Foundation Science Biology — Units And Learning Experiences
    Course Introduction
  • LE 1:
    DNA structure and function,; DNA replication; history of the discovery of DNA as the genetic material, science as a human endeavor, the nature of scientific research [ + ]
  • LE :
    DNA as a biological molecule with specific properties that are similar in all organisms, universal nature of biomolecules and cell structure [ + ]
  • Unit 1: Exploring the Transfer of Information from DNA to Protein to Trait
  • LE 2:
    Nature of a gene, transcription, translation, protein structure, mutations, relationship between changes in DNA sequence and changes in traits [ + ]
  • LE 3:
    Relationships among DNA, protein, and traits; biochemical basis of traits; making genetically modified organisms [ + ]
  • LE 4:
    Chromosome structure, chromosomes as the genetic legacy, meiosis and gamete formation;, recombination, the origins of trait variation, karyotypes [ + ]
  • Unit 2: Exploring Patterns of Inheritance
  • LE 5:
    Dominance and recessiveness, homozygosity and heterozygosity, relationship between genotype and phenotype [ + ]
  • LE 6:
    Mendelian genetics, patterns of inheritance, Punnett squares, cross-over predicting and explaining variations in offspring, DNA analysis and RFLPs [ + ]
  • LE 7:
    Non-Mendelian patterns of gene expression; one gene-more than one protein principle; role of environment in trait variation [ + ]
  • LE :
    Epigenetics: the effect of environment on gene expression [ + ]
  • Unit 3: Exploring the Evidence for Evolution
  • LE 8:
    Meaning of theory in science; fundamentals of evolution; evolution, natural selection as the driving force and the outcome of a process involving environmental influences and genetic variation [ + ]
  • LE 9:
    Mechanism of natural selection, role of variation mutation in natural selection, changes in the gene pool of a species as the basis for all evolutionary changes [ + ]
  • LE 10:
    The nature of scientific evidence; similarities and differences among the biochemical and molecular structures and functions of organisms; relationships between molecular and anatomical evidence for evolution [ + ]
  • LE 11:
    Anatomical homologies; nature of fossils and the significance of fossil evidence; transitional organisms. [ + ]
  • Course Conclusion
  • LE 12:
    Using scientific concepts and their application to solve human problems [ + ]
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