General Biology Learning Resources



To proceed, click on a Learning Resource buttons below. ..


Keep in mind -- for both General Biology I and II -- that you need to work with your textbook. These learning resources are NOT yet textbook independent. (In a couple of semesters they will -- hopefully -- be independent of textbooks...)

In MOST browsers (but not all) the Learning Resources will open up as a separate window.

General Biology I Learning Resources


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General Biology II Learning Resources

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Brief general information about the Learning Resources and the YouTube videos used in the class...

Most General Biology I and II sections taught by Dr. Nilsson are hybrid/online classes. These classes have Chapter Quizzes located on Blackboard. This page only has links to the Learning Resources and some information.

The Learning Resources are used by all General Biology I and II classes -- traditional and hybrid/online classes. However, traditional students -- meeting in an STC classroom/lab -- do not have to read the Blackboard instructions on this page, since traditional classes use traditional exams instead of Blackboard Quizzes. Traditional students can view the YouTube videos, and click and navigate to the Learning Resources above. (However, I recommend that all students should read this first "brief information" part about the Khan Academy and Bill Gates.)


View the YouTube video!


Bill Gates talks about the Khan Academy on the Gates Notes


One of the Learning Tools in the Learning Resources for this class is the YouTube video lectures at the Khan Academy -- supported by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has this mission, "to help you learn whatever you want, whenever you want, at your own pace."

These videos -- and other videos -- on topics relevant to each concept and/or textbook chapter are used in all classes -- traditional, hybrid and online classes -- taught by Dr. Nilsson. In the traditional classes the videos are used in the physical classroom, and in the hybrid/online classes in the cyber classroom. The idea is that the videos allow the students to listen to the lectures initially without taking notes -- except maybe for some key terms, and then on their own review the videos and even pausing the video lectures in order to take notes.


General Biology Blackboard Learning Resources Details (for web-enhanced, hybrid and online classes)

(This information below and the Learning Resources links can also be found in the Learning Resources folder on Blackboard.)






You must take the test using Respondus LockDown Browser. If you are here to take the pretest or the assessment using another browser you cannot start the test. Respondus LockDown Browser is just a test browser -- nothing to worry about, nothing to be nervous about. But you must use it... When you login with the Respondus LockDown Browser, just locate the quiz as you did with the regular browser. You also need a password. (For more information about the Respondus Lockdown Browser and to find the password navigate to this page.)



The Learning Resources page is an overview of the chapter. Most will have web links and YouTube videos in addition, supporting the most important concepts from the textbook chapter.

Take the chapter quiz when you are ready. The quiz is not really a test, but rather a worksheet with about 10 - 15 questions -- intended to be REPEATED. You have 1 hour to finish it. You are allowed to use the textbook ­ actually you SHOULD use your textbook ­ to help your learning. You may take the chapter quiz as many times as is needed to score a minimum 90. Not until you score 90 will the next quiz become available. When you have passed all quizzes you can used them to study for the Endterm (Final) Exam. However, the quizzes will disappear at some point near the end of the semester as indicated in the Semester Calendar.


‰ In this manner you will progress until you have covered all textbook chapters you are responsible for this semester -- chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and chapter 15. (Chapter 15 is a composite of more than one evolution chapter). If you score below 90 the grade zero will be recorded, and you will not be able to access the next quiz. You must REPEAT the quiz. If you score a 90, and you later wish to attempt the quiz to make sure you know all answers before the final exam, you may do so, as long as it is done within the calendar dates noted in the Semester Calendar.












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