BI 101 12 OBJECTIVES AND ASSESSMENTS
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Introduction
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Atmosphere and
Climate
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Lichens
Recitation
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Birds Laboratory
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On-Line Readings
(Taxonomy,
Climate, Lichens)
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Ocean Dynamics
Lecture
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Ocean Food Webs
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Objective
Describe a current biology news story that was introduced
in lecture.
Define the three different biology topics covered in BI 101.
List the basic characteristics used to distinguish between
life and non-living materials.
Classify organisms into the Domains and Kingdoms.
Provide information on the composition of earth’s
atmosphere.
Describe the greenhouse effect, including the relationship
between atmospheric gases and climate.
Explore predictions of the impacts of climate change.
Link air pollutants to acid precipitation and impacts on
organisms.
Discuss the structure, classification, and uses of lichens.
Describe the processes of photosynthesis and respiration in
relationship to lichens.
Explain how water and pollutants, including acid rain,
impact lichens.
Identify, draw, and label lichen organisms viewed with a
microscope.
Classify birds and compare birds to other animal species.
Describe how characteristics like tracks, scat, castings, and
field marks can be used to distinguish between bird
species.
Explain the significance of bird anatomical structures,
including; bones, muscles, and feathers.
Provide examples of variation in bird songs, eggs, nests,
beaks, and talons.
Make detailed bird field journal entries, including photos or
drawings, written information, and identification.
Discuss how the classification of organisms has changed,
including the names of the current three Domains.
Explain the significance of the “greenhouse effect,” list the
greenhouse gases, the possible impacts of climate change,
the role of human activity, and solar irradiance.
Describe the organisms that make up a lichen, how the
organisms benefit from the relationship, their habitat,
shapes, and uses.
Explain the dynamic nature of the ocean, including the role
of currents.
List the basic oceanic zones, including physical
characteristics and representative organisms.
Provide examples of oceanic organisms including different
types of marine plankton.
Describe the processes of photosynthesis and respiration.
Give examples of organisms in different trophic levels.
Explain how nutrients recycle and energy is lost from an
ecosystem.
Provide an example of a marine food web.
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Marine Producers
Recitation
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Marine Animals
Laboratory
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On-Line Readings
(Plankton,
Nudibranchs)
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Coral Reefs and
Shores Lecture
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Estuaries and
Streams Lecture
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Salmon and Water
Issues Recitation
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Freshwater Life
Laboratory
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Discuss characteristic used to classify organisms, including
producers.
Use satellite data to describe primary productivity in marine
ecosystems.
Provide examples of phytoplankton, and food webs based
on phytoplankton.
List characteristics of macroscopic marine algae and the
importance of pigments.
Synthesize information on marine organisms from different
parts of the course.
Describe characteristics of organisms in different
invertebrate phyla, including the sponges, cnidarians,
echinoderms, mollusks, annelids, and arthropods.
Provide examples of animals representing the different
invertebrate phyla.
Discuss the characteristics of vertebrate animals, including
specifics on the bony fish, sharks, rays, pinnipeds, and
cetaceans.
Observe, sketch, and identify marine invertebrate animals
in a coral display tank.
Describe plankton, including examples of phytoplankton
and zooplankton, the difference between holoplankton and
meroplankton, and various organisms that make up marine
plankton.
Discuss nudibranch characteristics, including classification,
habitat, defenses against predators, coloration, senses, and
human uses.
Explore the physical characteristics and food webs of coral
reefs, including key organisms.
Describe a near shore environment and the impact of
nutrients and light on organisms.
Explain how organisms survive in the extreme conditions of
tidal zones.
Compare and contrast bay and estuary ecosystems.
Describe the classification and characteristics of differentsized streams.
Give examples of different stream organisms, and their
relationships.
Utilize a game to describe the basic salmon life stages, and
many of the impacts on salmon survival.
Describe various types of water pollutants and their impacts
on organisms.
Explain the nitrogen cycle, including the transformation of
ammonia to nitrite, and nitrite to nitrate.
Examine and describe aspects of water quality from two
different river sources.
Write possible exam questions over concepts covered in
this activity.
Describe characteristics of microscopic and macroscopic
protozoan and animal invertebrate consumers.
Describe characteristics of amphibian and fish vertebrates
found in freshwater ecosystems.
Provide descriptions of photosynthetic freshwater
organisms, including algae and plants.
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On-Line Readings
(Zooxanthellae,
Estuaries)
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Lakes Lecture
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Wetlands Lecture
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Insects Recitation
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Mammals
Laboratory
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On-Line Readings
(Eutrophication,
Beavers)
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Biomes and
Mountains Lecture
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Polar and Tundra
Lecture
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Use a variety of field guides and reference materials to
identify the organisms and label the drawings.
Observe, sketch, and identify freshwater organisms from a
local pond.
Describe the relationship between zooxanthellae and their
coral hosts.
Provide characteristics and locations of estuaries, salt
marshes, and mangrove forests, as well as significance of
these ecosystems.
Classify and describe the characteristics of lakes.
Provide examples of lake organisms and their relationships,
including the cascade hypothesis.
Discuss different examples of succession, including how
organisms can impact, and be impacted by, succession.
List different types of wetlands and the functions wetlands
serve.
Give examples of organisms that utilize wetland habitats.
Describe human water use and current issues, including
pollution.
Classify insects and provide examples of the major
taxonomic groups.
Label various insect structures and discuss how they relate
to insect survival.
Describe variations in insect life cycles.
Analyze exam results to improve learning and performance
on future exams.
Provide detailed information about beaver structures and
behaviors.
Discuss the ways mammals are classified.
Compare and contrast bones, teeth, claws, hair, tracks, and
scat from different mammals.
Describe characteristics of rodents, ungulates, and
carnivorans.
Take notes on a beaver video and use those notes and
material covered in this activity to write an informative
summary about beavers.
Explain the causes and effects of natural and humaninduced lake eutrophication.
List characteristics of beavers, including: classification,
location, structure, specific diet, life cycle, and role in
succession.
Describe how latitude, altitude, and topography (East vs.
West, North vs. South) can impact climate and biomes.
Describe the environmental conditions of mountainous
habitats.
Explain seasonal changes and provide examples of
seasonal impacts on organisms.
Describe the climate and representative organisms of polar
regions.
Explore the tundra, including location, climate, and
organisms.
Relate the process of decomposition to soils in various
biomes.
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Biomes and Soil
Organisms
Recitation
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Plant Anatomy
Laboratory
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On-Line Readings
(Biomes, Soil
Biology)
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Taiga and
Temperate Forests
Lecture
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Tropical
Rainforests
Lecture
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Campus Conifers
Recitation
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Trees Laboratory
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On-Line Readings
(Temperate Rain
Forests,
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Temperate
Grasslands
Lecture
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Investigate the relationship between climate and vegetation
using different sources of data, including graphs, maps, and
data tables.
Examine how topography influences climate and vegetation
in Oregon.
Describe characteristics of soils.
Provide characteristics of bacteria and fungi.
Research a biome, including its climate, organisms, and
human interactions.
Explain how plants are taxonomically classified.
Describe the basic structures and functions of plant cells,
leaves, stems, and roots.
Give examples of plant adaptations to pests and
environmental conditions.
Explore various human uses of plants.
Sketch, label, and identify a leaf type.
Link temperature, altitude, and rainfall to biomes and their
characteristic features.
Describe soil organisms, what they eat, the role of organic
matter, where organisms are found in the soil, and when
they are active.
Provide information on the climate and characteristic
organisms of the taiga boreal forests.
Compare and contrast temperate deciduous and coniferous
forests.
Discuss forest issues, including deforestation, fires, and
erosion.
Compare tropical rainforest characteristics to other forest
ecosystems.
Provide example of rainforest organisms, including
adaptations to low light and low-nutrient soils.
Compare biodiversity of different ecosystem.
Discuss community interactions, including competition.
Use leaf characteristics to distinguish between different
types of coniferous trees (pine, fir, spruce, false cedar, and
sequoia).
Make detailed field notes on the leaves, identities, and
other characteristics of campus conifers.
Discuss the characteristics used to classify and identify
trees.
Describe the anatomy of tree stems (trunks or limbs) of
various tree species and the mechanics of tree reproduction
and growth
Examine features of pine trees, including life cycles and
strategies for survival.
List human uses of trees and wood products, as well as the
role of trees in habitats.
Convert a leaf specimen into an educational card.
Provide physical parameters and representative organisms
of Pacific Northwest temperate rainforests.
Describe E.O. Wilson’s research journey, examples of
biodiversity, and his proposed “encyclopedia of life” project.
Describe grass plants and characteristics of temperate
grassland ecosystems.
List organisms used as human foods.
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Tropical
Grasslands
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Flowers
Recitation
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Fruit and Seeds
Laboratory
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On-Line Readings
(Grasslands,
Animals and Seed
Dispersal)
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Deserts
Lecture
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Microhabitats
Lecture
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Organism
Interactions
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Desert Species
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Discuss current agricultural issues and their relationships to
food webs.
Provide the characteristics of tropical grasslands, and the
impact of climate on organism behaviors.
Give examples of predators and the strategies used to
capture prey.
Describe various prey defenses.
Identify flower structures and match those structures to
specific functions.
Contrast characteristics of flowers pollinated by wind with
those pollinated by animals.
Describe the classification, life cycle, and significance of
honey bees.
Reflect on your personal views of biological literacy.
Describe basic seed anatomy and the steps of seed
germination.
Provide examples of economically important seeds.
Discuss the various ways seeds and fruits can be dispersed
away from their parent plant, and provide specific examples
of each form of dispersal.
Classify fruits based on their basic structural characteristics,
and provide specific examples of different fruit types.
Observe, describe, and research a fruit, seed, vegetable,
herb, or spice that you have not previously eaten.
Give the locations and types of grasslands, as well as
common organisms, and the impacts of rainfall, fires, and
human use.
Describe animals as a seed dispersal mechanism, including
how toxins, fruit appearance and nutrient content impact
forager choice.
Describe the climate and types of global deserts.
List representative organisms and climate characteristics of
North American deserts.
Discuss current land issues and their impacts on
organisms.
Define “niche” and relate the importance of location to
organism survival.
Provide examples of microhabitats, including ecotones,
caves, and the organisms found in caves.
Explore extreme habitats where organisms are, or may be,
located.
Identify and classify types of animal interactions.
Match domains and kingdoms with their basic
characteristics.
Observe and describe a variety of symbiotic relationships
between organisms.
Observe ants and generate a descriptive and detailed
journal entry that includes creative writing and drawing.
Describe characteristics and provide examples of reptiles,
including turtles, crocodilians, lizards, and snakes.
Discuss classification, structures, and functions of
arachnids, including scorpions and spiders.
Provide characteristics and examples of succulent desert
plants.
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On-Line Readings
(Desert, Devil’s
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Energy and
Resource
Utilization
Lecture
On-Line Reading
(Silent Spring)
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Population
Dynamics
Lecture
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Human Population
Lecture
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Population Data
Recitation
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Local Habitats
Laboratory
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On-Line Readings
(Finley NWR)
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Take notes on a research presentation, and formulate
written questions over the material.
Define the characteristics of a desert, including the North
American deserts, the types of water present, and how
deserts form.
Describe the characteristics of the Devil’s Hole pupfish,
including its location, and the history of efforts to save the
species.
List and characterize energy sources used by humans.
Discuss the types of resources humans rely on, including
renewable and nonrenewable materials.
Relate human energy and resource use to food webs.
Describe the scenario Rachel Carson proposed for a fabled
future town.
Summarize types of interactions that occur within
populations of organisms.
Using a population growth curve, describe impacts on
populations.
Describe how changes in population size can lead to
extinction.
Compare historic and current human population data.
Use current population trends to predict future population
size.
Analyze case studies of population growth, including age
structures and population pyramids.
Use data sets to determine differences in population sizes
and growth rates among nations and regions, based on
birth rate, death rate, fertility rate, and age structure.
Analyze figures and charts to draw conclusions about
population growth and resource utilization.
Describe factors that can impact population growth of
humans and other species.
Describe the characteristics of, and key species in, five
different Willamette Valley habitats.
Identify and discuss general characteristics and human
uses of mosses, ferns, grasses, sedges, rushes, horsetails,
and cattails.
Describe steps that can be taken to attract various wildlife
species to a garden, including providing water, food plants,
shelter, and nesting sites.
List beneficial animals that can be found in garden food
webs, including the roles they play.
Provide detailed information on the anatomy and behaviors
of earthworms and slugs.
List the types of habitats found within the Finley national
wildlife refuge.
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