Introduction to the scientific process through an inquiry-based curriculum that features cooperative learning. Emphasis is placed on using peer-reviewed literature and writing to encourage critical and analytical thinking skills. Aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity is presented through lab activities allowing students to practice the scientific process: asking questions, testing hypotheses, analyzing and interpreting data, and communicating results.
Athena Title
Principles of Biology II Lab
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in BIOL 2108L
Prerequisite
(BIOL 1107 or BIOL 1107E or BIOL 2107H) and (BIOL 1107L or BIOL 2107L)
Pre or Corequisite
BIOL 1108 or BIOL 2108H
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall, spring and summer
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will experience the process of science through inquiry-based exercises during which they will observe terrestrial and aquatic organisms, identify specific adaptations of those organisms, and communicate evidence-based conclusions about those organisms’ interactions with their natural environments.
Students will collaborate in research teams to plan and execute data collection and analysis, give peer feedback to written work and oral presentations, apply peer and instructor feedback to their own assignments, and support group problem solving to improve research outcomes.
Students will develop science literacy skills through discussions of scientific papers and development of written and oral academic work that meets disciplinary conventions of scientific writing and data presentation.
