Students will be able to identify and describe the major principles of biology.
One of the very important principles in Biology is ecology/evolution. During my undergraduate career at Longwood University, I took an Introduction to Ecology and Evolution course. In this course, I had a semester long project with a group on The Effects of Water Quality on Species Diversity, this project occurred in Longwood’s Big Pond in Lancer Park. From this project the group and I wrote a scientific research paper to show off the whole project and our understanding of the results. From this research project I learned how to run multiple t-tests and get significant data from the results we gathered. I also was able to learn how to work in a group setting and collaborate with many people at once.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/16ick4fEke4P97MAeBKOrQ-58m5nWb7nH328syvi7IOw/edit?usp=sharing
Another big principle in Biology is genetics/cell Bio, during my career at Longwood I have also completed a course in genetics/cell bio and in this course, I completed another project. This project had to do with Isolation of yeast on green apples, and once the project was completed we wrote a scientific research paper to show the project and the understanding of the results. From this specific project I learned how to run PCR data and run the data through a DNA sequencing program. From this course I learned a lot of helpful skills that had helped me later on in my career at Longwood.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TEgOtcWQc2wm75uVGYbKbScifj8qoEw1L3WQj8xaIEA/edit?usp=sharing
There is one more principle of Biology I learned from Microbiology. From my Microbiology project I had to research Mycoplasma pneumoniae and learn about it. From listening to all the students in my class present their different bacterium I was able to learn about many different bacterium and the sicknesses they can cause for humans.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1x5OW2tuiER8FUs_srEbLy3wEtb7PXsE-db-oNl6FPSY/edit?usp=sharing
From all of these classes I learned a lot of great skills that I have been able to use later on in my career at Longwood. From data analysis to different lab techniques and just simple information on bacterium and the illnesses they can cause, it was all helpful information and skills to have.