UNIT
OBJECTIVES
¨ DEFINE CORE TERMINOLOGY.
¨ IDENTIFY THE GOAL(S) OF SCIENCE.
¨ IDENTIFY THE STEPS TO THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD
WITHIN A RESEARCH ARTICLE.
¨ EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT
OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
¨ DESIGN A LABORATORY INVESTIGATION, USING
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD, GIVEN A PROBLEM.
¨ COLLECT AND ANALYZE DATA QUNATITATIVELY AND
QUALITATIVELY.
¨ REPRESENT DATA GRAPHICALLY.
¨ MATHEMATICALLY CONVERT DATA USING THE
FACTOR LABEL METHOD.
¨ WRITE A FORMAL LABORAOTRY REPORT.
¨ DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN TRUE OR REAL SCIENCE
AND PSEUDOSCIENCE IN THE MEDIA.
¨ DISCUSS THE MORAL AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS
RELATING
TO SCIENCE AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
¨ CONDUCT A LITERATURE SEARCH TO FIND AN
ARTICLE DEPICTING A RECENT APPLICATION OF THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD THAT MIGHT HAVE
MORAL OR ETHICAL CONTROVERSY.
¨ WRITE A POSITION STATEMENT BASED ON THE
BEFORE MENTIONED ARTICLE.
¨ EXPLAIN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE.
¨ OBSERVE AN ORGANISM AND WRITE AN ANALYSIS
OF HOW THAT ORGANISM MEETS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE.
¨ DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN UNICELLULAR AND
MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS.
¨ DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ANABOLISM AND
CATABOLISM.
¨ DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN SEXUAL AND ASEXUAL
REPRODUCTION.
¨ PROVIDE EXAMPLES OF ORGANISMS THAT SEXUALLY
REPRODUCE.
¨ PROVIDE EXAMPLE OF ORGANISMS THAT ASEXULLY
REPRODUCE.
¨ UNDERSTAND AND INDENTIFY POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES IN FOR SAFETY IN THE LABORATORY.
¨ IDENTIFY BASIC LABORAOTRY EQUIPMENT.
¨ IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN THE VARIOUS BRANCHES
OF BIOLOGY GIVEN A SCENARIO.
¨ IDENTIFY THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF EACH
COMPONENT OF A COMPOUND LIGHT MICROSCOPE.
¨ DISCUSS HOW EACH TYPE OF MICROSCOPE WOULD
BE USED IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESEARCH.
¨ CONDUCT A LABORAOTRY EXPERIMENT USING
MICROSCOPY.
¨ APPLY WORD TECHNIQUES, ASSOCIATIVE
TECHNIQUES AND THE LINK METHOD AS MEMORIZATION STRATEGIES.
TEXT RESOURCES: CHAPTER ONE