COREQUISITE:

ENG101 - English Composition and MAT100 - Introductory Algebra or their equivalents

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK:

Tillery, B.W., Enger, E.D, and Ross, F.C. (2007). Integrated Science. Third Edition, McGraw Hill companies, Inc., NY.

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

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As the result of instructional activities, students will be able to:

1. Interpret and analyze scientific information.
2. Develop hypotheses based on the observation of natural
3. Explain experimental design based on a testable hypothesis as a result of observation and
4. Record and organize data resulting from quantitative measurement using tables and
5. Interpret and analyze data and come to some conclusions based on the evidence
6. Differentiate between the physical and chemical properties and describe physical and chemical changes in
   1. Identify the physical and chemical properties of a given substance.
   2. Identify the properties of three states of matter.
   3. Cite an example of a physical change that could be produced in a given substance.
   4. Explain the conditions necessary for physical change to occur.
7. Describe a model of the atom and use this model to explain chemical activity, changes and predict common reactions from this activity.
   1. Describe the atomic model for a given atom
   2. Define a photon of light and describe its importance in quantum leaps.
   3. Explain the discovery that, when excited, the atoms of different elements emitted different wavelengths of light.
   4. Describe how the periodic table of elements organizes the known types of elements into groups with similar chemical properties.
   5. Define the concept of a mole, and indicate how it is important when describing quantities of atoms.
   6. Identify type of reaction in a chemical reaction such as oxidation and reduction, precipitations-solution reactions, acid base reactions, and polymerization.
8. Identify an acid and base in a reaction and determine the strength of an acid or base using the pH scale.
   1. Identify a solution as acidic, basic, or neutral using the pH scale.
   2. Use the ion product of water to calculate concentration of hydronium and hydroxide ions.
   3.  Calculate pH from the hydronium or hydroxide ions in solution.
9. Describe the different types of bonds and how chemical reactions are essential to life.
   1. Define chemical bond.
   2. Distinguish among ionic, covalent, hydrogen, and metallic bonds and van der Waals forces
   3. Describe how a difference in polarity between two atoms can produce a hydrogen bond.
10.  Determine the density of substances and use Archimedes' principle and the principles of flotation to discuss sinking and floating of objects.
11. Describe the organization of living things and the way these things interact with each other within their
    1. Explain the common traits that distinguish living from nonliving.
    2. Describe climatic and/or physical conditions of the environment an organism requires for life.
    3. Define the terms ecology, ecosystem, ecological niche and give an example of each.
    4. List the characteristics shared by all ecosystems.
    5. Discuss the recycling of materials, such as carbon and nitrogen, through both living and nonliving part of the ecosystem.
    6. Define the term trophic level, and relate this term to the concept of a food chain. Discuss the importance of ozone in the atmosphere, and describe the significance of the ozone hole.
    7. Describe air pollution, and discuss its relationship to acid rain and global warming.
12. Discuss the principles underlying the classification and strategies for survival of living things.
    1. List characteristics shared by all living things. List the five major groups of organisms.
    2. Discuss the concept of binomial nomenclature.
    3. List the main categories that biologists use going from broadest to narrowest to classify living things.
    4. Discuss major strategies for survival used by different types of organisms. Describe how plants grow and change.
    5. Discuss flowering as an adaptation in reproduction that leads to diversity and that variation in growth depends on both the environment and the genetic makeup of the organism.
    6. Discuss the beneficial relationships between organisms such as pollination of a species by another.
    7. Distinguish between invertebrate and vertebrate animals.
13. Explain the chemical composition of living systems including proteins, enzymes, carbohydrates, and lipids.
    1. Discuss the relationship between a molecule's shape and its function.
    2. Determine the atoms present in a molecule that is written in chemical shorthand. Describe proteins and their relationship to amino acids.
    3. Indicate the four levels of protein structure.
    4. Discuss the functions of proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids.
    5. Describe three levels of carbohydrate structure: monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polysaccharides.
    6. Discuss the structure of lipids, and the difference between saturated and polyunsaturated fats.
    7. Indicate the importance of vitamins and minerals in a healthy diet.
14. Discuss the manner in which cells release energy stored in the sugar molecule and transfer it into ATP
    1.  Describe how plant cells capture energy and store it in a sugar molecule.
    2. Describe how animal cells transfer chemical energy stored in glucose to make ATP.
    3. Identify the organelles of energy and their structure.
    4. Distinguish between anaerobic fermentation and aerobic respiration.
15. Describe the process of mitosis, and tell how chromosomes are distributed to daughter cells.
16. Define meiosis and tell how it differs from
    1. Describe the process of sexual reproduction in plants including double fertilization and seed pod development.
17. Discuss the nature of the cell and demonstrate the proper use of compound and dissecting microscopes.
18. Describe how biological information is passed from one generation to
    1. Define gene
    2. Distinguish between purebred and hybrid individuals
    3. Distinguish between dominant and recessive genes.
    4. Describe the structure of RNA and DNA and list three structural differences between them.
    5. Describe how RNA transcribes and translates the hereditary information contained in chromosomes into proteins.
    6. Discuss the genetic code.
    7. Define the term mutation.
19. Identify the NYS MST Standards that relate to biological, chemical, and biochemical concepts.

SUNY GENERAL EDUCATION KNOWLEDGE AREA LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Students will demonstrate the ability to:

1. understand the methods scientists use to explore natural phenomena, including:
   • observation
   • hypothesis development
   • measurement and data collection
   • experimentation
   • evaluation of evidence
   • employment of mathematical analysis

2. apply scientific data, concepts and models in one of the natural sciences

GENERAL TOPICS OUTLINE:

1. Scientific Process and Experimental Design
2. Density and Metric Measurement
3. Principles of Floatation
4. Atom and Chemical Bonding
5. Chemical Reactions
6. States of Matter
7. Environmental Chemistry
8. Ecology and Ecosystems
9. Organization of Living Things/Taxonomy
10. Organic Molecules
11. Energy Transfer in Organisms
12. Cells and Microscopy
13. Mitosis and Meiosis
14. Plant Growth and Development
15. Photosynthesis
16. Genetics
17. Selected Human Biology Topics

Feel free to contact a member of the Science Department or the Science Department Chair.