The assignments in this course are openly licensed, and are available as-is, or can be modified to suit your students’ needs. Sample completed assignments are available to faculty who adopt Waymaker, OHM, or Candela courses with paid support from Lumen Learning. This approach helps us protect the academic integrity of these materials by ensuring they are shared only with authorized and institution-affiliated faculty and staff.
This course provides 10 prompts and grading rubrics for written assignments, designed to align with course outcomes. You can view them by clicking on the assignment links in course modules.
If you import this course into your learning management (Blackboard, Canvas, etc.), the assignments will automatically be loaded into the assignment tool. You can view them below or throughout the course.
| Assignment Files | Module Alignment |
|---|---|
| Biological Astronaut (download the .docx, .rtf) | After both Module 1: Introduction to Biology and Module 2: Chemistry of Life |
| Nutritionist for a Day (download the .docx, .rtf) | After Module 3: Important Biological Macromolecules |
| Cell Builder (download the .docx, .rtf) | After Module 4: Cellular Structure |
| Membranes Alive! (download the .docx, .rtf) | After Module 5: Cell Membranes |
| Observing Energy Transactions (download the .docx, .rtf) | After Module 6: Metabolic Pathways |
| Mitosis and Meiosis Internet Quests (download the .docx, .rtf) | After Module 7: Cell Division |
| Which Has More DNA? (download the .docx, .rtf) | After Module 8: DNA Structure and Replication |
| How Mutations Work (download the .docx, .rtf) | After both Module 9: DNA Transcription, Module 10: Translation, and Module 11: Gene Expression |
| Dragon Genetics (download the .docx, .rtf) | Module 12: After Trait Inheritance |
| When Jabberjays Attack! (download the .docx, .rtf) | After both Module 13: Theory of Evolution and Module 14: Modern Biology |
