Please make sure that you are checking your UNCC email account.  I have been sending some important information via email! 

5/6/08

·         11:55am - The grades for the final exam are posted here.  The post is by the last 4 digits of your UNCC ID number.  I only posted the grades for people who signed the request for grade release.

·         The final exam average was 77.2 which is great (and our highest average of the semester)!  There were 107 people who took the exam (13 people who are still registered didn't show up at all), 23 As, 25Bs, 34Cs, 17Ds, and 8Fs.

·         Don't forget to contact me if you are thinking about taking more biology classes, becoming a biology minor, or major.

·         Have a great break!

4/29/08

Your final exam is Tuesday, May 6 at 8:00 am

Make sure you have read the final exam handout I provided!

Review sessions for the final will be offered on Thursday at 11:00am in Room 261 and Monday at 9:30am in Room 261 with Korey
 

·         Review the notes on "inheritance of human genetic disorders" (pages 85-87)

·         Review the notes about "examples of human genetic diseases" (pages 88 - 89)

·         Introduction to public health (pages 90-91)

·         Antibiotic resistance (pages 92-93)

·         Bacterial infections (starts on page 94-97)

·         Overview to viruses (page 98)

·         Viral infections (starts on page 99-101)

4/22/08

• Make sure you have reviewed the final exam handout given in class!

4/8/08

The review sessions for the exam are:

Thursday 7:00am in room 261 (with me)

Thursday at 6:00 pm (room TBA) (with Korey)

Monday 9:30 - 11:00am (room TBA) (with Korey

Remember there are 8 SI sessions a week you may attend.  Next Monday, all 3 SI sessions will be in a review format.

4/5/08

• Click here for the pre-exam handout.

• Here is your presentation on embryonic stem cells and therapeutic cloning.  Make sure you have reviewed the reproductive cloning PP (3/27/08 announcements) before you read this one.  You are responsible for knowing the material in this presentation!

3/27/08

• Here is a presentation on reproductive cloning.  You are responsible for knowing the material in this presentation! Next week, we will investigate therapeutic cloning.

• Click here for some DNA graphics and animations.  Make sure to enable macros when you open the file.

• Here are some other good animations and interactive activities

  •          http://www.cat.cc.md.us/biotutorials/protsyn/translat.html (very highly recommended)

  •         http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/dna/shockwave.html

  •         http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/GenWeb/Molecular/Theory/Translation/final.swf (very highly recommended)

  •         http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/basics/transcribe/ 

  •         http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio104/dna.htm 

3/25/08

• The exam key is posted to the practice exam page.

3/11/08

• Click here for the pre-exam handout

• Review sessions will be:  Thursday, March 13 at 7:00am (early bird special with me) in Woodward 261, and Thursday at 9:30 with Korey (room TBA). I will also have a review session Friday at 1:30 in Room 261.

3/9/08

• Welcome back from Spring Break.  Please check your email for an important set of reminders.

• Here is a brief PP to accompany your notes/handout on cellular respiration applications and supplements.

2/22/08

• Here is your out of class assignment on global warming/climate change.  Make sure to read the instructions and complete the assignment.

• On Thursday, we went through aerobic cellular respiration in class.  Please click here to print the corresponding notes in the outline. You need these for class on Tuesday!

• Click here for the electron transport chain graphic and click here for a summary overview to aerobic respiration.

• Make sure to attend SI or one of the review sessions next week (see 2/20 announcements).

• Here are some graphics and animations to help with photosynthesis and cellular respiration.  Make sure to enable macros and turn on your sound in order to view the animations properly.  Follow along with the diagrams I gave you in class.

2/20/08

• Next week there will be two extra review sessions dedicated to photosynthesis and cellular respiration (this is in ADDITION to the 8 SI sessions next week).  These sessions will be led by Korey and I highly recommend you try to attend one.  This material is tough and you need to see it many times (preferable before you bail for Spring Break!) for everything to click.  These sessions are a great time to go through the material again in a low stress (meaning not the week before the exam) setting.  The first session will be Tuesday, February 26 at 5:00pm in Woodward 265 and the second session will be next Thursday, February 28 at 9:30 in Woodward 271. Mark it on your calendar!

2/19/08

• The exam key is posted on the practice quiz page. 

• PLEASE check your UNCC email account for an important message about the class!

2/11/08

• Please note room change for the 4:00 SI Session on Mondays.  This session will now be in Woodward 106 (the lecture hall).

• Are you ready for the exam tomorrow?  Make sure to review the information on the pre-exam handout.

2/4/08

• It's early feedback time!  Please click here for an anonymous survey about how the class is going so far

1/30/08

• Here is the answer key to the supplemental chemical bonding worksheet.  Do not look at these answers until you have attempted to answer the questions on your own!

• All SI sessions (there are 8 of them) will be review next week.

• I will hold a review session next Thursday (February 7) at 7:00 am (room TBA in class Tuesday)

• There will be another review session next Thursday (February 7) at 6:00pm (room TBA).

1/22/07

• As you know, we will not have class on Thursday.  Instead, you will complete an out of class assignment on our next topic (chemistry).  The assignment (and all of the instructions) is here and the PP graphics you need are here.  You will need both of these things to complete the assignment.

• Click here for the supplemental worksheet on chemical bonding.  This is not part of the assignment but is good exam practice!

• If you haven't completed the class survey, please make sure to do so.

• You should now be able to complete your study questions and practice quizzes for introductory material and cells.

• Click here for some tips about the clicker and some guidelines for how your participation will be used on exams.

1/17/08

• Please make sure that you are checking your UNCC email account.  I have been sending some important information via email!

• As promised, here is a filled in outline for cells (which was to be our topic in class today).  Click here for the accompanying graphics.  There are a few areas that are still blank which I plan to discuss on Tuesday.  Please make sure you have looked over this outline and the accompanying graphics before class on Tuesday.  As I mentioned in my email, there is a lot of memorization involved with cell structure so the more times you see it, the easier it will be for you to remember the parts.

1/15/08

• Don't forget to read through the previous announcements and make sure you have completed the class survey.

• SI is up and running (see 1/11/08 announcement).

• Click here for some diagrams to use in studying the cells outline.

1/11/08

• SI sessions start Monday morning!  Click the Supplemental Instruction link (in the green bar above) for the times and locations.

1/10/08

• Welcome to Biology 1110!

• Follow this link for the class survey.

• Click here for a basic set of instructions on how to operate the clickers we will be using this semester.

• Biology 1110 labs will meet for the first time during the week of January 28.  Attendance at the first lab meeting is mandatory. 

• Click here to see the study strategies workshops and online tutorials offered by The University Center for Academic Excellence.  This is a great way to start off the semester.

• If you would like a very quick (less than 3 minutes) assessment of your leaning preferences, click here  for the VARK assessment.  This will analyze your learning preferences and provide helpful information when you click the help-sheets associated with your particular learning preferences.