Biology I

Base Knowledge

Biology (secondary school)

Chemistry (secondary school)

Teaching Methodologies

The teaching-learning process is based on:

1. In the exposition by the teacher of contents related to the theoretical aspects of this curricular unit;

2. In the bibliographical research oriented on some topics of interest;

3. In carrying out practical laboratory protocols, related to the subject;

4. In solving exercises on heredity.

Learning Results

The learning objective of this Curricular Unit includes an introduction to the diversity of living organisms, namely on the various levels of biological organization of living beings, cell structure and physiology, heredity mechanisms, plant histology and the bases for systematics.

Program

Chapter 1

1. Cytology and study methods;

2. Basis of the Systematics of living beings;

3. Comparative study of the ultrastructure and metabolism of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells;

4. Heredity and evolution;

Chapter 2

5. Large groups of microorganisms: viruses, bacteria, fungi, algae and protozoa;

Chapter 3

6. Plant Histology and Anatomy.

Curricular Unit Teachers

Grading Methods

Avaliação Por Exame
  • - Prova escrita Teórico-Prática - 100.0%
Avaliação Contínua
  • - Testes Teórico-Práticos e Relatórios - 100.0%

Internship(s)

NAO

Bibliography

AZEVEDO, C; SUNKEL, C. – Biologia Celular e Molecular. 5ª ed., Lisboa, Lidel – Edições Técnicas, 2012. ISBN: 9789727576920

JUNQUEIRA, L.C., CARNEIRO, J. Histologia Básica. 13ª ed., Guanabara Koogan, Rio de Janeiro, 568p., 2017. ISBN: 9788527731812.

LIDON, F.J.C.; GOMES, H.P.; ABRANTES, A.C.S. – Anatomia e morfologia externa das plantas superiores. Lidel. Lisboa, 2001. ISBN: 978-972-757-161-1.

LODISH, H., et al. – Molecular Cell Biology. 8ª ed. Nova Iorque, W.H. Freeman and Company, 2016. ISBN-13: 978-1464183393.

MADIGAN, M.T., et al. – Brock Biology of Microorganisms. 14ª ed., USA, Benjamin Cummings, Pearson, 2015. ISBN-13: 978-0321897398.

PELCZAR, M.; CHAN, E.; KRIEG, N. – Microbiology: Concepts and Applications. New York. McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1993. ISBN 13: 9780070492585.

RAVEN, P.H.; EICHHORN, S.E.; EVERT, R.F. – Biologia Vegetal. 8ª ed., Guanabara Koogan. Rio de Janeiro, 2014. ISBN 978-85-277-2362-6 1.

SADAVA, D., et al. – Life: The Science of Biology. 11ª ed, Massachusetts, Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers, Sunderland, 2017. ISBN-13: 978-1464141263.