Sorry to continue to post our stuff. One of t aspects to the year long course
in biology that I was attracted to was the idea of truly integrating material
across the spectrum from micro to su (whatever that means). Working wirking
with one of our science education specialist, she oised the question how woulld
yu describe living things--it seemsrite and we talk about biotic proerties, s,
blah, blah, ...
Anway;
Living things:
Repoduce
Grow and Develo
Evolve
Respon to internal and externalstimulii
and
Acquire and use energy
The followinis a graphic developed on these five "precept ]
[ one semester ] [ one semstertems
Precept molecular<-toward->cellular<-toward->organismal<-toward->ecosystem
Reproduction DNA replicatio
mitos life cycles
meosis tissues
reproductive stages
reproductive mechanisms
Growth/
Development Chemical Signals organismal growth
Fertilization morphology
Cell growth anatomy
differentiation Body plan
tissus systems
competition
Evolution
gene chromosomes inheritance
gene frequency speciation
molecules that confer advantage sselection
classification
diversity
structures that confer advantage
Respones to
stimulii cemical signals Biotic factors
physiologi processe(many Abiotic factors
Human influences
Interactions within and
between populations
Energy photosynthesis flow of energy
carbon allocations trophic levels
fermentation recycling of material
respiration
use for growth etc
This probably does not make sense buthese are just a few of the basi thsa
could be webbed together andtrepeated in various contextsto better allow all
learners and opportunity to gain insigh about the wonders of biology.
david degroote
biology/st. cloud state
PS. I'm getting a lof line interference tonight so if text is jumbled please
understand.
