CCCC BIO151 Online

Hello, my name is Jason Smith and I am your instructor for this on-line course. I would like to take this opportunity to tell you a little bit about myself. I was born in Devils Lake, North Dakota, and grew up on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation. I obtained my Bachelors of Science in Education with a major in biology and a minor in chemistry from Valley City State University in December of 1997. Upon completion of my degree, I was employed for one semester at Four Winds Tribal School teaching seventh and eighth grade science, and in the fall of 1998, I became the high school science instructor for Sheyenne Public School. While at Sheyenne I taught grades 7 - 12 science classes, was the assistant girls basketball coach, and the distance track coach along with many other various duties. I became employed at Cankdeska Cikana Community College in the fall of 2000. The classes that I have been teaching are Anatomy and Physiology, Introduction to Chemistry, and Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry. I am currently working on my Master�s degree in wildlife biology through the University of North Dakota. My research involves the study of the population of White-tailed deer in the prairie-coteau region of North Dakota.

Feel free to contact me whenever you feel you need to, my telephone number is (701) 766-1324, and my e-mail address is Jason_Smith@littlehoop.cc.

The next step is to click on the schedule of assignments; this covers all of the assignments that you as a student will have to complete in order to pass this course. You should complete at least one lesson per week and send the completed work to me via e-mail. There is no limit as to how many assignments you can complete during each week, so you can do more than one if you wish to do so. However, due to our attendance policy here at CCCC, one assignment completed per week is mandatory.

Your first actual assignment is to complete the Pre-Test, now when answering the questions, do not use the book or get help from anyone. This is only a Pre-Test and it will not be counted toward your final grade. This test is just a way for me to evaluate what you know about biology before you actually take the course. At the end of the course you will take a Post-Test, this is the same as the Pre-Test and will help me determine what you have learned at the completion of this course. From this point on all you have to do is follow the schedule of assignments and you should not have any problems. If you do run into some difficulties, feel free to contact me right away.

General Class Information
Syllabus
Assignment Breakdown

Lesson 1 (Speciation & Evolutionary Change - Pages 219 - 237)
take pre-test
review questions chapter 12 due
read objectives outline notes on chapter 13
read chapter 13, pages 219 � 237
review questions 1 � 13, page 237
bioethics case study 1

Lesson 2 (Ecosystem Organization & Energy Flow - Pages 238 - 261)
review questions chapter 13 due
read objectives outline notes on chapter 14
read chapter 14, pages 238 � 261
review questions 1 � 12, page 260
Bioethics case study 2
virtual labs - habitats

Lesson 3 (Community Interactions - Pages 262 - 281)
review questions chapter 14 due
read objectives outline notes on chapter 15
read chapter 15, pages 262 � 281
review questions 1 � 10, page 280
bioethics case study 3

Lesson 4 (Population Ecology - Pages 282 - 297)
review questions chapter 15 due
read objectives outline notes on chapter 16
read chapter 16, pages 282 � 297
review questions 2 � 10, page 297
bioethics case study 4

Lesson 5 (The Origin of Life & Evolution of Cells - Pages 412 - 426)
review questions chapter 16 due
read objectives outline notes on chapter 22
read chapter 22, pages 411 � 426
review questions 1 � 9, page 425
bioethics case study 5
quiz for lessons 2 & 3

Lesson 6 (The Classification & Evolution of Organisms - Pages 427 - 444)
review questions chapter 22 due
read objectives outline notes on chapter 23
read chapter 23, pages 427 � 444
review questions 1 � 12, page 443
bioethics case study 6

Lesson 7 (Prokaryotae, Protista, & Mycetae - Pages 445 - 463)
review questions chapter 23 due
read objectives outline notes on chapter 24
read chapter 24, pages 445 � 463
review questions 1 � 12, page 463
bioethics case study 7
quiz for lessons 4 & 5

Lesson 8 (Plantae - Pages 464 - 485)
review questions chapter 24 due
read objectives outline notes on chapter 25
read chapter 25, pages 464 � 485
review questions 1 � 10, page 484
bioethics case study 8
virtual labs - plant
quiz for lessons 6 & 7

Lesson 9 (Anamalia - Pages 486 - 510)
review questions for chapter 25 due
read objectives outline notes on chapter 26
read chapter 26, pages 486 � 510
review questions 1 � 10, page 510
quiz for lessons 8 & 9
virtual labs - zoo
Post-Test
Study for final test

Final