Worksheets

Come to the Biology Learning Lab (ST-107) to get your syllabus and the worksheets for Unit 1. You cannot start the course until you come to the Biology Learning Lab.

Textbook assignment

Step 1:

Read pages Chapter 1, all pages, in your text and answer the related questions on your worksheets.

If you need help, there is an answer key at the front desk of the Biology Learning Center.

Textbook publisher's web activities

Step 2: Complete the following activities from the textbook publisher's website. Answer the related questions on your worksheet. These activities are from a previous edition of your textbook - that's OK. (Note: Only complete the activities listed below, not all of the activities for each text chapter.)

When doing the textbook publisher's web activities make sure you read all of the pages. Click on the right arrow at the bottom to view additional pages.

Chapter 1 textbook publisher's web activities

• 1.3 Introduction to Evolution
• 1.3 Before Darwin
• 1.3 Voyage of the Beagle
• 1.3 Natural Selection
• 1.3 The Process of Natural Selection
• 1.3 Evidence for Evolution

To view the activities, you must have plug-ins for Shockwave and RealPlayer installed on your computer. Click here for directions to download the plug-ins.

Lab activities

Complete the following activities and answer the related questions on your worksheet.

Step 3A: Complete Internet Activity - What is Science?
(no lab points, but important for your test)

Step 3B: Complete Internet Activity - Natural Selection, A Scientific Theory
(lab points)

Step 4: Complete Lab Activity - Introduction to the Scientific Method
(lab points)

Step 5: Complete Lab Activity - Introduction to Scientific Measurement
(lab points)

Self quiz

Step 6 : Review material from lesson 1 to prepare for your exam.

Use the self-quiz below to review material from lesson 1 that will be on your exam. These questions are similar, but not identical, to questions on your exam.

Click here to begin the multiple choice self-quiz for lesson 1

Optional

There are no optional activities for this lesson.