I. Course introduction: PBIO 100, Plant Biology for Non-science Students
B. Lecture syllabi
II. What is science?
B. Scientists collect evidence, or data (plural; datum, singular)
C. Scientists use the scientific method:(click here for another explanation too) a method of research in which a problem is identified, relevant data are gathered, a hypothesis is formulated from these data, and the hypothesis is experimentally tested.
D. Scientists cannot claim a final or permanent truth
PART 1: WHAT IS LIFE? I. Plants (and living organisms in general) exhibit great variety
II. All living things share certain characteristics
3. Plant organelles differ slightly from those of animals -- see this diagram
B. Maintain a stable and characteristic chemical composition
C. Take in energy from environment, transform it and use it
D. Respond to stimuli
E. Grow and develop
F. Reproduce
G. Show variations based on heredity
H. Adapted to their environments and ways of life
Biographies of people critical in the development of science
History of Science:
Medieval Science
Bioethics
Scientific
investigation
Origin of Life
Events
over geologic time