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Department
of
Biology
Teaching
and
Learning
MPLS
Oce:
3-154
MCB
Phone:
612
625
2532
Where is MCB?
Biology Oce
Department
of
Biology
Teaching
and
Learning
MPLS
Oce:
3-154D
MCB
Phone:
612
625
9048
Oce
Hours:
Tuesday
11:30am-12:30pm
or
by
appointment
Email:
scot0136@umn.edu
BioTechnology
InsStute
St
Paul
Oce:
222
Snyder
Oce
Hours:
By
Appointment
Phone:
612-624-7299
Email:
deanx024@umn.edu
Cambell
text
available
from
Student
Bookstore
(1501
University
SE)
or
UMN
Bookstore
(Coman
Union)
Lab
manual
usually
only
available
from
the
Student
Bookstore
Grade
Components
1st
Midterm.
40
Qs
2nd
Midterm,
40
Qs
Final
Exam,
50
Qs
12
18-pt
lecture
quizzes
(toss
2,
keep
10)
3
lab
quizzes,
40
pts
each
3
reecGons,
10
pts
each
Final
Paper
2
graded
lab
excercises,
15
pts
each
hypothesis/experimental
design
Excel
assignment
Public
Service
Announcement
Withdrawl
Points
160
160
200
180
120
30
30
30
30
30
30
Total
1000
Last
day
to
cancel
class
and
receive
100%
tuiSon
refund
Sept
12
Last
day
to
cancel
class
and
not
get
a
W
Sept 19
Last
day
to
cancel
class
and
receive
75%
tuiSon
refund
Sept
19
Last
day
to
change
grade
basis
(A-F
or
S/N)
Sept 19
Last
day
to
cancel
class
and
receive
50%
tuiSon
refund
Sept
26
Last
day
to
cancel
class
and
receive
25%
tuiSon
refund
Oct
3
Last
day
to
cancel
class
without
college
approval
Nov 14
Grades
A
=
920
-
1000
B+
=
880
-
899
A-
=
900-
919
B
=
820
-
879
B-
=
800
-
819
C+
=
780
-
799
C
=
690
-
779
C-
=
670
-
689
D+
=
650
-
669
D
=
570
-
649
True
or
False?
F
=
0
-
569
To
pass
on
the
A/F
system
you
must
earn
a
leIer
grade
of
D
(570
pts)
or
beIer.
To
pass
on
the
S/N
system
you
must
earn
a
leIer
grade
of
C-
(670
pts)
or
beIer
AND
C-
(201
pts)
in
lab
AND
C-
(134
pts)
on
Final
Exam
Absolutely true!
A
=
20%
B
=
25%
C
=
42%
D
=
9%
F
=
4%
Great
ExpectaSons
Read
text/lab
manual
assignments
before
class
Come
to
class
prepared
to
listen,
learn
and
parS-
cipate
University
Senate
expects
you
to
study
outside
of
class:
3
hours
per
credit
per
week
(12
hrs/wk
for
Biol
1009)
~4.5
hours
in
class
~7.5
hours
outside
of
class
15
credit
load
~45
hours
work
per
week
Exams
MulSple
choice
(40
Qs
on
midterms,
50
Qs
on
Final)
Exams
in
Lecture
Hall
Need
UMN
ID
Closed
Book,
NO
ELECTRONIC
DEVICES
Email Policy
hIp://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/04/08/
avian-u-running-tally
hIp://climate.nasa.gov/interacSves/climate-
Sme-machine
What is science?
Fig. 1-23
Discovery
science
Discovery
science
Hypothesis-based
science
Fig. 1-24
Mississippi
Metagenome
Project
Hypothesis-based science
ObservaGons
QuesGon
Hypothesis
#1:
Dead
ba\eries
Hypothesis
#2:
Burnt-out
bulb
PredicGon:
Replacing
ba\eries
will
x
problem
PredicGon:
Replacing
bulb
will
x
problem
Test
predicGon
Test
predicGon
10
Fig. 1-3
So
what
do
we
know?
What we know we
know
What we think we
know but dont
Life is.
Order
Response
to
the
environment
What we know we
dont know
EvoluGonary
adaptaGon
RegulaGon
Energy
processing
ReproducGon
Growth
and
development
Fig. 1-4
Ecosystems
Organelles
CommuniGes
1
m
Tissues
Atoms
50
m
Molecules
PopulaGons
Organisms
11
Fig. 1-5
Fig. 1-6
Sunlight
Ecosystem
Theme:
Organisms
interact
with
their
environments,
exchanging
maIer
and
energy
Cycling
of
chemical
nutrients
Producers
(plants
and
other
photosyntheGc
organisms)
Heat
(a)
Wings
Chemical
energy
(b)
Bones
Infoldings
of
membrane
Mitochondrion
Consumers
(such
as
animals)
Heat
100
m
(c)
Neurons
Fig. 1-7
0.5
m
(d)
Mitochondria
Fig. 1-9
Egg cell
FerGlized
egg
with
DNA
from
both
parents
12
Fig.
1-13
NegaGve
feedback
-
A
Enzyme
1
B
Theme:
Feedback
mechanisms
regulate
biological
systems
Excess
D
blocks
a
step
D
D
Enzyme
2
D
C
Enzyme
3
D
PosiGve
feedback
+
Excess
Z
s(mulates
a
step
X
Enzyme
5
Y
Z
Z
Enzyme
6
Z
13
Fig. 1-14
Species
Genus
Family
Order
Class
Phylum
Kingdom
Domain
Thursday
Ursus
americanus
(American
black
bear)
Ursus
Review
of
chemistry
Ursidae
Carnivora
Mammalia
Chordata
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