This document provides an overview of the key concepts in the natural sciences, with a focus on biology. It defines biology as the scientific study of life, covering broad topics like zoology, biology, and microbiology. The document outlines some of the fundamental characteristics of life, such as the ability to capture and use energy/materials, sense and respond to the environment, and reproduce. It encourages students to study natural sciences like biology to better understand how many events relate to life. It provides instructions to find a newspaper article on a topic directly relevant to biology and justify its connection. Recommended reference materials on biology concepts and subdisciplines like zoology are also listed.
2. Natural Sciences/Biology Defined
-Significance of Biology
-Characteristics of Life
-History and Theories of Biology
Scientific Methods
Concepts of Life
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3. branch of science
use empirical and scientific methods
to explain the rules that govern the natural
world
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4. 1. Social Sciences (psychology, sociology,
economics)
-use sci methods to study human behavior and
social patterns
2. Formal Sciences (mathematics, logic, statistics)
-use a priori knowledge to study formal systems
3. Natural Sciences (astronomy, biology,
chemistry, physics)
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5. Scientific study of life
Broad, with many sub-disciplines
-Zoology (Entomology, Mammalogy,
Embryology, etc.)
-Biology (Forestry, Phycology,
Phytochemistry, etc.)
-Microbiology (virology, bacteriology,
parasitology, mycology, immunology, etc.)
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6. Outcome of ancient events
Ability to capture and use energy and raw
materials
Capable of sensing and responding to the
environment
Capacity to reproduce
Always evolving
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7. Why do you need to study Nat Sci (Biology)?
What are your expectations of the subject?
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8. Many things and events are related to biology.
Instructions:
1. Go over today’s or the previous day’s newspaper
and chose an article that has direct relevance to
biology. Read and paste it in a short bond paper
and submit it the next meeting.
1. In one or two statements, justify the relevance
of the article to biology.
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9. Natural Science 1 Lecture Notes
Available at Dayon Enterprises (in front of USC
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Starr, C. 2003. Biology: Concepts and Applications. 5th ed. Wadsworth Group,
Brooks/Cole. USA. 799 pp.
Miller, S.A. & Harley J.B. 1999. Zoology fourth ed. WCB/McGraw-Hill USA.
Nabors, M.W. 2004. Botany an Introductory Approach. Pearson Education South
Asia Pte. Ltd. 626pp.
Myers, P. 2001. "Animalia" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed June 19,
2011
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Animalia.html
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zoology. (2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/657959/zoology
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Editor's Notes
Nat Sci: Basis for applied sciences
The terms a priori ("from the earlier") and a posteriori ("from the later") are used in philosophy (epistemology) to distinguish two types of knowledge, justifications or arguments. A priori knowledge or justification is independent of experience (for example 'All bachelors are unmarried'); a posteriori knowledge or justification is dependent on experience or empirical evidence (for example 'Some bachelors are very happy'). Wikipedia 112011
Outcome of ancient events (lifeless matter-atoms and molecules-became organized to form into the first living cells
Always evolving, traits that characterize individuals of a population change from one generation to the next