Bio 215 News/ Updates!

Check out the posters from our Plants in Medicine Poster Session!

Check out the posters from our Digestive Systems Poster Session!

What is a peer-reviewed journal? (University of Illinois/Urbana - Champaign)

Ch 22 lecture notes (in case you are not enrolled yet!)

Evolution Reflection Questions

Required Class Materials:

  • Biology, 8th edition. Campbell and Reece. (Benjamin Cummings ISBN 0-8053-6844-2)
  • Investigations in Biology, Case and Snitovsky.
  • Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms, Borror. (Mayfield ISBN 0-87484-053-8)
  • Email address (use your free my.smccd.edu email account!)
  • 2 permanent ink markers (1 fine point, 1 medium point)

Recommended Class Materials:

  • A Photographic Atlas for the Biology Laboratory, 5th edition. Van De Graaff and Crawley. (Morton ISBN 0-89582-684-4)
  • Short Guide to Writing About Biology, 6th edition. Pechenik. (Pearson/ Longman ISBN 0-321-38592-6

*Fun video about sea urchin fertilization

*See below for a link to a basic Excel tutorial and Google Docs (a web-based spreadsheet/graphing programs)

Bio 215 Course Materials

Important Links

Bio215 Lab Help Pages

Instructions for Biological Writing

Textbook Website

Using Excel - basic tutorial on how to use Microsoft Excel

Google Docs - free web-based program for word-processing, spreadsheets, graphs, etc. [Note: you must have a (free) Gmail email account to use this]

Guidelines for MLA Citation Style - learn how to properly cite your references using the MLA style

Skyline Library Biology Databases - search for scientific articles through the Skyline College databases

Lectures

Please log on to Web Access to get lecture notes. You will need your G# and password. If you have trouble, please check the Web Access tutorial for more information.

Lab Data (all .xls)

Scientific Method Lab (MW) Print out graph and attach to lab report

Scientific Method Lab (TTh)
Diffusion and Osmosis Lab (MW)

Print out graph and attach to lab report

Diffusion and Osmosis Lab (TTh)
Digestive Enzymes Lab (MW)

Print out data tables (in the yellow box) and attach to lab report. Use the Probability Table here to help.

Digestive Enzymes Lab (TTh)
Gas Exchange in Animals Lab (MW)

Print out graph and attach to lab report

Gas Exchange in Animals Lab (TTh)
Biological Transport - Plants Lab (MW)

Copy out data averages for each experimental condition and follow instructions in lab report.

Biological Transport - Plants Lab (TTh) - updated 3/10/09
Cation Exchange in Lichens Lab (MW)

Using a spreadsheet program, try sorting by different column headings to see how valence corresponds with binding effeciency. Print out table and attach to lab report

Cation Exchange in Lichens Lab (TTh)
Water Regulation Lab (MW)

Print out graph and attach to lab report

Water Regulation Lab (TTh)
Blood Glucose Lab (MW) Print out data -> make a line graph -> attach to lab report

Blood Glucose Lab (TTh)
Fertilization Lab (MW)

Print out data and graph and attach to lab report

Fertilization Lab (TTh)
Coordination in Plnats - Phototropism Data

Print out and attach or copy data into lab report
Genetics Lab (MW)  
Genetics Lab (TTh)

Field Trip