Biology
Syllabus
Syllabus
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Genetics
100

Biology is the study of this, it's kind of important.

What is life?

100

Elise and Zach are TAs for this section number.

What is 5!

100

This is the topic for Wednesday's lab.

What is scientific communication and writing assignments?

100

Alex Trebek is the host of this show.

What is Jeopardy?

100

This word describes the way DNA replicates in living cells.

What is semiconservative?

200

This is the biggest artery in the human body.

What is the Aorta?

200

This is the score reduction on an assignment <24 hours past due.

What is 25%?

200

This is the topic for Monday's Lab

What is Experiments?

200

This is time Jeopardy is on every week day.

7:30 EST.

200

This phrase represents the two step process by which information in genes become proteins.  DNA --> RNA --> Protein

What is the Central Dogma?

300

This is the most common element in the human body.

What is Oxygen? Oxygen is the most common element in the human body, making up almost 63% of the average human, followed by carbon (19.37%), hydrogen (9.31%), and nitrogen (5.14%)

300

This is the score reduction on an assignment 24-48 hours past due.

What is 50%?

300

This is due before Wednesday.

What is Submitting writing or oral communication assignment.

300

What is Caffeine?

300

DNA is made up of these two types of nitrogenous bases

What are purines and pyrimidines?

400

This is the largest organ in the human body.

What is the Skin!

400

This is the score reduction on an assignment past 48 hours due.

What is 100?

400

This is due every Friday.

What is your reflection comment?

400

This the heaviest chemical element on the periodic table that has a one-letter abbreviation.

What is Uranium?

400

This is number basepairs in a single loop of the double helix

What is 10.5 basepairs?

500

These are the two types of protein secondary structure.

What are alpha helices and beta sheets?

500

This is worth most of your grade in General Biology Laboratory.

What are writing assignments?

Writing assignments - 25%

Presentation assignments - 20%

Participation - 10%

Prelabs/Perusal Comments - 10%

Postlabs - 20%

Quizzes - 5%

Reflections - 5%

Video Questionnaires - 5%

500

This is due before class on Monday.

What is.....


1. Prelab

2. Your perusal comment 

3. Comment on peer's comment

4. Prior weeks postlab

5. Dr. P's Lecture videos

6. Dr. M's and Mrs. C's experimental videos


......don't save it all for Sunday...

500

This country consumes the most chocolate per capita.

What is Switzerland?

500

A diagram that depicts a human's genetic information with chromosome pairs is called this.

What is a karyotype?

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