BIOL 1P92 Course Outline Winter 2019 PDF

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Course Otline Syllabus BIOL1P92
2018-2019 Winter Semester...

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BIOL!1P92!Concepts!in!Biology!II! ! ! Lecture:! ! !

Section!01:!Monday,!Wednesday,!Thursday!(9:00!am!-!10:00!am)!! DHOWES!(David!Howes!Theatre)! Section!02:!Monday,!Wednesday,!Friday!(8:00!am!-!9:00!am)!! DHOWES!(David!Howes!Theatre)!

! Instructor:! ! ! ! ! Laboratories:! ! ! ! Senior!Lab!Demonstrator:!

Dr.!Fiona!F.!Hunter! MC!F227,!email:[email protected]! Please!email!to!make!an!appointment! ALL!lecture!enquiries!should!be!sent!to!Dr.!Hunter! Labs!run!in!alternating!2-week!cycles.!!Refer!to!page!7!for!an! overview!of!the!lab!schedule.! All!labs!are!held!in!MC!H319!and!MC!H322! A-week!(Lab!sections!1-23):!begin!the!week!of!Jan!7,!2019! B-week!(Lab!sections!24-43):!begin!the!week!of!Jan!14,!2019! Dr.!Stephanie!J.!Martin! MC!F214,!email:[email protected]! Please!email!to!make!an!appointment! ALL!lab!enquiries!and!course!mark!issues!(incorrect!entries!or! omissions)!should!be!sent!to!Dr.!Martin!

! Course!Calendar!Description:! History!of!life!on!earth,!micro!and!macroevolution,!taxonomy!and!systematics,!biodiversity,!and! animal!form!and!function.!Examples!from!all!kingdoms!of!life.! ! Required!Textbook:! Brooker,!R.J.,!E.P.!Widmaier,!L.E.!Graham,!and!P.D.!Stirling!Biology,!McGraw-Hill! ! Laboratory!Manual:! The!lab!manual!is!specifically!designed!for!this!course!and!is!only!available!as!a!downloadable! version!on!SAKAI!(https://lms.brocku.ca/portal).!In!SAKAI,!the!manual!is!located!in!the!Resources! folder!within!the!lab!tab!for!this!course!(“BIOL!1P92!LAB!Winter!2019”).!Each!experiment!of!the! manual!is!uploaded!individually!such!that!the!documents!associated!with!every!experiment!will! have!its!own!folder.! ! 1

Course!Communications:! In!the!event!of!class!cancellations!or!other!important!announcements,!students!will!be!informed! exclusively!through!SAKAI.!!Students!are!responsible!for!checking!their!Brock!email!accounts!and! the!SAKAI!site!regularly!throughout!the!term.!We!are!not!responsible!if!you!miss!important! information!sent!via!email-!whether!due!to!not!checking!your!Brock!email!account!or!ensuring! received!messages!are!not!deposited!into!your!spam!folder.! ! Important!Dates!Winter!2019:! Jan!7! ! ! First!day!of!class!for!Duration!3! Feb!18-22! ! No!classes!due!to!Winter!Reading!Week! Mar!8! ! ! Last!day!to!withdraw!without!academic!penalty! Apr!5! ! ! Last!day!of!class!for!Duration!3!! Apr!8-9!! ! Snow!Days! Apr!10-24!! ! Final!Exams! ! !

Evaluation!Components!and!Dates! ! Evaluation!Component! Midterm!Test!!

Grade!Weight! 30%!

Final!Exam! Laboratory!assignments!

35%! 35%!

Date! Feb!27th!written!in-class! *There!are!no!make-up!tests! -----! Throughout,!see!page!6!

! Tests!&!Exams:! All!tests!and!exams!will!be!completed!using!Scantron!sheets.!!When!filling!out!your!Scantron! sheet,!please!ensure!that!you!use!pencil!only!and!that!your!full!name!is!written!on!the!sheet.!Your! student!number!must!also!be!filled!in!correctly!to!receive!a!grade.!!! !

Academic!Policies! !

Late!Submission!Policy:! Late!submission!of!assigned!coursework!will!not!be!accepted,!unless!accompanied!by!medical! documentation.!!Please!see!the!medical!exemption!policy!and!medical!health!certificate!at! http://www.brocku.ca/health-services/policies/exemption! ! Medical!Exemption!Policy:! The!University!requires!that!a!student!be!medically!examined!in!Health!Services,!or!by!an!offcampus!physician,!prior!to!an!absence!due!to!medical!reasons!from!an!exam,!lab,!test,!quiz,! seminar,!assignment,!etc.!This!note!must!also!include!the!dates!missed.!A!completed!Brock! University!medical!certificate!must!be!provided!for!missed!tests!or!assignments.!!The!medical! certificate!can!be!found!at!http://www.brocku.ca/health-services/policies/exemption! ! 2

Makeup!Final!Exams:! One!makeup!examination!will!be!provided!for!students!with!medical!documentation!only.!!In! order!to!write!the!makeup!exam,!you!must!notify!Dr.!Hunter!of!a!medical!exemption!by!email! prior!to!missing!the!exam.!!Original!copies!of!medical!documentation!must!be!provided!as!soon! as!possible.!!If!documentation!has!not!been!provided!within!one!week!of!missing!a!test!or! assignment,!a!grade!of!zero!may!be!given.! ! Academic!Accommodation:! As!part!of!Brock!University's!commitment!to!a!respectful!work!and!learning!environment,!the! University!will!make!every!reasonable!effort!to!accommodate!all!members!of!the!university! community!with!disabilities.!If!you!require!academic!accommodations!related!to!a!documented! disability!to!participate!in!this!course,!you!are!encouraged!to!contact!Services!for!Students!with! Disabilities!in!the!Student!Development!Centre!(4th!floor!Schmon!Tower,!ex.!3240).!You!are!also! encouraged!to!discuss!any!accommodations!with!the!instructor!well!in!advance!of!due!dates!and! scheduled!assessments.!For!lab!accommodations!please!contact!Dr.!Martin.!For!test!or!final!exam! accommodations!please!contact!Dr.!Hunter.! ! Academic!Accommodation!due!to!Religious!Obligations:! Brock!University!acknowledges!the!pluralistic!nature!of!the!undergraduate!and!graduate! communities!such!that!accommodations!will!be!made!for!students!who,!by!reason!of!religious! obligation,!must!miss!an!examination,!test,!assignment!deadline,!laboratory!or!other!compulsory! academic!event.!Students!requesting!academic!accommodation!on!the!basis!of!religious! obligation!should!make!a!formal,!written!request!to!their!instructor(s)!for!alternative!dates! and/or!means!of!satisfying!requirements.! ! Academic!Integrity:! Academic!misconduct!is!a!serious!offence.!The!principle!of!academic!integrity,!particularly!of! doing!one’s!own!work,!documenting!properly!(including!use!of!quotation!marks,!appropriate! paraphrasing!and!referencing/citation),!collaborating!appropriately,!and!avoiding! misrepresentation,!is!a!core!principle!in!university!study.!Students!should!consult!Section!VII,! “Academic!Misconduct”,!in!the!“Academic!Regulations!and!University!Polices”!entry!in!the! Undergraduate!Calendar,!available!at!http://brocku.ca/webcal!to!view!a!fuller!description!of! prohibited!actions,!and!the!procedures!and!penalties.! ! Plagiarism!software:! This!course!may!use!Turnitin.com,!phrase-matching!software.!If!you!object!to!uploading!your! assignments!to!Turnitin.com!for!any!reason,!please!notify!the!instructor!to!discuss!alternative! submissions.! ! Statement!on!plagiarism,!Department!of!Biological!Sciences:! The!most!serious!unethical!practice!that!can!be!committed!at!a!university!is!that!of!plagiarism,! that!is,!presenting!work!done!-!either!in!whole!or!in!part!-!by!someone!else!as!if!it!were!one’s! own.!It!is!an!act!of!deliberate!dishonesty!and!represents!academic!fraud.!In!fact,!this!offence!is!so! serious!that!a!student!proven!to!have!plagiarized!can!be!awarded!a!zero!for!a!course,!can!have! 3

the!offence!noted!permanently!on!his!or!her!transcript,!and!can!be!expelled!from!university.! There!are!many!ways!in!which!plagiarism!can!take!place!and!these!are!clearly!identified!in!the! Brock!University!Undergraduate!Calendar!within!the!section,!“Academic!Programs!and! Regulations”.!The!examples!presented!in!the!Calendar!are!grouped!under!the!headings:!Exams! and!Tests,!Laboratories,!and!Essays!and!Assignments.!It!is!the!responsibility!of!all!students!to!read! this!section!of!the!Calendar!and!to!be!aware!of!those!practices!that!constitute!plagiarism.! Students!enrolled!in!biology!courses!are!often!required!to!work!collaboratively!and!cooperatively.! This!is!especially!common!practice!in!laboratories!where!students!work!together!to!design!and/or! conduct!experiments,!and!to!acquire!data.!There!are!limits,!however,!to!the!extent!of! cooperation,!for!ultimately!each!student!must!provide!evidence!of!independent!work!and! thought.!Provided!below!are!some!of!the!more!commonly!encountered!forms!of!plagiarism!that! can!be!associated!with!the!preparation!of!laboratory!reports:! 1. Copying,!with!or!without!changes,!the!laboratory!report,!or!any!part!thereof,!of! another!student.! 2. Knowingly!permitting!another!student!to!copy!one’s!laboratory!report!or!a!part! thereof.! 3. Preparing!a!laboratory!report!using!data!and!observations!in!whose!collection!the! student!did!not!participate,!unless!the!instructor!grants!prior!approval.! 4. Including!in!a!laboratory!report!direct!quotations!or!large!amounts!of!paraphrased! material!without!appropriate!acknowledgement.! It!is!essential!that!students!in!each!course!know!what!constitutes!acceptable!collaboration!and! what!each!student!is!expected!to!produce!working!independently.!If!the!instructor!in!the!course! does!not!make!the!limits!of!the!collaboration!and!cooperation!sufficiently!clear,!then!it!is!most! important!for!students!to!seek!this!information.! ! Biology!1P92!Lecture!Topic!Schedule!Winter!2019! ! Biology!!1P92!will!concentrate!on!a!series!of!ideas!considered!essential!to! the!understanding! ! and!appreciation!of!modern!day!biology.!These!ideas!include!whole!organism!biology,! biodiversity,!evolutionary!processes,!how!plants!and!animals!have!evolved,!and!the!relationship! between!form!and!function.!An!attempt!will!be!made!in!the!course!to!use!examples!from!all! kingdoms!of!life.! ! ! Tentative!Lecture!Topic!Schedule!! Note:0adjustments0may0be0made0over0the0duration0of0the0course0 ! Jan!7!

Lec!01!and!02:!Introduction,!Course!Objectives! Lec!01!and!02:!Topics!

Jan!7!–! Feb!15!

Brooker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (4th!US!Edition)!

Brooker!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (2nd!Cdn!Edition)!

History!of!Life!on!Earth!

Chapter!22.2!&!22.3!pp.! 453-466!

Chapter!20.2!pp.!498510!

An!Introduction!to!Evolution!

Chapter!23.1!&!23.2!pp.! 468-482!!

Chapter!21.1!&!21.2! pp.!513-526!(plus! 4

figure!on!whales!from! 4th!US!Edition)!

Population!Genetics! Origin!of!Species! Taxonomy!and!Systematics! Biodiversity!(Bacteria!and!Archaea)! Feb!18!–! Reading!Week!–!no!classes! 22! Feb!27!

Lec!01!and!02!Midterm!(written!inclass)! *There!are!no!make-up!tests! Lec!01!and!02:!Topics! Biodiversity!(Protists)! Plants!and!the!Conquest!of!Land!

Feb!25!–! Gymnosperms!and!Angiosperms! Apr!5! Invertebrates! Animal!Structure!and!Function!

Nutrition,!Digestion!and!Absorption!

Chapter!24!pp.!487-504!

Chapter!22!pp.!531548!

Chapter!25!pp.!505-524!

Chapter!23!pp.!549568!

Chapter!26!pp.!525-543!

Chapter!24!pp.!569589!

Chapter!27.1!&!27.2!pp.! 545-554!

Chapter!25.1!&!25.2! pp.!593-603!

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Brooker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (4th!US!Edition)!

Brooker!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (2nd!Cdn!Edition)!

Chapter!28.1!pp.!565567!and!Plasmodium! (Fig!28.29)!!

Chapter!26.1!pp.!614618!and!Plasmodium! (Fig.!26.23)!

Chapter!29!pp.!588-610!

Chapter!28!pp.!658681!

Chapter!30!pp.!610-632!

Chapter!29!pp.!682703!

Chapter!33!pp.!668-701!

Chapter!31!pp.!717748!

Chapter!40.2!pp.!838840!&!Fig.!40.6! (vertebrate!stomach)!

Chapter!38.2!pp.!896898!&!Fig.!38.6! (vertebrate!stomach)!

Chapter!45.1,!45.2,! 45.3,!45.4!pp.!938-952!

Chapter!39.1,!39.3,! 39.4,!39.4!pp.!905-910,! 912-924!

! GRADING:! One!Midterm!Test!(30%)! Final!Exam!(35%)! Laboratories!(21%!for!four!reports,!10%!for!a!presentation/project,!2.0%!an!online!library!quiz,! and!2.0%!for!a!statistics!assignment!=!total!35%)! ! ! ! ! ! 5

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Biology!1P92!Laboratory!Topic!Schedule!Winter!2019! ! Week!A! Week!B! Lab!sections!! Lab!sections!! Weight! ! 1!–!23! 24!–!43! È! È! È!

Lab!Topics! ! È!

Due!Date! È!

Experiment!#1! Biology!Lab!Techniques!(Microscopy)!

Jan 7 - 11!

Jan 14 - 17!

4.0%!

Expt.!#1!due!inlab!(submit!fillsheets!to!your!TAs! before!you!leave)!

Experiment!#2! Life!at!Extremes:!Halophilic!Archaea!

Jan 21 - 25!

Jan 28 – 31!

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6.0%!

Expt.!#3!due!the! next!lab!session! Submit!your! report!to!your!TAs! in!lab.!

Experiment!#3! Population!Genetics!of!Drosophila!

Feb 4 – 8

Feb 11 – 14

WINTER!READING!WEEK!(NO!LABS)!! Feb!18!-!22! Experiment!#4! Classifying!Macroscopic!and! Microscopic!Life!

Feb 25 – Mar 1!

Mar 4 – 7!

6.0%!

Experiment!#5! Arthropod!Diversity!

Mar 11 – 15!

Mar 18 – 21!

5.0%!

Presentation!of!Experiment!#2!

Mar 25 – 29

Apr 1 – 4

10.0%!

Expt.!#4!due!the! next!lab!session! Submit!your! report!to!your!TAs! in!lab.! Expt.!#5!due!inlab!(submit!fillsheets!to!your!TAs! before!you!leave)! presentation! given!in!lab*!

*The!due!dates!of!any!additional!requirements!associated!with!Experiment!#2!will!be!given!on! SAKAI.! The!laboratory!component!of!this!course!will!include:! 1. A!statistics!assignment!(worth!2.0%).!Downloadable!fill-in!sheets!will!be!provided!on! SAKAI.!The!completed!sheets!are!due!by!Monday,!Mar.!4th!no!later!than!2!pm!in!the!drop! box!located!on!the!2nd!floor!of!F-block.! 2. An!online!library!quiz!(worth!2.0%).!This!quiz!is!completed!and!submitted!through!SAKAI! only.!The!quiz!is!located!in!the!BIOL!1P92!LAB!Winter!2019!tab!in!SAKAI!--->!Tests!and! Quizzes.!!It!is!due!by!Friday,!Mar.!1st!by!11:55!pm.!No!quizzes!submitted!past!the!due!date! will!be!accepted!for!any!reason.!No!extensions!will!be!granted.! ! ! 6

! ! BIOL!1P92!Lab!Section!Schedule!Overview!Winter!2019! Week:!A!Lab!Sections:!1-23!Lab!Location:!MC!H319!starts!Jan!7th!2019! !!Monday!

Tuesday!

Wednesday!

Thursday!

Friday!

Section!11! 11am!–!2pm! Section!13! 2pm!–!5pm!

Section!17! 10am!–!1pm! Section!19! 2pm!–!5pm!

Section!23! 11am!–!2pm!!

Section!1! 2pm!–!5pm!!

Section!5! 10am!–!1pm! Section!7! 2pm!–!5pm!

Section!3! 6pm!–!9pm!

Section!9! 6pm!–!9pm!

Section!15! 6pm!–!9pm!

Section!21! 6pm!–!9pm!

NO!LAB!

NO!LAB! NO!LAB!

Week:!A!Lab!Sections:!2-22!Lab!Location:!MC!H322!starts!Jan!7th!2019! Monday!

Tuesday!

Wednesday!

Thursday!

Friday!

Section!12! 11am!–!2pm! Section!14! 2pm!–!5pm!

Section!18! 10am!–!1pm! Section!20! 2pm!–!5pm!

Section!22! 11am!–!2pm!

Section!2! 2pm!–!5pm!

Section!6! 10am!–!1pm! Section!8! 2pm!–!5pm!

Section!4! 6pm!–!9pm!

Section!10! 6pm!–!9pm!

Section!16! 6pm!–!9pm!

NO!LAB!

NO!LAB!

NO!LAB!

NO!LAB!

Week:!B!Lab!Sections:!24-42!Lab!Location:!MC!H319!starts!Jan!14th!2019! !!Monday! NO!LAB! Section!24! 2pm!–!5pm!! Section!26! 6pm!–!9pm!

Tuesday!

Wednesday!

Thursday!

Section!28! 10am!–!1pm! Section!30! 2pm!–!5pm! Section!32! 6pm!–!9pm!

Section!34! 11am!–!2pm! Section!36! 2pm!–!5pm! Section!38! 6pm!–!9pm!

Section!40! 10am!–!1pm! Section!42! 2pm!–!5pm! NO!LAB!

Friday! NO!LAB! NO!LAB! NO!LAB!

Week:!B!Lab!Sections:!25-43!Lab!Location:!MC!H322!starts!Jan!14th!2019! Monday!

Tuesday!

Wednesday!

Thursday!

Section!25! 2pm!–!5pm!

Section!29! 10am!–!1pm! Section!31! 2pm!–!5pm!

Section!35! 11am!–!2pm! Section!37! 2pm!–!5pm!

Section!41! 10am!–!1pm! Section!43! 2pm!–!5pm!

Section!27! 6pm!–!9pm!

Section!33! 6pm!–!9pm!

Section!39! 6pm!–!9pm!

NO!LAB!

NO!LAB!

Friday! NO!LAB! NO!LAB! NO!LAB!

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