adding the appropriate number of points missed (100) to the value of the final exam. Example: If one unit test is missed, the final for that person will be worth 200 pts (value of final) + 100 pts (value of missed exam) = 300 pts.
II. Competencies: The attached competencies are the minimum skills and knowledge that you must master to complete this course. They do not reflect the degree of knowledge and understanding you must demonstrate to earn a passing grade. If you have any questions concerning course content or expectations do not hesitate to raise them.
VII. Suggestions for success: There are many avenues for success in this class, but they all involve a commitment of time and effort which may be greater than that expected of you in a non-science class. Plan extra time for this class! Your attendance in all classes is very important; few students will have success in this class with a casual attendance ethic. Not everyone assimilates information in the same manner, try to vary your methods of study…work in a group, make charts and tables, quiz yourself, study out-loud and/or utilize the CD-ROM packaged with your text. Don't get behind and if you are having trouble, seek help early. There is no substitute for effort!
Biology 113 Laboratory Schedule
Spring 2011
TENTATIVE
Week Tues LAB
1 (1/11) Fungi (Exercises 2A-E)
2 (1/18) Plant Diversity I (Exercises 1A-B, 2A-D)
3 (1/25) Plant Diversity II (Exercises 1A-B, 2A-D)
4 (2/1) Lab Practical Exam
5 (2/8) Animal Diversity I (Exercises 1-5)
6 (2/15) Animal Diversity II (Exercises 1, 2, 3, 4A)
7 (2/22) Plant Anatomy (Exercises 1-4)
8 (3/1) Plant Growth (Exercises 1, 2A, 3A)
9 (3/8) Lab Practical Exam
(3/15) SPRING BREAK
10 (3/22) Vertebrate Anatomy I (Fetal Pig) (Exercises 1-3)
11 (3/29) Vertebrate Anatomy II (Fetal Pig) (Exercises 1-6)
12 (4/5) Vertebrate Anatomy III (Fetal Pig) (Exercises 1-3)
13 (4/12) Ecology/Animal Behavior (Handout)
14 (4/19) Animal Development (Exercises 1B, 4)
15 (4/26) Lab Practical Exam
Biology 113
Tentative Lecture Schedule Spring 2011
Week # Date(Monday) Topic(s) Chapter(s)
1 1/10 Fungi 31
Plant Diversity I 29
2 1/187 Plant Diversity II 30
Animal Diversity 32
3 1/24 Invertebrates 33
Vertebrates 34
4 1/31 Exam I
Plant Structure and Growth 35
5 2/7 Transport in Vascular Plants 36
Plant Nutrition 37
6 2/14 Angiosperm Reproduction 38
Plant Responses 39
7 2/21 Exam II
Animal Form and Function 40
Animal Nutrition 41
8 2/28 Circulation and Gas Exchange 42
Immune System 43
9 3/7 Osmoregulation and Excretion 44
Exam III
3/14 SPRING BREAK
10 3/21 Endocrine System 45
Animal Reproduction 46
11 3/28 Animal Development 47
Nervous Systems 49
12 4/4 Sensory and Motor Mechanisms 50
Exam IV
13 4/11 Animal Behavior (time permitting) 51
Ecology and the Biosphere 52
14 4/18 Population Ecology 53
Community Ecology 54
15 4/25 Ecosystems 55
Conservation Ecology 56
16 FINALS FINAL EXAM (Comprehensive- 200 points)
Section A…Monday May 2nd, 2009 8:00-10:00
Section B…Wednesday May 4th, 2009 9:15-11:15
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Work that violates these values is incompatible with the goals of this class and will not be tolerated. Students who are found responsible for a violation of the Academic Misconduct Policy will receive a failing grade for the course. Students have the right to appeal and may do so by following the procedures described in the Academic Misconduct policy.
COURSE COMPETENCIES:
During this course, the student will be expected to:
1. Comply with safety and health rules.
1.1 Demonstrate appropriate safety procedures for the laboratory.
1.2 Locate safety equipment in the laboratory room.
2. Demonstrate laboratory techniques.
2.1 Use a microscope.
2.2 Prepare slides for microscopic examination.
2.3 Explain experimental results.
2.4 Write lab reports.
2.5 Distinguish among laboratory supplies.
2.6 Prepare solutions.
2.7 Show competence in the use of laboratory equipment.
3. Describe characteristics of fungi.
3.1 Distinguish between divisions of fungi.
3.2 Name anatomical features of fungi.
3.3 Differentiate between saprobic, parasitic and mutualistic modes of nutrition in fungi.
3.4 Discuss the economic and ecological significant of fungi.
3.5 Describe modes of reproduction and dispersal used by fungi.
3.6 Describe characteristics of lichens.
4. Examine the diversity of seedless plants.
4.1 Describe the alternation of generation life cycle in plants.
4.2 Compare the nonvascular plants to vascular plants and the seedless vascular plants to seed plants.
4.3 Describe the moss life cycle.
4.4 Discuss the ecological and economic significance of mosses.
4.5 Describe the fern life cycle.
5. Examine the diversity of seed plants.
5.1 Discuss several reproductive adaptations of the seed plants.
5.2 Describe the relationship between the gametophyte and the sporophyte in seed plants.
5.3 Describe the life cycle of a pine tree.
5.4 Describe the structure of an angiosperm flower.
5.5 Describe the life cycle of an angiosperm, including the process of double fertilization.
5.6 Differentiate between monocots and dicots.
5.7 Explain the mutualistic association between flowering plants and animals.
5.8 Discuss the importance of angiosperms to agriculture and industry.
5.9 Discuss strategies that can be employed to conserve plant diversity.
6. Discuss plant structure and growth.
6.1 Differentiate between monocots and dicots.
6.2 Differentiate between rhizomes, stolons, tubers and bulbs.
6.3 Describe the structure and function of parenchyma, collenchyma and sclerenchyma cells.
6.4 Describe the structure and function of tracheids, vessel elements, sieve tube members, and companion cells.
6.5 Compare apical meristems to lateral meristems and primary growth to secondary growth.
6.6 Describe the organization of tissues in a plant leaf.
6.7 Discuss the function of the vascular cambium and cork cambium.
6.8 Differentiate between springwood and summerwood.
6.9 Compare the heartwood of a tree to the sapwood.
7. Discuss transport in plants.
7.1 Discuss the osmotic movement of a water plant cell when it is immersed in a hypertonic solution and a hypotonic solution.
7.2 Describe three pathways by which water and minerals move from the soil solution into the root xylem.
7.3 Explain long distance transport of water and solutes in a tree.
7.4 Discuss the role of endodermis and Casparian strip in the movement of substances into the root xylem.
7.5 Explain the ascent of xylem sap in a tree by the transpirational pull – cohesion – tension mechanism.
7.6 Explain the photosynthesis – transpiration compromise that characterizes plant metabolism.
7.7 Explain the mechanism by which the stomata open and close.
7.8 List several adaptations that xerophytes have to reduce transpiration.
7.9 Discuss the seasonal changes in translocation in trees.
8. Discuss plant nutrition.
8.1 Differentiate between macronutrients and micronutrients.
8.2 Compare the properties of sandy soils to clayey soils.
8.3 List several functions of humus.
8.4 Discuss the role of organisms in maintaining the health of the soil. 8.5 Describe the process of cation exchange between soils and plant roots.
8.6 Compare conventional agriculture to sustainable agriculture.
8.7 Describe the role of ammonifying bacteria, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, nitrifying bacteria and denitrifying bacteria in the nitrogen cycle.
8.8 Describe the relationship between plant roots and Rhizobium bacteria.
8.9 Describe the relationship between mycorrhizae and plant roots.
9. Discuss plant reproduction.
9.1 Trace the alternation of generations in the life cycle of a plant.
9.2 Describe the process of double fertilization in angiosperms.
9.3 Describe the structure of the mature seed.
9.4 Identify the components of the mature dicot embryo.
9.5 Describe the development of a fleshy fruit.
9.6 List several factors that may cause plants to break seed dormancy.
9.7 Describe vegetative reproduction in plants by means of fragmentation.
9.8 Describe how cultivars are cloned through tissue culture techniques.
9.9 Discuss the role of sexual and asexual reproduction in the life history of wild plants.
10. Discuss plant responses.
10.1 List several characteristics of hormones.
10.2 Discuss the relationship between auxin and phototropism.
10.3 Explain the acid-growth hypothesis of cell elongation.
10.4 Describe how the ratio of auxin to cytokinin influences shoot and root growth.
10.5 Discuss the role of hormones in signal-transduction pathways.
10.6 Discuss responses of plants to gravity, mechanical stimuli, drought, flooding, salt, heat and cold.
10.7 Describe several mechanisms that plants use to defend themselves against herbivores and pathogens.
11. Discuss animal evolution.
11.1 Trace the general pattern of embryological development in animals.
11.2 Describer key features of the parazoa, eutmetazoa, radiate-bilateria, acoelomate, psuedocoelomate- coelomate and protostome – deuterostome grades of animal evolution.
11.3 Differentiate between determinate and indeterminate development.
11.4 Discuss the relationship between bilateral symmetry and cephalization.
12. Discuss invertebrate diversity.
12.1 Describe the dimorphic life cycle of cnidarians.
12.2 List several features of Phylum Platyhelminthes, Mollusca, and Nematoda.
12.3 What is the significance of the well-developed circulatory system of cephalopods.
12.4 Discuss the significance of segmentation in Phylum Annelida.
12.5 Compare an open circulatory system to a closed circulatory system.
12.6 Describe several key features of the arthropod exoskeleton.
12.7 Compare complete metamorphosis to incomplete metamorphosis in insects.
12.8 List several key features of Class Crustacea.
12.9 List several key features of Phylum Echinodermata.
13. Examine ecology.
13.1 Describe ecosystems.
13.2 Outline population interactions.
13.3 Discuss environmental concerns.
13.4 Describe relationships of organisms with environment.
14. Examine population ecology.
14.1 Explain types of population growth.
14.2 Identify factors that regulate population growth.
15. Examine community ecology.
15.1 Discuss symbiotic relationships.
15.2 Describe the process of ecological succession.
16. Examine ecosystem ecology.
16.1 Discuss adaptations to abiotic factors.
16.2 Describe biogeochemical cycles.
16.3 Discuss energy flow in ecosystems.
16.4 Describe biomes.
16.5 Discuss environmental issues
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