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Module 2 Assignment: Biological Astronaut
Imagine you are an exploratory astronaut looking for life throughout the universe. One day you encounter a planet that has no carbon present on its surface. However, your instruments register movement and a variety of other signs that make you think life exists on the surface. Part 1: Before taking a potentially dangerous trip to Read more »
Virtual Lab Recommendations
As the world continues to move into a space where virtual labs are even more necessary, Lumen decided it was important to evaluate the variety of virtual lab products and solutions that are currently available. We specifically wanted to look at how each option will serve our mission of student success. So we analyzed Read more »
Assignment: Interacting with Attributes of Molecules
Step 1: To view this assignment, click on Assignment: Interacting with Attributes of Molecules. Step 2: Follow the instructions in the assignment and submit your completed assignment into the LMS.
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Question Banks
The machine-graded assessments in this course are organized by module and are aligned to specific learning outcomes. Waymaker courses assess students in three locations: Show What You Know (ungraded pretests at the beginning of each module), Self-Checks (short, ungraded practice tests), and end-of-module quizzes (graded). After you have adopted a Waymaker course in your learning Read more »
Assignments
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 Read more »
PowerPoints
A full set of PowerPoint decks is provided for download below. All decks are tightly aligned to the modules in this course. Since they are openly licensed, you are welcome to retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute as desired. These PowerPoint files are accessible. If you do revise them, make sure to follow these guidelines Read more »
Offline Content Access
Lumen makes significant investments to ensure our digital courseware is more than just a textbook, allowing students to learn by doing using interactive content designed to give them frequent practice, coupled with feedback on their understanding of the learning outcomes. The offline content version offers an inferior learning experience compared to our digital courseware. It Read more »
Pacing
The Biology for Majors I textbook contains fourteen modules—roughly one chapter per week for a 16-week semester. If you need to modify the pace and cover the material more quickly, the following chapters work well together: Module 2: Chemistry of Life and Module 3: Important Biological Macromolecules Module 4: Cellular Structure and Module 5: Cell Read more »
