Everyday Biology: #WhatsThePoint
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Copyright: 2020
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2020
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Everyday Biology #WHATSTHEPOINT is specifically designed for non-biology majors and will expose students to a wide array of topics such as microscopy, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, photosynthesis, cell chemistry, biotechnology, and animal diversity. Everyday Biology #WHATSTHEPOINT was written to specifically showcase how the lessons taught in lab can be used in our everyday lives.
Meet Your Authors!
Student Science Laboratory Safety and Rules Agreement
Introduction
Lab #1 Everyday Biology: What’s the Point?
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Soda-Candy Collision: Using the Scientific Method
Lab #1 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #1 The Big Picture
Lab #2: Lab Equipment: Let’s Get to Know Each Other!
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Using a Light Microscope: Seeing Beyond the Naked Eye
Exercise 2 Using a Spectrophotometer: Using Light to Measure!
Exercise 3 Using a Micropipette: Aliqouting Like a True Scientist!
Exercise 4 Overview of Lab Equipment: Take a Look at What’s to Come
Lab #2 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #2 The Big Picture
Lab #3: Water and pH: No One Wants to Be Basic All the Time
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Cohesion and Adhesion in Plants
Exercise 2 Cohesion and Adhesion in Glass
Exercise 3 Acids and Bases
Exercise 4 The pH Scale
Exercise 5 Buffers
Lab #3 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #3 The Big Picture
Lab #4: Cell Chemistry “You Are What You Eat”!
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Determine the Sugar Content of a Beverage
Exercise 2 Determine the Presence of Fats
Exercise 3 Biuret Test for Protein Concentration
Lab #4 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #4 The Big Picture
Lab #5: Enzymes: Always Looking for a Matching Substrate
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Jell-O and Fresh Pineapple: An Unlikely Pairing
Exercise 2 Yeast + Sugar = Ethanol Fermentation, but Only If the Substrate Fits!
Exercise 3 Amylase and Starch: A Perfect Match!
Exercise 4 When Lemon Met Milk: Denaturing Was Inevitable
Lab #5 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #5 The Big Picture
Lab #6: Properties of the Cell Membrane: The Good, The Bad, The Selective
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Using Dialysis Tubing to Showcase Diffusion
Exercise 2 Dehydrating Potatoes
Exercise 3 Plasmolysis and Wilting in Celery
Exercise 4 What’s Happening With My Blood?
Exercise 5 Let’s Grow Some Fungus
Lab #6 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #6 The Big Picture
Lab #7: Cell Division: Splitting Up!
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Phases of Mitosis in Garlic Root Tip
Exercise 2 Observation of Cheek Cells
Exercise 3 Meiosis: How Are Gametes Made?
Exercise 4 Let’s Grow Some Microbes!
Lab #7 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #7 The Big Picture
Lab #8 Photosynthesis: Let There Be Light!!!
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Plant Parts
Exercise 2 The Colors of Photosynthesis
Exercise 3 Consumption of CO2 and Production of O2
Lab #8 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #8 The Big Picture
Lab #9: Bacteria and Fungi: They Are All Around Us!
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 What’s Growing on My Hands?
Exercise 2 What’s up With the Bubbling?
Exercise 3 Photosynthetic Bacteria
Exercise 4 What’s Growing on the Bread?
Exercise 5 Fungi in the Environment
Exercise 6 Rhizopus Stolonilfer: Black Bread Mold
Lab #9 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #9 The Big Picture
Lab #10: Biotechnology: How Science Helps Determine Paternity
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 DNA Fingerprinting: Solving Paternity Issues Since the 1980s
Exercise 2 Blood Typing: Thanks Mom and Dad!
Lab #10 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #10 The Big Picture
Lab #11: Biotechnology: How Science Can Prevent the Zombie Apocalypse
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Protect Yourself From Becoming a Zombie! Keep Your Fluids to Yourself!
Exercise 2 Elisa: Helping Scientists Detect Zombie Antibodies!
Exercise 3 Strawberry DNA: So That’s What DNA Looks Like!
Lab #11 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #11 The Big Picture
Lab #12: Simple Inheritance: Where’d You Get Those Genes?
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Here Kitty Kitty
Exercise 2 How Did Molly Get So Cute?
Exercise 3 What Are the Odds?
Lab #12 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #12 The Big Picture
Lab #13: Eukarya Domain: Animalia Kingdom
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Phyla Survey
Exercise 2 Taxonomy
Exercise 3 Muscles and Nerves
Exercise 4 Let’s Dissect a Frog!
Lab #13 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #13 The Big Picture
Professor Burgess has been with Broward College for 20 years. A graduate of Broward College herself, she went on to earn a Master’s Degree from University of Florida in Pharmacology and a Masters in Biotechnology and Molecular Biology from Johns Hopkins University. Professor Burgess’s teaching philosophy centers around application, discovery, and diversity. She teaches courses online as well as face-to-face courses and laboratories for majors and non-majors in biology, microbiology, and medical and veterinary entomology. Professor Burgess loves the outdoors, especially when she gets to spend time with her son and take her dog Molly for a swim.
Dr. Idelisa Ayala has been teaching at Broward College for 15 years. She earned her BS in Chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. Dr. Ayala earned a PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus. She teaches biology for majors and non-majors; microbiology lab, genetics, and molecular & cellular biology. Dr. Ayala’s teaching philosophy includes encouraging student learning and success by engaging them in the classroom and in the lab.
Born and raised in Suriname, South America, Dr. Vanessa Hörmann earned her PhD in Integrative Biology from Florida Atlantic University. She has been a biology professor at Broward College’s Central campus for over 10 years and teaches a wide range of topics including non-majors biology, anatomy and physiology, and genetics. Dr. Hörmann’s teaching philosophy centers around making lecture topics relatable to the student’s field of study, while encouraging active learning and critical thinking.
Everyday Biology #WHATSTHEPOINT is specifically designed for non-biology majors and will expose students to a wide array of topics such as microscopy, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, photosynthesis, cell chemistry, biotechnology, and animal diversity. Everyday Biology #WHATSTHEPOINT was written to specifically showcase how the lessons taught in lab can be used in our everyday lives.
Meet Your Authors!
Student Science Laboratory Safety and Rules Agreement
Introduction
Lab #1 Everyday Biology: What’s the Point?
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Soda-Candy Collision: Using the Scientific Method
Lab #1 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #1 The Big Picture
Lab #2: Lab Equipment: Let’s Get to Know Each Other!
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Using a Light Microscope: Seeing Beyond the Naked Eye
Exercise 2 Using a Spectrophotometer: Using Light to Measure!
Exercise 3 Using a Micropipette: Aliqouting Like a True Scientist!
Exercise 4 Overview of Lab Equipment: Take a Look at What’s to Come
Lab #2 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #2 The Big Picture
Lab #3: Water and pH: No One Wants to Be Basic All the Time
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Cohesion and Adhesion in Plants
Exercise 2 Cohesion and Adhesion in Glass
Exercise 3 Acids and Bases
Exercise 4 The pH Scale
Exercise 5 Buffers
Lab #3 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #3 The Big Picture
Lab #4: Cell Chemistry “You Are What You Eat”!
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Determine the Sugar Content of a Beverage
Exercise 2 Determine the Presence of Fats
Exercise 3 Biuret Test for Protein Concentration
Lab #4 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #4 The Big Picture
Lab #5: Enzymes: Always Looking for a Matching Substrate
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Jell-O and Fresh Pineapple: An Unlikely Pairing
Exercise 2 Yeast + Sugar = Ethanol Fermentation, but Only If the Substrate Fits!
Exercise 3 Amylase and Starch: A Perfect Match!
Exercise 4 When Lemon Met Milk: Denaturing Was Inevitable
Lab #5 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #5 The Big Picture
Lab #6: Properties of the Cell Membrane: The Good, The Bad, The Selective
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Using Dialysis Tubing to Showcase Diffusion
Exercise 2 Dehydrating Potatoes
Exercise 3 Plasmolysis and Wilting in Celery
Exercise 4 What’s Happening With My Blood?
Exercise 5 Let’s Grow Some Fungus
Lab #6 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #6 The Big Picture
Lab #7: Cell Division: Splitting Up!
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Phases of Mitosis in Garlic Root Tip
Exercise 2 Observation of Cheek Cells
Exercise 3 Meiosis: How Are Gametes Made?
Exercise 4 Let’s Grow Some Microbes!
Lab #7 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #7 The Big Picture
Lab #8 Photosynthesis: Let There Be Light!!!
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Plant Parts
Exercise 2 The Colors of Photosynthesis
Exercise 3 Consumption of CO2 and Production of O2
Lab #8 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #8 The Big Picture
Lab #9: Bacteria and Fungi: They Are All Around Us!
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 What’s Growing on My Hands?
Exercise 2 What’s up With the Bubbling?
Exercise 3 Photosynthetic Bacteria
Exercise 4 What’s Growing on the Bread?
Exercise 5 Fungi in the Environment
Exercise 6 Rhizopus Stolonilfer: Black Bread Mold
Lab #9 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #9 The Big Picture
Lab #10: Biotechnology: How Science Helps Determine Paternity
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 DNA Fingerprinting: Solving Paternity Issues Since the 1980s
Exercise 2 Blood Typing: Thanks Mom and Dad!
Lab #10 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #10 The Big Picture
Lab #11: Biotechnology: How Science Can Prevent the Zombie Apocalypse
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Protect Yourself From Becoming a Zombie! Keep Your Fluids to Yourself!
Exercise 2 Elisa: Helping Scientists Detect Zombie Antibodies!
Exercise 3 Strawberry DNA: So That’s What DNA Looks Like!
Lab #11 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #11 The Big Picture
Lab #12: Simple Inheritance: Where’d You Get Those Genes?
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Here Kitty Kitty
Exercise 2 How Did Molly Get So Cute?
Exercise 3 What Are the Odds?
Lab #12 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #12 The Big Picture
Lab #13: Eukarya Domain: Animalia Kingdom
Objectives
Key Terms
A Little Bit of Background
Exercise 1 Phyla Survey
Exercise 2 Taxonomy
Exercise 3 Muscles and Nerves
Exercise 4 Let’s Dissect a Frog!
Lab #13 What’s the Point: Analysis and Conclusions
Lab #13 The Big Picture
Professor Burgess has been with Broward College for 20 years. A graduate of Broward College herself, she went on to earn a Master’s Degree from University of Florida in Pharmacology and a Masters in Biotechnology and Molecular Biology from Johns Hopkins University. Professor Burgess’s teaching philosophy centers around application, discovery, and diversity. She teaches courses online as well as face-to-face courses and laboratories for majors and non-majors in biology, microbiology, and medical and veterinary entomology. Professor Burgess loves the outdoors, especially when she gets to spend time with her son and take her dog Molly for a swim.
Dr. Idelisa Ayala has been teaching at Broward College for 15 years. She earned her BS in Chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. Dr. Ayala earned a PhD in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus. She teaches biology for majors and non-majors; microbiology lab, genetics, and molecular & cellular biology. Dr. Ayala’s teaching philosophy includes encouraging student learning and success by engaging them in the classroom and in the lab.
Born and raised in Suriname, South America, Dr. Vanessa Hörmann earned her PhD in Integrative Biology from Florida Atlantic University. She has been a biology professor at Broward College’s Central campus for over 10 years and teaches a wide range of topics including non-majors biology, anatomy and physiology, and genetics. Dr. Hörmann’s teaching philosophy centers around making lecture topics relatable to the student’s field of study, while encouraging active learning and critical thinking.