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Bio. 230 Evolution, Diversity and Ecology

Bio. 230 Evolution, Diversity and Ecology. General Course Overview. Classifying and Classification (ongoing throughout the course) Some Terminology ( very important and ongoing throughout the course) Origin of Life Some Major Evolutionary Concepts, Processes and Mechanisms

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Bio. 230 Evolution, Diversity and Ecology

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  1. Bio. 230Evolution, Diversity and Ecology

  2. General Course Overview Classifying and Classification (ongoing throughout the course) Some Terminology (very important and ongoing throughout the course) Origin of Life Some Major Evolutionary Concepts, Processes and Mechanisms Survey of Domains and Kingdoms Some Basic Ecology

  3. Classifying (I) Classifying and classification are of the highest importance in science. It is the result of almost everything we do. It is a way of ORGANIZING information. You classify all the time! Why organize information? 1)To see relationships 2) To retrieve information

  4. Classifying (II) All classifications are information storage and retrieval systems! There are numerous classification schemes. Some are better than others BUT there may never be one best one! We may not always follow the one in the text (but we will be pretty similar).

  5. Evolution Central organizing focus in Biology The why and how of things Basic evolutionary processes apply to all taxa of organisms

  6. Diversity of Organisms Phylogenetic Survey Start with the least advanced (? least evolved ?) and work our way up Will look at structures and processes Will look at importance (ecologic, economic, disease, etc.)

  7. Ecology Organisms and processes do not exist in a vacuum They interact in numerous ways Biotic and abiotic mesh to form complex unified systems (= ecosystems) Ecology =\= Environmental Science

  8. Lab This Week (I) Read assigned material in the lab manual Bring it with you to lab Bring your syllabus & handouts to lab Bring your notebook to lab (we will be doing content on Classification and Classifying)

  9. Lab This Week (II) READ: “Laboratory Safety & Protocol” FILL OUT AND SIGN: “Laboratory and Safety Agreement” READ: “Some important Guidelines For Doing Laboratory Reports” DO: “Laboratory PRE-assignment, “FIRST WEEK OF LAB”

  10. Lab This Week (III) HAND IN: Agreement and PRE- assignment when you FIRST come in to lab (they are due before the lab begins) READ: Appendices I through V

  11. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? • Information? • Knowledge? • Can have (1) without (2) • Can’t have (2) without (1)

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