BIO 325 Microbiology Course Context: Lecture and lab Science majors, pre-nursing majors, and dietetics majors Learning Objective Taxonomy Level/Category Learning Activities Formative Assessment Summative Assessment Students can describe DNA replication in bacteria Remember Understand Group work – concept map Map commentsHomework question Exam question Students can explain DNA sequencing UnderstandGameReflectionExam question Students can predict how genes, gene products, and the environment interact CreateLecture problem - figure Problem comments Homework question Exam question

Learning Activities Group problems – Practice problems – Concept maps Games – Game questions – Reflection Lecture questions – Figure presented – Questions Lecture Review questions Lecture question* Group problem* HW

Formative Assessments Group problem – concept map Lecture problem – questions – What happens as the cell gets warmer? – How does the microbe regulate these differences in cell activities? – What could happen if the cell got cooler again? DNA replication

Summative Assessments HW/Exam question – Explain how DNA replication occurs in bacteria from beginning to end. – Predict the possible responses a microbe would have to increased levels of iron in its environment (see Fig to start, but account for other possibilities!).

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Timeline Fall 2012 – Learning objectives for units and subunits – Group problems – selected – Lecture questions – selected – Homework questions Spring 2013 – Games – Lecture questions – Exam questions