Biology - Class 1 - Introduction to Biology

St. George's College

Subject: BIOLOGY Teacher's notes

Class: History

Date: March 3rd

Objectives

Vocabulary

Link and Learn

2009

Prepared by

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8th Milton ‐ History of Biology Name

Oral Intervention

Coin

Chocolate

Marcelo Antonella Paulo Sergio María Fernanda Alejandro Alejandra Brenda Almendra Diego Anna Paula Gabriel Sandra E‐C Maia María Belén Cristina Alfredo Giuliana Joshua Kinley Arianne María Gracia Sandra M. Fiorella Rodrigo Giulia Paolo Gonzalo R. Giorgio Jaime Stefano Bruno Nicolás María Claudia

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What is Biology?

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Timelines

Weblink

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Some of the major events in Biology

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VIDEO

The Origin of Life ‐ Abiogenesis

YouTube link, click here

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Biology's beliefs and disbeliefs Q 1

Pull

Q 2

Pull

ani, Francesco Q 2

Pull

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Activity: DEBATE

Instructions • Form four groups: 2 with 8 students, and 2 with 9 students.

• The two groups of 9 students will prepare the debate: Spontaneous Generation vs Cell Generation.

• The two groups of 8 students will prepare the debate: • Exogenous Generation vs Divine Generation.

• At the end of each debate, the groups that didn't participate of the debate will cast votes to decide which group was more convincing and presenting more solid reasons.

• The two winner groups will obtain a grade starting at 16, towards the final average in the rubrics of: Investigation and Application.

• The other two groups will obtain a grade up to 15.

Debate date: Tuesday, March 10th.

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DEBATE RULES • Spontaneous vs Cell Theory will have 16 minutes. Each student from every group has a 1 minute intervention.

• Exogenous vs Divine will have 18 minutes. Each student from every group has a 1 minute intervention.

• After each debate there are 3 minutes of question from the non‐ participating groups.

GROUP 1: Spontaneous Creation Nicolás Alejandro Paolo Gabriel Anna Paula Antonella Brenda María Claudia

GROUP 2: Exogenous Creation Belén Almendra Maia Ma. Fernanda Kinley Sergio Arianne Sandra E. Giulia

VS

VS

GROUP 4: Cell Theory Sandra M. Ma. Gracia Gonzalo R. Giorgio Alejandra Cristina Diego Jaime

GROUP 3 Divine Creation Marcelo Rodrigo Stefano Fiorella Giuliana Alfredo Joshua Paulo Bruno

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Teacher's Notes This class has been designed to cover the topics of History of Biology from Monday March 2nd till Friday March 6th.

For further knowledge about this topic: 1. Conduct a thorough search under the topic: History of Biology on the Web, books and magazines.

2. If findings are not specific, ask your teacher for suggestions.

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Objectives • • • • •

Understand the meaning of the word Biology.

Understand what makes Biology a Science.

Describe the branches of biology.

Learn the history of Biology as a Science.

Understand the principles of Life.

Note: All, or most, of the objectives will be covered during class time, however the student must be responsible for those objectives not covered or concluded.

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Vocabulary • Word 1: Meaning.

• Word 2: Meaning.

• Word 3: Meaning.

Note: Most of the vocabulary words will be covered during class time, however the student must be responsible for those words not covered or concluded.

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Link and Learn You can visit the following websites to improve your understanding on the present topic: • www.sanjorge.edu.pe • http://stgeorgeslibrary.wordpress.com • www.123456.edu

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Prepared by

Gerardo LAZARO Science Lead Teacher Email: glazaro@sanjorge.edu.pe Wiki: http://science‐learning2009.wikispaces.com Blog: http://learningandscience.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/glazaro

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Resources Used Slide (Group)

Resource

Origin

Description

G1 ‐ 2 Image

John Milton

http://bit.ly/QAYb

G1 ‐ 3 Images

Paramecium Frog Karyotype

http://bit.ly/FvdLG http://bit.ly/wgkJd http://bit.ly/8q20r

G1 ‐ 4 Animation

Evolution Timeline

http://www.johnkyrk.com/evolution.html

G1 ‐ 5 Image

Science Timelines

http://bit.ly/14vKD6

G1 ‐ 6 Information Science Timeline

http://bit.ly/10RL5F

G1 ‐ 7 Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6QYDdgP9eg

Abiogenesis

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