ACADEMIC TREASURE HUNT
Biology 101
Fall 2008
Pratt
Some of
the items on this list will count towards your grade. You can choose the
type of work you prefer to do. This is not extra credit. In order to earn
100 points toward your lecture grade in Biology 101, complete 100 points worth
of activities from the list below. Please note that most activities have
a deadline for completion and can only be done once for credit.
More
detailed descriptions of the requirements for each activity can be found on my web
site, www.cord.edu//dept/biology/Prattindex.html. Please follow the
specific requirements for each assignment as explained at the specific page for
that assignment. Everything
underlined below has a hyperlinked assignment. All work must be word-processed, not hand written. All
the work will be graded on a credit / no credit basis. No work done for
the Academic Treasure Hunt will be accepted after 4 pm on Tuesday, December 2.
READING
_____ Read a scientific novel and write
a paper about The Scientific Life
60
points Due:
10/29 Maximum:
1 paper/60 points
_____ Read Mean Genes
or Finding
DarwinÕs God or Your Inner Fish
and write a paper in response
50
points Due:
11/10 Maximum:
1 paper/50 points
_____ Read a short article and
write a paper
in response:
1)
Nothing in Biology Makes
Sense Except in Light of Evolution
20
points Due: 10/10 for 1 Maximum:
2 papers/20 points
Due: 11/24 for 2 or 3 only
one of 2/3
_____ Read one chapter from Discovery: Windows
on the Life Sciences and write a paper in response
30
points Due:
10/10 and 11/21 Maximum:
2 papers/60 points
If
you plan to submit only one chapter, it can be turned in anytime before 11/21
If
you plan to submit two chapters, the first must be submitted by 10/10
_____ Read and write a response to
a scientific journal
article on some biology related topic
20
points Due:
see below Maximum:
3 papers/60 points
If you plan to submit only one article, it can be turned in
anytime before 12/2
If
you plan to submit two articles, the first must be submitted by 10/31
If
you plan to submit three articles the first must be submitted by 10/1, the
second by 10/31, and the third by 12/2
LISTENING/WATCHING
_____ Attend Fuglestad Lecture
ÒDeveloping new therapies for neglected infectious diseases: African sleeping
sicknessÓ by Carol Olson at 7 pm, Thursday October 23 in the Centrum and write
a paper in response.
20
points Due:
October 29
_____ Attend biology related lectures as
announced and write a paper in response
20
points Due:
1 week after lecture Maximum:
2 lectures/40 points
_____ View a PBS science program and write a paper in response
10-20 points Due: varies, see link Maximum: 40 points
_____ View the movie GATTACA and write a paper in response
30 points Due: 9/29 Maximum: 1 paper/30 points
DOING
_____ Form a study group of at least three people and meet at least five times. The first meeting must occur before Midsemester Break (10/17)
30 points Due: within 1 week of group meeting Maximum: 30 points
_____Donate blood for the Concordia blood drive (or another blood drive) and bring in your donor card
10 points Due: 12/2 Maximum: 1 donation/10 points
If you have other ideas for Treasure Hunt activities, please discuss them with me.
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF DUE DATES
9/29 GATTACA
10/1 Journal Article
10/10 Nothing in Biology article, Discovery Chapters
10/17 First Study Group session
10/29 Novel
10/31 Journal Article #2
11/10 Mean Genes, Finding DarwinÕs God, or Your Inner Fish Books
11/21 Discovery Chapters
11/24 The Land Ethic, The Tragedy of the Commons
12/2 Journal
Article #3 or Blood Donation