BIOLOGY 160 WEB Page
Department of Biology ( http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/biology/ )
University of Mississippi Last update: 26
August 2009
Taught by Dr. Paul Lago and Dr.
Lucile McCook, fall semester 2009
Website maintained by
Dr. Lucile McCook
email address: bymccook@olemiss.edu
Dr. McCook's office hours: 1-4:00 pm
Mondays & Wednesdays, or by appointment.
406 Shoemaker Hall
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Daily
Study sessions are led by Biology graduate student, Nicole Davison,
every Monday through Thursday evening from
6:00-7:30 pm in the Stockard-Martin lobby.
FINAL EXAM INFO!
Analyze
Your Test!!!
Sample
test questions
Make
a Good Grade in this Course!
Course Syllabus
Computer Resources
Textbook
Web Page
Summer
Opportunties & Career Info
TEST RESULTS
Latest Science News!
Links you could Visit
Books you could Read
Exceptions to Simple Dominant/Recessive Patterns
of Mendelian Inheritance
COURSE SYLLABUS
FALL 2009
INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY for SCIENCE
MAJORS
BISC 160
Professors:
Dr. Paul Lago, 1st half of semester.
(plago@olemiss.edu). Office #224 Shoemaker
Office hours: 1-4 pm Mondays and Wednesdays or by
appointment - phone 7472
Dr. Lucile McCook, 2nd half of semester.
(bymccook@olemiss.edu). Office #406 Shoemaker
Office hours: 1-4 pm Mondays and Wednesdays or by
appointment - phone 5488
BLACKBOARD –Log on at
MyOleMiss. This is the first place you should
look for any information regarding the course during the
semester, including syllabus, on-line weekly quizzes, your
grades, etc.
Textbook: Biology, 8th
edition, Solomon, Berg and Martin.
PRS Clickers: It is your
responsibility to bring the PRS clicker to class and have it in working
order.
For clicker problems other than these, talk to Matt
Pearson (mepears1@olemiss.edu)
Attendance: Your regular
attendance is expected and attendance will be taken.
Cell Phone Policy: Use of cell
phones, including texting, is prohibited during class. TURN THEM
OFF!
Daily Study Sessions are led
by Biology Graduate Student Nicole Davison every Monday thru Thursday
evening from 6-7:30 pm in the Stockard-Martin lobby (except when Dr.
Lago or Dr. McCook lead study sessions, which they will do
periodically).
Corequisite Lab = BISC 161: Lab
Book: Biological Sciences 161, Dr. Gail Stratton. This is a
separately graded course that is designed to complement
lecture.
Prerequisites for BISC 160:
minimum ACT mathematics score of 22 (SAT 510) or completion of College
Algebra (MATH 121) with a grade of A or B.
Biology Majors and Minors: The
Department of Biology requires a final grade of C or better in all
Biology Courses used to satisfy requirements for your degree.
Testing: There will be
three regular semester exams (50 questions each) and a final exam (100
questions), for a semester total of 250 questions. The final exam
will contain 50 questions from the fourth quarter of the semester, and
50 questions will be comprehensive (over all 4 quarters). You can
estimate your grade at any time by averaging all your exam scores and
using the grading scale below.
Example: If you score 38 questions out of 50 (76%) on Exam 1, then 42
out of 50 (84%) on Exam 2, you can average those two grades to get 80%=
B average.
Grading Scale: 90-100% = A;
80-89% = B; 70-79% = C; 60-69% = D; < 60% = F.
EXAMS: Bring your student ID,
#2 pencil and the appropriate scantron form to every exam.
Scantron form # F-289 (half page, red print) can be purchased at
Bookstore in Student Union.
No electronic devices are allowed during an exam. Any cell
phone, calculator, PDA, etc., that is on during an exam will be
evidence of cheating and the student will make a zero on the exam.
Due to the size of this class and university regulations, exam dates
are not negotiable. For example, do not schedule a family
vacation to begin on the 6th of December if you have an exam on the
9th!!
Makeup exams will be given to those students who must miss a test
because of an official University activity or because of illness.
In all cases, arrangements for a makeup test must be made with the
instructor prior to the absence. It is your responsibility to
contact us!
Exams will be returned as soon as possible so that students can analyze
test results in the laboratory. After analyzing your test, if you
suspect a question was graded improperly, you have one week (from date
of test return) to contact professor about problem, and you are
encouraged to do so.
On-line Weekly Quizzes Earn You Extra
Points!: Log onto Blackboard between Friday afternoon and Monday
morning of all Quiz days indicated on syllabus schedule. Read on-line
instructions carefully! You may take the 5-point quiz as many
times as you like during the time period allotted, but the score of
your last effort will be recorded. At the end of the semester,
your earned quiz points will be averaged and added to your exam grade
for a maximum of five percent of that grade. For example, if your
quiz grades average to 3.875, and your lecture exams average to
76.35 (=C), your quiz average will be added to your exam average,
giving you a final score of 80.26, which is a B!
Congratulations! Lecture
Schedule: FALL 2009
Lecturer Dr. Paul Lago
Date Topic
Chapter(s)
8/24 Introduction &
Organization of Life
1
8/26 Chemical Basis of
Life
2
8/28 Chemical Basis of
Life On-line Quiz #
1
2
8/31 Chemical Basis of
Life
2
9/2 Organic Compounds
3
9/4 Organic Compounds
On-line Quiz
# 2
3
9/7 LABOR
DAY HOLIDAY (No Classes)
9/9 Organic Compounds
3
9/11 Organization of the
Cell On-line Quiz # 3
4
9/14 Organization of the
Cell
4
9/16
**** EXAM #1 **** Bring Scantron form # F-289 & Student ID
9/18 Biological
Membranes
5
9/21 Biological
Membranes
5
9/23 Energetics, an
Overview
7
9/25 Energetics and
Enzymes On-line Quiz
# 4
7
9/28 Cellular
Respiration
8
9/30 Cellular
Respiration
8
10/2
Cellular Respiration
On-line Quiz
# 5
8
10/5 Photosynthesis (Deadline for course withdrawal)
9
10/7 Photosynthesis
9
10/9
**** EXAM #2 **** Bring Scantron form # F-289 & Student ID
Lecturer Dr. Lucile McCook
10/12 DNA
12
10/14 DNA Replication
12
10/16
Chromosomes & Mitosis On-line Quiz # 6
10
10/19 Chromosomes &
Mitosis
10
10/21 Gene Expression
13
10/23 Gene Expression
On-line Quiz
# 7
13
10/26 Gene Expression
13
10/28
Gene Regulation
14
10/30
Gene Regulation
On-line Quiz
# 8
14
11/2 Chromosomes &
Meiosis
10
11/4 ****
EXAM #3 **** Bring Scantron form # F-289 & Student ID
11/6 Heredity
11
11/9 Heredity
11
11/11
Human Genome
16
11/13 Population
Genetics On-line Quiz # 9
19
11/16 Population
Genetics
19
11/18 Evolution
18
11/20 Evolution
On-line Quiz # 10
18
11/23-27 FALL BREAK
(no classes)
11/30 Evolution
18
12/2 Speciation and
Macroevolution
20
12/4 Speciation and
Macroevolution
20
FINAL EXAM - The 9:00 (Sec 1) exam
will be held on Wednesday, 9 December at 8:00 am.
The 10:00 (Sec 2) exam will be held on Friday,
11 December at 8:00 am.
Bring Scantron form # F-289 & Student ID.
University rules allow a student to change the time of a final exam if
that student has three tests on one day. Since our exams are at
8:00 am, no one in this class is actually affected; however, the
regulations read: Any student having three or more examinations
scheduled for the same day will arrange with the instructor to take the
12:00 noon examination or the 7:30 p.m. examination on some other
mutually satisfactory date.
BRING TO FINAL: 1
Scantron form #F-289 (half
page, red print)
Student ID
(REQUIRED)
# 2 pencil
No electronic devices are allowed during an exam.
Dr. McCook will have calculators available, if you need
one.
Due to the size of this class and university regulations, exam dates
are not negotiable. For example, do not schedule a family
vacation to begin on the 8th of December if you have an exam on the
10th!!
Makeup exams will be given to those students
who must miss a test because of an official University activity
or because of illness. In all cases, arrangements for a
makeup test must be made with the instructor prior to the absence.
University rules allow a student to change the time of a final exam if
that student has three tests on one day. The regulations read:
Any student having three or more examinations scheduled for the same
day will arrange with the instructor to take the 12:00 noon examination
or the 7:30 p.m. examination on
some other mutually satisfactory date. Since our exams are
at 8am, no one in this class will change final test times because of
exam scheduling.
Exceptions to Simple
Dominant/Recessive Patterns of Mendelian Inheritance
Information in Chapter 11, with a few examples from Chapter
16
1. Linked Genes, specifically X-linked genes –pages 248-250
Workbook has problems dealing with X-linkage (also called
sex-linkage)
5th edition Workbook=chapter 5; 4th edition Workbook= chapter 4
examples focus on X-linked genes, with recessive alleles that
cause human
disorders , such as red-green color-blindness–Fig.
11-16 in text
2. Incomplete Dominance -page 252
5th edition Workbook=chapter 4; 4th edition Workbook= chapter 3
example– petal color in 4 o’clocks - Fig. 11-18 in text
3. Codominance - page 253
5th edition Workbook=chapter 4; 4th edition Workbook= chapter 3
example--human blood groups- Table 11-3
4. Multiple Alleles-- page 253
5th edition Workbook=chapter 4; 4th edition Workbook= chapter 3
example--human blood groups- Table 11-3
5. Pleiotropy – page 253
example– cystic fibrosis - page 358
6. Polygenic Inheritance – page 255
examples-- human height & skin color- Fig.
11-22
7. Epistasis - page 254
5th edition Workbook=chapter 4; 4th edition Workbook= chapter 3
example– coat color in Labrador Retrievers, Fig 11-21
In the Genetics workbook, you are responsible for problems
dealing with topics listed here, as well as the basics presented in
chapters 1 & 2.
We will not do pedigrees or linkage maps or more complex linkage
problems in lecture, and you will not be responsible for them on the
lecture exam.
STUDY SHOWS SLEEP HELPS MEMORY
BOSTON -- Forget about pulling an all-nighter before an exam -- a study
suggests it's more important to get a good night's rest.
Harvard Medical School researchers, led by assistant professor of
psychiatry Robert Stickgold, found that people who slept after learning
and practicing a new task remembered more about it the next day than
people who stayed up all night after learning the same thing.
The study was published in the December 2000 issue of Nature
Neuroscience, and is another piece in a growing body of evidence that
suggests proper rest is necessary for learning.
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY:
1. Attend every class. Students who do not attend lectures should
expect to do poorly on exams. Attendance will be taken
occasionally.
2. Use the textbook wisely. Read the sections that cover lecture
material and study figures utilized in class.
3. Participate in class. Be attentive, think about the material,
take good notes. You are encouraged to ask questions during class
or to visit the lecturers, either during office hours or by arranging
to meet another time.
4. Use common courtesy: It is expected that students will arrive
promptly, remain the entire lecture, and do not talk or read newspapers
during class.
5. Study some each week, rather than waiting until the night before an
exam. Attempt to understand, not memorize. To determine
your level of understanding of material to be tested, try explaining it
to
someone else. Forming a study group of 2-5 people that meet
weekly may be useful.
6. Evaluate your returned tests carefully to
determine how to improve your score on the next exam; don't make the
same kinds of mistake twice. Also, the scantron occasionally
makes errors in grading, especially if there are erasures on the answer
sheet. Bring them to your professors' attention to receive credit.
7. Students are expected to do their own work. Cheating will
result in a failure in the course, as outlined in the University of
Mississippi M Book.
Make a Good Grade in This Course (and
other courses, too)!
Always attend class, be alert and think about the material as it is
presented.
Set aside study time every week and stick to it.
Share and compare notes with a friend in the class.
Attend weekly study sessions.
Do NOT memorize!! Be able to think about and apply concepts.
Read the book to round out your knowledge, to link important concepts,
to
understand both the big picture and the little details.
Organize
your notes well before exams---Study Smarter, not Longer.
Analyze your test!!
Then alter your study habits to address your specific
problem areas.
Get a good
night's sleep!! STUDIES SHOW SLEEP HELPS MEMORY
Always seek
help when you don't understand. Get that help by asking questions,
by using your text book, by visiting Dr. Lago or Dr. McCook, or by
talking
with your lab TA or other students in the class.
ANALYZE
YOUR TESTS!!
No matter what class you are in, you should
always sit down and analyze a test after it is returned to you.
If you want to improve your grade,
you must first determine the types of questions you are missing and
then you can alter your study habits to reflect those needs.
Look for patterns in the kinds of questions that you missed and those
that were correct.
Use the reverse side of this sheet to ask yourself the following about
each question that you missed:
I. Was the material in my notes? (Yes or no or partly?)
If not, work on note-taking skills. Go over notes in a
study group.
Beware!!!! Other peoples' notes can be lousy or
incorrect!!! If you are skipping class and depending on others
for notes, you could be hurting yourself immeasurably.
If the answers are in your notes but you still missed the question, you
need to examine your study methods.
II. What was the main topic and book chapter that the question covered?
At the end of the test analysis, you may learn which topics or chapters
gave you the most trouble. Then, you need to go back and work on
that topic.
Biology is like math, in that the fundamentals are absolutely necessary
for understanding more complex concepts. Also, the material will
be on the comprehensive final.
III. Was the missed question about a detail, or did I need to have a
broader understanding?
You need to understand both the details (the "little picture") as well
as the "big picture".
When studying details, always stop and ask yourself: Where is this
happening? Why is this important?
The summary at the end of each chapter in the book can be very helpful
in understanding the big picture.
IV. Was the missed question a straightforward definition or was it an
“application” question?
In an application question, you need to know several facts, but then
apply that knowledge to answer the question. If you know about
atoms and their orbitals,
you can apply that knowledge to determine the number of electrons in a
given orbital. Students often call these “trick questions”, but
they are not.
If you have memorized a bunch of statements but do not really
understand them, you will not be able to apply your knowledge.
V. Did the missed question offer multiple answer options (a & b are
correct), or was it negatively phrased (which one is NOT correct?)?
These types of questions involve logic and reasoning. You can
improve your ability to perform these questions, and you must learn to
be especially careful when answering them.
VI. Did I "second-guess" and change the correct answer to an incorrect
one on the test?
If you have studied, have confidence in your knowledge. Go with
the knowledge you have, use your knowledge to work out questions that
you are not certain of, and
use that knowledge to think through difficult questions. Only
change an answer when you are certain----not when you are
"second-guessing".
Remember---your ability to think during an exam is based on your
knowledge and on your state of mind.
GET SOME SLEEP BEFORE EXAMS!!
VII. What page number and/or figure in the text explains the missed
question?
Finding the information and studying it will ensure that you come to an
understanding of what you missed and why you missed it. NEVER BE
SATISFIED
with "the answer is C", because you will not have learned anything.
THIS ALSO PREPARES YOU FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE FINAL!!!
Now, look for patterns in your analysis! What kinds of questions
are you tending to miss? How can you use this knowledge to
improve your performance on the next exam?
What should you do differently next time?
Remember---your ability to think during an exam is based on your
knowledge and on your state of mind.
GET SOME SLEEP BEFORE EXAMS!!
Sample
test questions:
The best way to use these is to try to answer them after you have
studied. This will give you a good idea of the kinds of questions
that can be asked and how to study for this exam.
1. In strands of DNA and RNA, what is always bonded
to the 5' carbon of the 5-carbon sugar?
A) a nitrogenous base B) the phosphate group of an
adjacent nucleotide
C) a phosphate group of the same nucleotide D) a 3'
carbon E) a complementary base pair
2. During normal complementary base pairing, a pyrimidine such as
_____, will form hydrogen bonds with the purine ____.
A) Adenine; Thymine B) Cytosine; Guanine C) Guanine;
Cytosine D) Cytosine; Thymine E) Guanine; Adenine
3. The “backbone” of any nucleic acid is actually made of:
A) covalently bonded 5-carbon sugars and phosphate
groups B) covalently bonded deoxyribose sugars and
phosphate groups
C) 5-carbon sugars and phosphate groups held together by hydrogen
bonds D) nitrogenous bases and phosphate
groups held together by hydrogen bonds
E) nitrogenous bases
4. In genetics, a sequence refers to the linear order of:
A) amino acids in a polypeptide B) nucleosomes on a
chromosome C) 5-carbon sugars on a nucleic acid D)
nitrogenous bases on a nucleic acid
E) nitrogenous bases on a polypeptide
5. Which of the following accurately describes the outcome of
semi-conservative replication?
A) a single strand of DNA B) one new molecule of DNA
made from two new single strands
C) two molecules of DNA, one made from the two original template
strands and the other from two new strands D) two
molecules of DNA, each made of one new strand and one original template
strand E) one new strand of RNA
6. After hydrogen bonds are broken at the beginning
of replication, what keeps the two template strands of DNA apart
so that replication can proceed?
A) DNA polymerase B) DNA
ligase C) RNA
primers D) DNA helicase E)
binding proteins
7. Why are RNA primers produced?
A) allow RNA polymerase to build a strand of rRNA B)
provide a short nucleic acid strand, so that DNA polymerase
can add nucleotides to the 5' end of a new strand during
replication C) provide a short nucleic acid strand, so that
DNA polymerase can add nucleotides to the 3' end of a new strand during
replication
D) provide a short nucleic acid strand, so that RNA
polymerase can add nucleotides to the 3' end of a new strand during
transcription E) provide a short nucleic acid
strand, so that DNA polymerase can add nucleotides to the 3' end
of a new strand during transcription
8. When a DNA strand is replicated in the same direction as the
movement of the replication fork, it is called:
A) continuous replication B) discontinuous replication C) a
lagging strand D) an Okazaki fragment E) B, C & D
describe this
9. If the DNA replication machine is moving to the right, as shown,
what will a replicated strand from this piece of template DNA and its
primer look like? –>replication–>
5'—–T-G-G-T-C-A-A-G —–3'
A) an Okazaki fragment; 3'– primer- A-C-C-A-G-T-T-C
–5'
B) an Okazaki fragment; 5'–-primer-A-C-C-A-G-T-T-C –3'
C) an Okazaki fragment; 3'–A-C-C-A-G-T-T-C-primer –5'
D) a leading strand; 3'–A-C-C-A-G-T-T-C-primer –5'
E) a leading strand; 3'– primer-A-C-C-A-G-T-T-C –5'
10. The two double-stranded DNA molecules that result from replication,
plus proteins that form complexes with them, can also be called:
A) centromeres B) tetrads C) homologous
chromosomes D) sister chromatids E) Both B
& C
Biology Department Computer Resources Available for Students
The Walker Computer
Facility: Location: 310
Shoemaker
Hours 8:00-5:00, M-F.
Please observe the following rules:
1. No food or drink is allowed in the room.
2. No software may be loaded to any of the
computers. The computers each have Microsoft office (Word,
Excel,Powerpoint), Netscape and Telnet.
3. No bookmarks may be added.
4. Print only your final copy. Do all
proofing on the screen.
5. Save all of your work to a floppy disk.
Internet Hubs
There are 7 internet ports in the third floor lobby
where students can plug in laptop computers and access the net.
For more information on biology computer resources
or
freshman biology laboratories, contact:
Dr. Gail Stratton, Coordinator for
Laboratory Programs
Dept. of Biology
phone: 601-232-5786
University of
Mississippi fax: 601-232-5144
University, MS
38677 email: byges@olemiss.edu
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TEST RESULTS, Fall 2008
Results of EXAM 1: Wednesday, 17 September 2008
Range of grades/100: 99 to 16 %
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A 19
7.5%
27 8.5%
B 50
20%
63 19.5%
C 57
22.5%
60 19%
D 40
16%
68
21%
F 84
34%
102 32%
Total # students 250
320
Class
Average
67%
67%
Results of EXAM 2:
Monday, 13 October 2008
Range of grades/100: 100 to 14 %
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A 20
8.5%
30 10%
B 32
13.5%
50 17%
C 42
17.5%
42 14%
D 45
19%
46 15%
F 99
41.5%
133 44%
Total # students 238
301
Class
Average
63%
62%
Results of EXAM 3:
Friday, 7 Novemberber 2008
Range of grades/100: 100 to 14 %
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A 20
8.5%
30 10%
B 32
13.5%
50 17%
C 42
17.5%
42 14%
D 45
19%
46 15%
F 99
41.5%
133 44%
Total # students 238
301
Class
Average
63%
62%
Results of FINAL EXAM:
Fall 2008
Range of grades/100: 99 to 20 %
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A 30
14%
30 11%
B 40
18%
68 24%
C 53
24%
56 20%
D 33
15%
49 17.5%
F 65
29%
77 27.5%
Total # students: 221
280
Class
Average
69%
69%
TEST RESULTS, Fall 2007--these
here for comparison only!
Results of EXAM 1: Wednesday, 12 September 2007
Range of grades/100: 100 to 18 %
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A 25
9%
32 10.5%
B 49
18%
56 18.5%
C 59
22%
57 18.5%
D 53
20%
61
20%
F 85
31%
99 32.5%
Total # students 271
305
Class
Average
67%
67%
Results of EXAM 2:
Friday, 5 October 2007
Range of grades/100: 100 to 12 %
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A 20
8%
20 7%
B 30
12%
34 12%
C 43
17.5%
41 14.5%
D 43
17.5%
42 14.5%
F 113
45%
146 51%
Total # students 249
283
Class
Average
60%
60%
Results of EXAM 3:
Wednesday, 31 October 2007
Range of grades/100: 100 to 20 %
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A 43
17%
43 16%
B 46
18%
59 21%
C 49
19.5%
53 19%
D 34
13.5%
41 15%
F 80
32%
81 29%
Total # students 252
277
Class
Average
70%
70%
THE FOLLOWING
SCORES ARE FROM FALL 2005, JUST SO YOU CAN COMPARE
Results of All Exams=Final Grades, Fall 2005
Range of grades/100: 96.4% to 14 %
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A 34
17.5%
18 7%
B 35
17.5%
81 32%
C 45
23%
49 19%
D 38
19%
42
16%
F 45
23%
66 26%
Total # students 197
254
Class
Average
67%
67%
Results of EXAM 4--final exam: Mon or Wed, 5 or 7 December 2005
Range of grades/100: 98 to 22 %
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A 20
11%
13 5%
B 35
19%
53 22%
C 41
22%
53 22%
D 35
19%
48
20%
F 55
29%
75 31%
Total # students 186
242
Class
Average
68%
67%
Results of EXAM 3: Wednesday, 2 November
2005
Range of grades/100: 100 to 14 %
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A 28
14.5%
23 9%
B 26
13.5%
51 20.5%
C 39
20%
43 17%
D 24
12%
36
14.5%
F 77
40%
97 39%
Total # students 194
250
Class
Average
65%
65%
Results of
EXAM 2: Friday, 7 October 2005
Range of grades/100: 96 to 16 %
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A
9
4.5%
6 2%
B 27
14%
18 7%
C 34
17%
58
23%
D 45
23%
69
27%
F 82
41.5%
105 41%
Total # students 197
256
Class
Average
63%
61%
Results of EXAM 1: Wednesday, 14
September 2005
Range of grades/100: 98 to 22 %
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A 27
13%
23 8.5%
B 53
26%
74 27%
C 64
30%
85 31%
D 38
18%
57
21%
F 27
13%
35 12.5%
Total # students 209
274
Class
Average
74%
73%
THE FOLLOWING SCORES ARE FROM FALL 2004, JUST SO
YOU CAN COMPARE
Results of Semester: FINAL Grades Fall 2004
Range of grades/100: 100 to 15%
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A 35
17%
43 14%
B 35
17%
47 15%
C 48
23%
67 21%
D 32
15%
46 15%
F 58
28%
109 35% Includes scores for students that
did not take every exam.
Total # students 208
312
Results of
FINAL EXAM: Wednesday, 8 December
2004
Range of grades/100: 100 to 15%
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A 31
17%
33 12%
B 29
15%
50 18%
C 42
22%
63 23%
D 31
17%
36 13%
F 55
29%
95 34%
Total # students 188
277
Class
Average
70%
68%
Results of
EXAM 3: Monday, 8 November 2004
Range of grades/100: 100 to 14%
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A 26
13%
26 9%
B 36
18.4%
58 20%
C 38
19.4%
61 21%
D 36
18.4%
50 17%
F 60
31%
95 33%
Total # students 196
290
Class
Average
69%
66%
Results of Exam 2:
Wednesday, 13 October 2004
Range of grades: 100% to 16%
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A 17
8%
17 6%
B 31
15%
33 11%
C 41
20%
59 19.5%
D 44
22%
53
17.5%
F 70
35%
140 46%
Total # students 203
302
Class
Average
65%
60%
Results of EXAM 1:
Friday, 17 September 2004
Range of grades/100: 98 to 24 %
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A 12
5.5%
25 8%
B 36
17%
34 11%
C 36
17%
54 17%
D 40
18.5%
65 21%
F 90
42%
132 43%
Total # students 214
310
Class
Average
63%
62%
THE FOLLOWING ARE TEST RESULTS FROM FALL
2003!!!! Just for you to compare
Results of EXAM 1: Fall semester 2003
Range of grades/100: 100 to 20
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A 30
14%
46 14%
B 50
23%
61 19%
C 46
22%
62 19%
D
25
12%
50 16%
F 63
29%
103 32%
Total # students 214
322
Class
Average
70%
68%
RESULTS of EXAM 2: Wednesday, 8 October 2003
Range of grades/100: 98 to 16
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A 13
6%
16 5%
B 26
13%
36 12%
C 35
17%
56 19%
D 43
21%
60 20%
F 89
43%
134 44%
Total # students 206
302
Class
Average
62%
62%
RESULTS of EXAM 3: Wednesday,
5 November 2003
Range of grades/100: 100 to 16
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A
49
25%
65 22%
B 40
20%
72 25%
C 38
19%
50 17%
D 35
18%
39 14%
F 37
18%
65 22%
Total # students 199
291
Class
Average
74%
73%
RESULTS
of EXAM 4: Final exam, December 2003
Range of grades: 98% to 15%
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A
30
16%
41 15%
B 50
26%
65 24%
C 48
25%
64 13%
D 26
14%
38 14%
F 36
19%
66 24%
Total # students 190
274
Class
Average
73%
72%
FINAL
GRADES, Fall 2003
Range of grades: 98% to 15%
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A
41
19%
59 18%
B 52
24%
65 20%
C 44
20%
64 20%
D 26
12%
52 16%
F 54
25%
81 25%
Total # students 217
322
Class
Average
65%
65%
Note: the final scores include students that did not take every exam.
THE FOLLOWING ARE TEST RESULTS FROM FALL
2002!!!! Just for you to compare
Results of EXAM 1: Friday, 13 September 2002
Range of grades/100: 100 to 20
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A
39
14%
35
11%
B
31
12%
58
19%
C
39
14%
61
20%
D
55
20%
47
15%
F
106
39%
109
35%
Total # students
270
310
Class
Average
66%
68%
Results of EXAM 2: Wednesday, 9 October 2002
Range of grades/100: 100 to 18
Number of students taking exam, by
class and grade
grade
9am
10am
A
17
7%
14 5%
B
24
9%
55
12%
C
38
15%
48
20%
D
40
15%
60
15%
F
140
54%
144
47%
Total # students
259
301
Class
Average
58%
60%
Results of EXAM 3: Wednesday, 6 November 2002
Range of grades/100: 100 to 18
Number of students taking exam, by class
and grade
grade
9am
10am
A
28
10%
23 8%
B
27
11%
52 18%
C
44
18%
56 19%
D
27
11%
44 15%
F
125
50%
114 40%
Total # students
251
289
Class
Average
62%
65%
Some great links to visit!!
The Centers for Disease Control site on antibiotic
resistance
--a growing health problem http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/
Some great books to read!!!
Galileo's Daughter. 1998.
Dava Sobel. A terrific book on the cultural and religious
atmosphere of Europe during the 1600's. Scientists like Galileo
were often discouraged from using their powers of observation and their
intellect-- especially if their findings were perceived as a threat to
the rigid belief systems of the day.
Darwin, a Life in Science. 1995.
M. White & J. Gribbin. Dutton Books.
A biography of Charles Darwin, written by folks that
have also published biographies of Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
This book really puts Darwin's theories in perspective, in terms of the
belief systems that prevailed in the 1800's in
Europe and the challenges that Darwin faced.
The Blind Watchmaker. R.
Dawkins.
This book contains some of the most interesting
perspectives on chance and the random nature of much of evolutionary
change. Not an easy read, but a rewarding one.
The Beak of the Finch: a Story of Evolution in Our
Time. 1994. J. Weiner. Alfred A.
Knopf. This book tells the story of a couple of modern scientists
who have spent their entire careers testing hypotheses of Natural
Selection on some of the very animals that most influenced Darwin in
his travels to the Galapagos Islands--Galapagos finches. This is
a great read and won the Pulitzer Prize.
SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES
AND CAREERS IN BIOLOGY
Here is a list of TERRIFIC web
sites that offer opportunities for students interested in Biology.
My advice to you: invest an hour browsing these
pages. Have fun......Dr. McCook
Student Conservation
Association---jobs and internships
http://www.sca-inc.org
Environmental
Opportunities--- both summer internships and real jobs in environmental
work, from research, to management, to computer & database analysis
http://www.ejobs.org
Environmental Career
Planning for College Students
http://www.ecoemploy.com/career.html
Career Resourses for
Science
in the future--emerging employment opportunities http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/
Pharmacological and Biotech
Jobs in Human and Agricultural Sciences --mostly with private companies
http://www.symbiosinc.com
Check out these sites for
the latest science news!
(updated daily or weekly)
New York Times science & health articles (you must register
first, but it is free and is really
some of the best and most intelligent science
writing for the general public);
http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/science/
Science News (Well written and illustrated): http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/
Latest science research news- Access Excellence: http://www.gene.com/ae/WN/SU/
Discovery Channel On Line: http://www.discovery.com/
Science Daily - Today's Headlines: http://www.sciencedaily.com/index.htm
Science on TV this week? http://www.pbs.org/science/
Yahoo Health Page: http://health.yahoo.com/