Student Learning Outcomes

1. navigate our Bb course site and be familiar how to be a successful online learner.
2. explain the process of how scientific studies are conducted and the steps of the scientific method
3. conduct an experiment and report findings
4. meet and know something about your fellow students in Bio 100.

Topics

• course introduction
• student introductions
• the process of science and the scientific method

Reading

• p. 17-21 in section 1.2, The Process of Science, in Chapter 1 of OS. 

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Student Learning Outcomes

1. determine the Bio 100 course topics that interest you.
2. list and describe the properties of living things.
3. identify the levels of organization characterizing living things.
4. differentiate two major classification schemes used in biology.

Topics

• properties of life
• Classification systems
• Levels of organization

Readings

• Section 1.1, Themes and Concepts of Biology, in Chapter 1 of OS p. 5-14

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Student Learning Outcomes

1. explain the significance of Charles Darwin’s work on evolution.
2. describe the evidence for evolution.
3. identify six common misconceptions about evolution.

Topics

• Darwin’s observations and deductions
• Natural selection
• Evidence of Evolution
• Galapagos Finch Evolution
• Common Misconceptions about Evolution in OS

Readings & Video

• Section 11.3 Evidence of Evolution in OS (p. 258-269)
• Video, HHMI Biointeratctive- Galapagos Finch Evolution
• Section 11.5, Common Misconceptions about Evolution in OS (p. 266-269)

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Student Learning Outcomes

1. determine the impact of evolution for modern humans and other organisms.

Topics

• Evolution of skin color in humans around the world
• Evolution of tuskless elephants due to poaching

Videos

• HHMI Biointeractive video, The Biology of Skin Color
• HHMI Biointeractive video, Tuskless elephants 

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Student Learning Outcomes

1. analyze the flow energy between organisms in an ecosystem
2. describe the features of terrestrial and aquatic biomes
3. explain the importance of biodiversity

Topics

• Basic principles and terminology
• Biomes of the planet
• Community ecology
• Organization: population, community, ecosystems, biome and biosphere
• Populations: importance of growth and size. Impact of human population on the environment

Readings

• Section 20.1, Energy Flow Through Ecosystems (p.529-537)
• Section 21.1 Importance of Biodiversity (p. 568-575)

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Student Learning Outcomes

1. identify key threats to biodiversity.
2. define: climate change.
3. explain factors that contribute to climate change.
4. determine your role in reducing carbon consumption.

Topics

• Climate change- reasons and factors
• Habitats in distress
• Global warming, pollution, population explosion, feeding the population
• Fossil fuels and alternative energy sources

Readings & Videos

• Section 21.2 Threats to Biodiversity (p. 575-583)
• Section 21.3 Preserving Biodiversity (p. 582-589)
• Video, “Climate Change 101 with Bill Nye“ (4.09 min.)
• Video, “Climate 101: Cause & Effect” (2.49 min.)

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Student Learning Outcomes

1. describe the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
2. identify what went wrong in Flint and who is responsible for the Flint water crisis.

Topics

• Overview of the Flint water crisis
• Effects of lead ingestion on human health
• Long term health impact of lead ingestion
• The politics of the Flint water case

Readings

•  Flint’s Deadly Water 
• Five Years later Flint is Still Dealing with Water Crisis
• Lead based water in Flint: a step by step look at the makings of a crisis

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Student Learning Outcomes

1. determine the effects of ingesting pesticides and metals that are found in food.
2. assess the quality of food and make choices about food consumption.

Topics

• Macromolecules in food: carbohydrates, proteins and fats
• Health risks: metals and pesticides in food

Readings and Video

• Video, Carbohydrates, Proteins and Fats (9:07 minutes)
• “The Center for Ecogenetics & Environmental Health Fast Facts about Health Risks of Pesticides in Food. 
• “EWG’s 2022 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce: The Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen
• “Arsenic is in rice. Should you worry?”
• The Smart Seafood Buying Guide

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Student Learning Outcomes

1. Analyze the food you eat over a two-day period.
2. Complete a two-day nutrition log.
3. Based on the results of your nutrition log, determine your health eating score.
4. Assess your risk for cancer, heart disease and pre-diabetes.

Topics

• Diet analysis
• Calculating your health eating score
• Risk Assessment for pre-diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease, and cancer. 

Video

• Video, Carbohydrates, Proteins and Fats

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Student Learning Outcomes

• identify reputable sources of information providing statistics about the opioid crisis
• explain how addiction to opioids begins
• differentiate two treatments for opioid addiction, OAT and MAT 

Topics

• Brain basics and pain perception
• The effect of opioids on the brain
• Signs of opioid addiction
• Treatment of opioid overdoses and addiction
• The debate over safe consumption sites and needle distribution

Readings

• Case study includes readings with each section

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Student Learning Outcomes

1. explain how vaccines work.
2. distinguish the four types of vaccines.
3. explain the significance of smallpox to human history and its eradication as a meaningful world health success.
4. Explain the factors involved in the successful eradication of smallpox.
5. Justify whether the recent issues presented to the public about the negative impact of vaccines outweigh the benefits of preventing the spread of disease.

Topics

• Immune system basics
• how vacccines work
• Types of vaccines
• Vaccine success story: Smallpox eradication

Readings and Videos

• Center for Disease Control (CDC) website on Smallpox and Bioterrrorism sections on:
• The Threat
• Preparedness
• Detection and Response
• Bugs, Drugs, Smoke Box 1.4 Herd Immunity on page 9; Box 1.6 on page 17; “the smallpox legacy” p. 20-21 of Bugs, Drugs, Smoke
• Video, How vaccines work:   (2:28 minutes)
• Types of vaccines  https://www.vaccines.gov/basics/types. 
• Video, How we conquered the deadly smallpox virus – Simona Zompi  explaining the history of smallpox (4:33 minutes)   
• Video, The eradication of smallpox: Invisible Killers (7:29 minutes)

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Student Learning Outcomes

1. define the term human microbiome.
2. explain the significance of the human microbiome to human health.
3. justify the use of microbiome therapies to treat disease.

Topics

• Human microbiome basics
• Benefits of the microbiome to human health
• Technologies resulting from microbiome research: fecal transplants

Readings and Videos

• Taking antibiotics: What to know about C. dif (including the sections what is C. Dif?; your risk of C. dif; prevent the spread; life after C.dif)
• C. dif fact sheet
• Progression of Infection
• Video, Fecal Microbiota transplants