Welcome to Life Sciences (Biology) 11
This course is a field course which will cover all the major phyla of life. It is expected that you will receive most of your course content on line and we will do labs and field study in class. You will hand in ALL assignments through Microsoft Teams. Below are your first week of assignments.
ASSIGNMENT 1. HAND IN YOUR CONSENT FORM /5
I would like you to download this consent form and bring it to class. It will give us the ability to walk to Trout Lake or Renfrew Ravine at any time that I announce during the term. Bring this consent form to class.
evaluation: 5 points for handing this in
CREATIVE ASSIGNMENT 2: DEAD OR ALIVE
For your first assignment, I would like you to go outside and find the following objects Photograph them or draw them and write about them in a little paragraph of no more than a third of a page. You may answer in the form of a type written response under your photo, OR you may write it out in hand writing and draw your answers.
1. Find something dead. How do you know it is dead?
2. find something alive. What is it about this object that makes it alive?
3. Find something that has never, ever been alive. What characteristics does this object have that tells you that it is neither dead nor alive. It is nonliving.
4. Find something that is not alive, but an important PART of something alive. Explain your answer
5. Look at your responses and ask yourself: What is the criteria of being alive?
evaluation : /20 points)
CREATIVE ASSIGNMENT 3. A SUMMARY OF BIOLOGY AND THE CELL
Read this.
Review of the Cell: Life, Death and Self Destruct Sequences
And watch this intro video on Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes
This video is an intro to some of the similarities and differences between eukaryotes and prokaryotes. It is meant to accompany our class notes.
Vocabulary words and ideas in the video:
Eukaryote Prokaryote DNA nuclear membrane protozoan multicellular organisms unicellular organisms cell membrane, cytoplasm, DNA, RNA, ribosome, protein, endoplasmic reticulum vacuole mitochondria Plant cell chloroplast cell wall made of cellulose cell wall made of peptidoglycan Bacteria in the environment and the gut
Make a creative summary of these notes. The summary must cover all of the points below:
1. What are the 4 criteria to life?
2. What are the two main types of cells on earth?
3. Give an example of a. UNICELLULAR organism b. MULTICELLULAR organism
4. I gave an example of the cell as a chocolate factory. Make your own analogy of the cell and include EVERY ORGANELLE. You may choose a plant cell or an animal cell.
5. How are plant cells different from animal cells?
6. What are four ways that cells can interact with each other. below
CREATIVE ASSIGNMENT 5:
A ONE PAGE SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE (included in page 6 of the notes)
"Why does programmed cell death, or apoptosis, occur? Does it take place among bacteria and fungi or only in the cells of higher organisms?"
Draw a POSTER or DRAW A CARTOON or write A POEM or compose A PHOTO ESSAY with key words which summarize the main points of this article.
evaluation: 20 points
EVALUATION CRITERIA BELOW for the CREATIVE ASSIGNMENTS
Creative response to the practice questions and exercises: out of 20
17-20 You created an outstanding creative response, for example: a inked and coloured cartoon summary or poster of the completed questions or a rap song or a poem or propose your own creative response. including all the vocab words or a video any creative manner to show you understand the concepts. You included all the words and concepts and it is brilliant
14-16. You created an impressive and amazing creative response. It is an inked and coloured cartoon or a song or a video. It needs finishing touches and you included all the words and concepts. It is really good.
10-13. You did a really good start, this is creative! and your cartoon, or rap or video needs some finishing touches to truly complete it. You included most words and concepts, you need to include a few more
0-10. You started this project and it looks promising! You need to spend some time on it to make it complete
ADDENDUM.
DURING CLASS WE WENT OVER THE NOTES BUT WE ALSO DISCUSSED OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT. PLEASE ADD THIS TO YOUR CLASS NOTES
One way to think of living things is to say that CELLS ARE ALIVE because they have
WATER, in them.
And within this aqueous environment, biochemical reactions can take place,
ions can form ionic bonds. You identified many of the specimens as "alive" when you found
them in the school garden. Many of you said it was because it was not dried up, it was vibrant,
it held moisture. You intuitively know that when things are dead, they are dry or lacking in water.
Cells are like water balloons…with
BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS happening inside them
Metabolism = the sum total of biochemical reactions
Happening inside a cell…you need enough moisture in the cell.
Therefore, if something is dried up…it is usually dead.
CELL RESPIRATION AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS ARE EXAMPLES of biochemical reactions.
When metabolism stops…the organism is dead.
Also the prokaryotes inside your body are important. The bacteria inside your intestines can determine your risk for heart disease, and they can even control your metabolic rate! You are like a world to those little microbes and they are very important for your health and well being.
