CONNECTIONS IN BIOLOGY
In a desire to avoid the feeling, that
many students share, that Biology is a long series of unconnected
facts, the following series of pages have been (and are being)
designed in order to illustrate the many essential connections
inherent to the life sciences . .
Energy Matter
Systems Change
& Continuity Process
Society
This is a work in
Progress:
E mail any and all suggestions to me
at
Michael_Lazaroff@westport.k12.ct.us
Note: the six numbered items below are exactly the same as those
found on the Science
Department page.
The Importance of
Energy . . .
1. ENERGY:
Energy flows from many sources, exists in a variety
of interchangeable forms, and drives all systems.
- Producers - Photosynthesis &
Chemosynthesis
- Ectotherms & Endotherms
- Diffusion, Osmosis, & Active
Transport
3-D Matter: Its
Structure & Function . . .
2. MATTER:
Matter exists in a variety of forms; its structure
and function are interrelated.
- Hydrogen Bonds - Structure &
Function
- Water and Life
- Enzymes - Locks and Keys
- Other Protien Interactions
- Chemical Messages - Hormones &
All Systems Big
and Small . . .
3. SYSTEMS:
Systems are dynamic, interrelated, and subject to
natural balances.
- Producers, Consumers, Decomposers
- Coevolution
Evolution: The
Core Theory Upon Which All Biology is Based . . .
4. CHANGE &
CONTINUITY: Change occurs according to patterns
which can be used to interpret the past and predict the future.
- Evidence for Evolution
- History of the Earth
- Fossil Record
- Homologous & Analogous Structures
- Vestigial Organs
- Those Five Steps - Variation, Competition, #
of Offspring, Inheritance, & Natural Selection
- Genetics
Biology as
Process . . .
5. PROCESS:
Science is a method of active inquiry utilized to
further an understanding of the natural world.
- History of Biology - Discovery, Refutation,
Serendipity
- Natural Historians
- Biotechnology
Biology &
Society . . .
6. SOCIETY: The
dynamic interaction of science and technology affects and is affected
by change in society.
- Biotechnology - Recombinant DNA Technology,
Pharmaceutical Research
- DNA Testing
- Controversies - Past & Present
- Medicine
- Cloning
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