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NANSLO Biology Core Units and Lab Experiments

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This content represents part of NANSLO project deliverables: Milestones 2-c and 3-b, December 2011.

 

Table of Contents

 

1. CORE units

    NANSLO Core curriculum chapters associated with an introduction to biology.

 

2. Original WASc Labs (BCcampus)  

    Lab units localized and used in the British Columbia WASc project.

 

3. NANSLO Labs

    Lab experiments provided by the NIC WASc program and further revised by the

    NANSLO Biology Discipline Panel.

 

4. Colorado Community College System (CCCS) Companion Exercises

    Faculty members of the NANSLO Discipline Panels have created their

    own customized companion lab exercises that include use of

    RWSL technology.

 

The documents below have been saved in Microsoft Word (97-2003) .doc format. Because this format can be opened by a wide range of word processing applications (including OpenOffice, LibreOffice, iWorks), it is considered openly accessible.

 

For an archive containing ALL NANSLO documents on this page, download this zip file.

 

CORE units 
Unit Word 97-2003
Course Outline BIOL-Sem1-CourseOutline.doc

1.   Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life

BIOL-Sem1-Unit1.doc  
2.   The Chemical Context of Life BIOL-Sem1-Unit2.doc  
3.   Water and Life BIOL-Sem1-Unit3.doc  

4.   Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life

BIOL-Sem1-Unit4.doc  

5.   The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules

BIOL-Sem1-Unit5.doc  
6.   A Tour of the Cell BIOL-Sem1-Unit6.doc  
7.   Membrane Structure and Function BIOL-Sem1-Unit7.doc  
8.   An Introduction to Metabolism BIOL-Sem1-Unit8.doc  
9.   Cellular Respiration and Fermentation BIOL-Sem1-Unit9.doc  
10. Photosynthesis BIOL-Sem1-Unit10.doc  
11. Cell Communication BIOL-Sem1-Unit11.doc  
12. The Cell Cycle BIOL-Sem1-Unit12.doc  
13. Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
BIOL-Sem1-Unit13.doc  
14. Mendel and The Gene Idea
BIOL-Sem1-Unit14.doc  

15. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance

BIOL-Sem1-Unit15.doc  

16. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance

BIOL-Sem1-Unit16.doc  
17. From Gene to Protein BIOL-Sem1-Unit17.doc  
18. Regulation of Gene Expression
BIOL-Sem1-Unit18.doc  
20. Biotechnology
BIOL-Sem1-Unit20.doc  
   
LAB units: original WASc (BCcampus) list
Unit Word 97-2003
Lab Manual (Introduction to Labs for First Semester) BIOL-Lab-Sem1-LabManual.doc
Introduction to Microscopy
BIOL-Lab-Sem1-Lab1.doc (RWSL)

Updated with panel feedback

The Cell Cycle

BIOL-Lab-Sem1-Lab2.doc

CCConline is creating a companion exercise

Genetics 1 we can't use existing genetics labs since they rely on proprietary software; however,  the StarGenetics materials (available via CC license from MIT) is very promising 
Genetics 2
DNA

BIOL-Lab-Sem1-Lab5.doc (kit)

BIOL-Lab-Sem1-Lab-DNA.doc  (kit)

Proposed new lab: utilizing "Heating DNA" technique (to determine the composition of the A-T & C-G base pairs) is proposed for a RWSL lab

Stream Series Lab 1
BIOL-Lab-Sem1-Lab6.doc  (kit)
Stream Series Lab 2
BIOL-Sem1-Lab7.doc  (kit)
Stream Series Lab 3 BIOL-Lab-Sem1-Lab8.doc (kit)
Population Growth
BIOL-Lab-Sem1-Lab9.doc  (kit)
   
   
LAB units: NANSLO Labs  
Unit Word 97-2003
Lab Manual (Introduction to Labs for First Semester) BIOL-Lab-Sem1-LabManual.doc
Scientific Method

BIOL-Lab-Sem1-Lab-ScientMeth.doc (kit)

 

Introduction to Microscopy
BIOL-Lab-Sem1-Lab1.doc (RWSL)

Updated with panel feedback

Chemistry/ Biomolecules placeholder for later development
Cell Lab: varieties of cells from a Kingdom perspective placeholder for later development
Membrane Transport

BIOL-Lab-Sem1-Lab-Diff-Osmos-Permeab.doc (kit)

Tonicity

BIOL-Lab-Sem1-Lab-Diff-Osmos-Permeab.doc (kit)

pH placeholder for later development
Enzymes

BIOL-Lab-Sem1-Lab-Enzymes.doc (kit)

Photosynthesis placeholder for later development
Cellular respiration placeholder for later development
Mendelian genetics

placeholder for later development

although the StarGenetics materials (available via CC license from MIT) is very promising

Mitosis

BIOL-Lab-Sem1-Lab2.doc

will be updated & made into a rigorous RWSL lab

Meiosis placeholder for later development
DNA/Biotechnology

BIOL-Lab-Sem1-Lab5.doc (kit)

BIOL-Lab-Sem1-Lab-DNA.doc  (UNFINISHED) (kit)

Proposed new lab: utilizing "Heating DNA" technique (to determine the composition of the A-T & C-G base pairs) is proposed for a RWSL lab

   
CCCS Companion exercises

CCCS Biology 111 faculty will supplement existing online course materials provided by Hands on Labs with RWSL companion exercises. The companion exercises serve to introduce students to the application of RWSL technology in specific experiments.

Unit Word 97-2003 (Hands on Labs material is in PDF format)
Microscopy and the Metric System

Hands on Labs - Metrics and Microscopy

NANSLO - RWSL Companion for Metrics and Microscopy

Mitosis and Meiosis

Hands on Labs - Mitosis and Meiosis

NANSLO - RWSL Companion for Mitosis and Meiosis

 

 

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NANSLO Biology Core Units and Laboratory Experiments

by the North American Network of Science Labs Online

a collaboration between WICHE, CCCS, and BCcampus

is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License
based on a work at rwsl.nic.bc.ca.

Funded by a grant from EDUCAUSE through the Next Generation Learning Challenges.

 

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