Biology HelpCenter (KNI Bell)

Study resources/advice (any courses) back to top

Tips: Hints on doing well (study tips).
Doing better on tests (University expectations)

Essential knowledge about the rules: Advice and policies regarding cheating & plagiarism
If you aren't sure of how to avoid plagiarism after following the suggested resources (links) in it, ask. It will be assumed that you know the rules on academic conduct, and it shall not be expected that a warning precede a penalty. It is also everybody's responsibility to report misconduct.

Abbreviations that may be used in marking of tests etc.; = useful list of common mistakes.
Know what "define"means: Defining the word 'Define'.

Statistics textbook online: (Senior courses, Grad, special interest) This is a great service. It is written to be useful in general, not just for this company's software. It goes into deep detail, but even if you are novice you should be able to get the basic information you need. If you use it, here is the proper citation:
StatSoft, Inc. (2004). Electronic Statistics Textbook. Tulsa, OK: StatSoft. WEB: http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html

useful WEB LINKS Please suggest other sites that you find useful -- but beware: much of the web is "Believe at Own Risk"

Resources, tutorials, etc. back to top

Tutorials 1001/2: various topics including
osmosis,
measuring under the microscope and scale drawing,
conceptualising n and ploidy.
Also a few practise tests.

Glossary of 1001/2 terms (Dr. A. Whittick, slightly added to by Dr. Bell).
Scientific words: roots, singulars, plurals -- a list that will help to avoid common errors. If you want to know about a word not on the list, please e-mail me.
Motivational section: What are these courses, why Biology is important. (1001/2: See your text, page 101 (Campbell et al 5th Ed.), last two paragraphs, for more)

Profs' pages (Lecture notes/presentations) 1001/2 back to top

-- some of these pages require user/passwords; if they are your profs they'll have given you the passwords, ask us (or them) if you need them. If you are told a password please respect it and don't pass it around except to people you know are in the same class --

Objectives (1001) ... back to top

For 1002 and 1001, pay attention to the special terms; use the glossary and index, and see that you understand them and how they differ from similar words or terms. There are plenty of new words in these courses, and some of the words can sound quite similar bbut have very different meanings. As a way to learn them, try listing next to each word all the words that you think it could be confused with, and get to know what the parts of the words mean (e.g. in centrosome and chromosome the part -some means 'body' in the sense of being a thing). It isn't easy, but these are ways of learning.

Objectives are always useful. Check those that come with your course. For 1001, on the web you can see Dr. Whittick's web page of objectives (his site, but you'll need a password or local copy html or download RTF) as a supplement to the objectives given in your Course Guide. This will bring you to the issues that these terms are designed to simplify, so it is a great way to review.

A few practise tests are available, but note that styles of testing vary with instructors and with time (class size, especially, imposes logistical problems that affect the way tests can be run).

Study resources/advice (any courses) back to top

Resources, tutorials, etc. back to top

Profs' pages (Lecture notes/presentations) 1001/2 back to top

Objectives (1001) ... back to top