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Study of Life Themes & Concepts

Study of Life Themes & Concepts. Based on work by Foglia, Goldberg. Umbrella Concepts. Big Ideas and Recurring Principles. Why study Big Ideas in Biology?. Biology is an ever expanding body of knowledge… too much to memorize it all need to generalize

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Study of Life Themes & Concepts

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  1. Study of Life Themes & Concepts Based on work by Foglia, Goldberg

  2. Umbrella Concepts Big Ideas and Recurring Principles

  3. Why study Big Ideas in Biology? • Biology is an ever expanding body of knowledge… • too much to memorize it all • need to generalize • create a framework upon which to organize new knowledge • themes are fundamental in understanding the nature of living organisms

  4. Big Idea #1 The process of evolution drives the diversity and unity of life.

  5. Organizing Life’s Diversity • Making sense out of the diversity • Hierarchical scheme

  6. Nothing in biology makes sense exceptin the light of evolution. — Theodosius Dobzhansky

  7. Evolution • Core theme of biology Charles Darwin

  8. Natural selection • Evolutionary adaptation is a product of natural selection

  9. Unity and Diversity • Dual aspects of life on Earth • Unity – • What do organisms have in common? • Why do similarities exist? • Diversity – • What differences are there between organisms?

  10. Unity and Diversity • Unity • evolutionary relationships • connected through a common ancestor • Diversity • natural selection • adaptations in different environments

  11. Big Idea #2 Biological systems utilize free energy and molecular building blocks to grow, to reproduce and to maintain dynamic homeostasis.

  12. Energy transfer • Life is an open system • organisms continuously interact with the environment • stuff comes instuff goes out • energy is used Entropy rules!

  13. Levels of organization

  14. Form follows function • Structure & function are correlated at all levels of biological organization

  15. Big Idea #3 Living systems store, retrieve, transmit and respond to information essential to life processes.

  16. Continuity & change • Continuity of life is based on heritable information in the form of DNA • DNA – the genetic material – carries biological information from 1 generation to the next

  17. Which science is growing the fastest in new knowledge? MOLECULAR BIOLOGY!! Genomics & proteomicsprojects are driving research

  18. Big Idea #4 Biological systems interact, and these systems and their interactions posess complex processes

  19. Regulation • Regulatory mechanisms ensure a dynamic balance through feedback

  20. Interdependence • No organism is an island standing alone

  21. Science, technology & society • Science & technology must function within the framework of society • bioethics

  22. Science Practices… Really, what this course is all about!

  23. Science as a process of inquiry • repeatable observations & testable hypothesis

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