What is biology?

Scientific study of life

•  460 million gallons of crude oil
into gulf!cancer?
•  AIDS and Africa and Russia
•  Stem cell…
•  The new oil spill
•  The flood in Pakistan
•  Food inc
•  Salmonella and eggs last week

Lays the foundation

for asking basic
questions about life
and the natural world
 If you are not yet registered…

•  Need a lab or lecture section?

•  Email biology@hawaii.edu or
bioadvis@hawaii.edu to get on the wait list, or
see Joseph Menor in Dean Hall 02 after class

•  Labs start this week (today, if you’re signed up

for Monday lab)!! You need to attend the lab
you’re signed up for.
 Labs NOW! Charles Riley
•  The labs start as of Monday, August 23. Students enrolled in the
Monday 9:30-12:00AM lab report to the lab right after lecture.

•  All 171 labs have been moved to St John 159 NOT Edmundson 261A

•  All students, regardless of whether you are happy with your registered
lab time or not are required to attend the first lab this week, in the
sections they registered to attend OR you will be dropped and need to
reapply—and all are full now! We will try to accommodate requests to
change sections after this week.

The web page for the lab can be found at www.bactee.info. The lab
manual is downloadable as will be information regarding labs.
 The Team

•  Dr. Teena Michael

"  Research

-  What is the cellular/molecular basis for

#  ecological interactions and distribution?

#  disease?

"  Teaching
-  Biology Microbiology Cell & Molecular Botany
•  Email: teena@hawaii.edu
•  Office hours: Fridays from 9:30-11:00 am St.
John 505 (starting this week!)
 The Team

Tara Chandrasekharan Shipley

"  Research on algal systematics

"  Graduate Student in the Department of

Botany
"  Email: taratc@hawaii.edu

• 
Who are you?
Help us get to know you by putting the following
information in the drop box at our Laulima site.
Name
Hometown:
Major?

Why are you taking this class (in addition to requirement)?

Interests or hobbies?

Learning style?

What you hope to accomplish personally and/or

professionally?
Available resources to help you learn
Lectures – come to participate in explanations of the material!

Excellent textbook – well-written and detailed chapters explaining almost all of the
lecture material

Textbook resources – chapter reviews at the ends of chapters; online quizzes that are
excellent preparation for exam questions

Extra help – TAs and TIs on duty in Dean Hall for several hours each day, who are there
for the express purpose of tutoring BIOL 171 students with course-related questions. You
can also sign up for a study group session through the Student Learning Center.

Office hours – after class on Friday in St. John I am available to answer any questions
about material from the course

Appointments – if office hours don’t work with your class schedule, you can make an
appointment to see me at some other time

Online lecture notes – PowerPoint slides are downloadable from Laulima in PDF format
 Campbell et al. 8th Edition

• UH bookstore price:

$137.70-181.15 (new & used
copies available)

• Also available through other

booksellers (e.g. Amazon.com)

This is the primary text for BIOL 171, BIOL 172, and BIOL 265.
 What can this book do for you?
What can you do with this book?

•  What can Mastering Biology do for you?

•  How can you use this program?
•  How do you use this program?

•  Jessica Elbern
 BIOL 171: Course Overview

Biology - the scientific study of life

August
Building Blocks of Life
Cell Biology, Cellular Functions
Mitosis and Meiosis
Genetics: Genes, Chromosomes, Proteins
Genetics of Viruses, Bacteria and Eukaryotes
DNA Technologies
Evolution, Phylogeny and Systematics
December
January – BIOL 172 – organismal diversity & biology
 Tips for succeeding in BIOL 171

•  Read the assigned textbook chapter(s) BEFORE

coming to class
•  Review the questions at the end of the chapters
•  Review your notes after class each day
•  Use the textbook website to take practice
quizzes
•  Use the campus Learning Assistance Center
•  Try teaching the material to a classmate
iClickers
•  Tool for feedback and lecture
comprehension

•  Fun!!

•  Instructions will be given in

class (and on PowerPoints)

•  At the bookstore ($28.05 used,

$36.85 new)
Are you a “cat person” or a “dog person”?

•  A) cats! (meow!)

•  B) dogs! (woof!)

•  C) both are great – no preference

•  D) neither
Select the answer that best describes you:
A. I have taken university level biology classes.

B. I have taken AP level biology.

C. I have taken standard biology in high school.

D.  This is the first official biology class I have ever

taken!

E.  What’s biology?

Public Release: 16-Jul-2008
American Journal of Physics

Students who use ‘clickers’ score better on physics tests!

Hand-held electronic devices called clickers are helping college
students learn physics, according to a series of research studies.
Ohio State University students who used the devices to answer
multiple-choice questions during physics lectures earned final
examination scores that were around 10 percent higher -- the
equivalent of a full-letter grade -- than students who didn't.

National Science Foundation

 Laulima for BIOL 171
Log in to Laulima to:
"  Download lecture PowerPoint files

"  Download chapter study guides

"  Download the course syllabus

"  Check for course announcements

"  Submit information by drop box

"  See your midterm grades

https://laulima.hawaii.edu
 How will you be graded this
semester?
2 midterms, each worth 31%, and a final exam,
worth 33% & 5% for homework
"  Midterm 1 Oct. 1, 2010 (8:30-9:20 am)
"  Midterm 2 Nov. 1, 2010 (8:30-9:20 am)
"  Final exam Dec. 17, 2010 (7:30-9:30 am)

Possibility of up to 5% bonus on final course

grade for iClicker class participation – see
syllabus for details
 About grades for this course
•  Final course grades will be assigned according to the
following scheme:
"  A+ = 95.0% and above
"  A = 90.0 – 94.9%
"  A- = 85.0 – 89.9%
"  B+ = 80.0 – 84.9%
"  B = 75.0 – 79.5%
"  B- = 70.0 – 74.9%
"  C = 60.0 – 69.9% (plus and minus grades are not assigned for a C)
"  D = 50 – 59.9% (plus and minus grades are not assigned for a D)
"  F = <50%

•  If you need at least a C in this course, decide

NOW, and approach your work for this course
accordingly!!
 A note about personal electronic
gadgetry and BIOL 171…
$  Cell phones on silent, please!
$  No iPods, iPhones, Blackberry’s, etc. during
class

Please help create and maintain a classroom

environment that is conducive to learning for
everyone!
 Overwhelmed yet?
Hopefully not.

•  Here are the most important things to get

started by next class:
"  1. Log onto Laulima and explore BIOL 171
"  2. Download and read the syllabus
"  3. Get your clicker and textbook at the bookstore
"  4. Read through Chapter 1 of your textbook

See you Wednesday!