email
them to me: joe.schibig@volstate.edu
BIOL 1030 V01 & V83 (Essentials of Biology) On-line Course Fall 2005
Announcements:
The textbook we are using is The Living World (4th ed.) by Johnson. This is the only book you need to buy. The lab exercises are posted below--no lab manual nor photo atlas needed. There is a lab kit (no cost) you will need to pick up from the College @ Home desk of the VSCC library (upper floor); it will be ready on Thursday, Sept. 1.
There is no orientation meeting--all the information can be found on this website--read the syllabus, calendar, etc.
If you have questions, email
them to me: joe.schibig@volstate.edu
My Fall Schedule and Contact Information
Power Point Notes for Lecture Test # 1 (check the
calendar for time and place of this test): Ten Bonus Points on the first lecture test will
come from pages 14 to 18 in your text (Four Theories Unify Biology as a science)
Introduction to Biology
Basic
chemistry
Cytology (study of the cell)
Power Point Notes for Lect. Test 2 (For Extra
credit, there will be 10 bonus questions taken from "Resurrecting the American
chestnut" at:
http://www2.volstate.edu/jschibig/resurrectingthechestnut.htm
and
http://www2.volstate.edu/jschibig/what_was_so_great_about_the_amer.htm)
Movement of molecules through the cell membrane
Cellular respiration and photosynthesis
DNA replication and protein synthesis
Genetics and genetic engineering
TEST 3 (10 bonus questions for lecture test #3 will come from pages 548 to 550 in the textbook, Lung Cancer and Smoking).
Nervous system
Respiratory system
Notes for Test # 4 (Extra credit questions, 10 points possible, will be from pages 696 to 700) on biomes
Lab Exercises. Check the calendar to see when the lab reports are due.
Lab 5 (Due Oct. 3)
Click here to find out how you can get extra lab points by doing a tree leaf collection.
When you have time, please visit these websites:
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