Welcome to Biology 160!
 Instructor: Colleen Sheridan
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Tues 10-11:50a, Rm AS1627
Wed 10-11:50a, Rm AS1617
Thurs 10-10:50a, Rm AS1627
Fri 10-11:50am, Rm AS1617
 Please come pick up some handouts.
We are full, but, depending on how many
people show up, you may still get in from
the waiting list!
Logistics
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Introductions
Wait List/E-mail list
Getting to know you Questionnaire
Class website/Syllabus
What IS science and what do scientists do?
Biological Phenomena & Explanatory Models
Initial Ideas
What IS science and what do scientists do?
“Every day, nurses perform interventions (for example,
administering medication, positioning, suctioning) that
should stimulate questions about the evidence supporting
their use.”
- American Journal of Nursing (2009) v109, p.49
http://www.wsg.washington.edu/citizenscience/citsci_toolbox.html
The two most widely read science research publications in the world
http://www.sciencemag.org/
http://www.nature.com/
Biological Phenomena and
Explanatory Models
Using scientific evidence to explain
how real biological phenomena might
work.
11 weeks to study all of
Biology??!?!?!
 Norms:
 Safe classroom for risky thinking
 Nurture curiosity, “Why, why, why?”
 Follow rules of deliberation
 Gather knowledge: listen, support, question, understand
 Make a decision (solve problems)
 Reflect and revise
Are we really what we eat?
What is food?
Look at Hungry Planet book
Can it be….?
How Do We Categorize Foods?
 http://www.choosemyplate.gov/foodgroups/
Life in Its Diverse Forms
 Diversity is the hallmark of life.
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The diversity of known life includes 1.8 million
species.
Estimates of the total diversity range from 10 million
to over 200 million species.
Biosphere
Ecosystem
African savanna
Community
All organisms in savanna
Organism
Zebra
Population
Herd of zebras
The Three Domains of Life
 The three domains of life are:
 Bacteria
 Archaea
 Eukarya
Prokaryotes
Eukaryotes
At least four kingdoms of Eukarya
-Plantae
-Fungi
-Animalia
-Protists (a group of multiple kingdoms)
How is the diversity of our food
related to the diversity of life?
 Get out your books and come pick up one Reading Guide
01 per person
 Please share your books in your group.
 Although you will be working in groups, each person is
responsible for turning in their own reading guide.
 You will have 30 minutes. Divide up the work as you wish.
Please be watchful of the time.
 When you are done you can start work on Part I of our
Project until we come back together as a whole class.