This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Molecules and Metabolism. Learning Objectives :

Identify whether an organism is a heterotroph, photoautotroph or chemoautotroph based on their sources of energy and organic carbon
Explain the difference between substrate-level phosphorylation and oxidative phosphorylation
Explain how ATP synthase exploits the proton motive force to make ATP
Explain how proton gradients are generated across membranes
Identify what molecule is oxidized, and what molecule is reduced in a redox reaction
Explain the role of NAD+/NADH as an electron shuttle
Compare and contrast aerobic and anaerobic respiration

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Molecules and Metabolism. Learning Objectives

Describe the properties of light as energy
Distinguish phototrophism in some archaea versus photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and chloroplasts
Distinguish the capabilities of photosystem I vs photosystem II
Describe the innovation that led to oxygenic photosynthesis in cyanobacteria
Compare photophosphorylation to oxidative phosphorylation
Trace the flow of electrons in the light reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Genes and Genomes. Learning Objectives

Describe the chromosomal makeup of a cell using the terms chromosome, sister chromatid, homologous chromosome, diploid, haploid, and tetrad
Recognize the function and products of mitosis and meiosis
Compare and contrast the behaviors of chromosomes in mitosis and meiosis
Recognize when cells are diploid vs. haploid
Predict DNA content of cells in different phases of mitosis and meiosis
Recall and describe the phases of the cell cycle
Relate the cell cycle stages to changes in DNA content

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Genes and Genomes. Learning Objectives

Define the chromosome theory of inheritance as “genes are located on chromosomes�
Use phenotypic ratios to determine if genes are sex-linked
Predict possible offspring types and phenotypic ratios in the case of sex linkage
Apply pedigree analysis to distinguish between dominant, recessive, and sex-linked traits
Define linkage as departure from independent assortment

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Genes and Genomes. Learning Objectives

Know that DNA is the genetic material by explaining the classic experimental evidence that DNA encodes genetic information, starting with bacterial transformation
Describe the key features of the Watson-Crick model of DNA structure, including double helix, base-pairing, antiparallel orientation of strands, and types of bonds
Predict outcomes from different modes of DNA replication in the Meselson-Stahl experiment
Describe the basic machinery and process of DNA replication and predict outcomes if some elements of that machinery were missing or nonfunctional
Explain how the properties of DNA polymerase and the structure of DNA causes DNA to be replicated differently for the leading and lagging strands

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Genes and Genomes. Learning Objectives :
Describe the Central Dogma of molecular biology
Know the general functions of the three major types of RNA (mRNA, rRNA, tRNA).
Describe the DNA sequence motifs and proteins required to initiate transcription.
Predict the RNA transcribed from a DNA sequence identified as either the template strand or the coding strand.
Use the genetic code to predict the protein amino acid sequence translated from an mRNA sequence.
Describe the process of and key components required for translation.
Predict the likely effects of mutations in DNA on protein amino acid sequence, structure and function
Compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic transcription and translation

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Genes and Genomes. Learning Objectives

Describe the role of protein:DNA interactions in regulating transcription initiation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes
Distinguish positive regulation from negative regulation
Identify similarities and differences in gene regulation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes including mechanisms of gene co-regulation, presence of chromatin in eukaryotes, and post-transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes
Use a gene regulatory system model such as the lac operon to predict the effects of mutations in various components

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Genes and Genomes. Learning Objectives

Define “genome� as “the complete set of genes or genetic material present in a cell or organism�
Contrast the size and organization of prokaryotic versus eukaryotic genomes
Explain why genome size does not predict organismal complexity or phylogeny, and vice versa
Describe the content of the human and mammalian genomes
Describe the current and potential applications of massively parallel DNA sequencing technology

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Genes and Genomes. Learning Objectives

Know and use the vocabulary needed to discuss genetic inheritance including gene, allele, dominant, recessive, gamete, genotype, phenotype, homozygote, heterozygote, carrier
Explain how chromosomal separation at meiosis leads to segregation of alleles in gametes
Explain how alignment at metaphase results in independent assortment of (unlinked) genes
Construct and use a Punnett square for a single trait and for two traits using appropriate terminology
Determine possible offspring types and phenotypic ratios using probability rules

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Genes and Genomes. Learning Objectives

Differentiate between “phenotypic expression� and “gene expression�
Know and use the terminology for different patterns of inheritance including, incomplete dominance, co-dominance, quantitative traits, multiple allelism, polygenic inheritance, and gene by environment interactions
Predict genotypes, phenotypes, and phenotypic ratios for non-dominant/recessive modes of inheritance, including incomplete dominance and co-dominance
Recognize that dominant/recessive and simple Mendelian patterns of inheritance are rare, and that genes act in concert with other genes and the environment to determine traits (including incomplete dominance, co-dominance, quantitative traits, gene-by-gene, and gene by environment interactions, among others)

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Integrative Health. Learning Objectives

Describe the main properties of the adaptive immune system.
Identify the phylogenetic distribution of the adaptive immune system.
Describe the role of antigen presenting cells and the distinct roles of Class I and II MHC molecules
Compare and contrast T cell receptors and immunoglobulins as antigen receptors
Explain immune specificity and memory in terms of the clonal selection of B cells and T cells
Describe the overlapping but complementary roles of humoral and cellular immunity

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Molecules and Metabolism.

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Integrative Health. Learning Objectives :

Describe the basic procedure for cloning vertebrate animals via somatic cell nuclear transfer to enucleated eggs
Discuss the difficulties and obstacles, both technical and ethical, for the use of animal cloning
Compare and contrast “therapeutic� cloning versus reproductive cloning
Describe the procedure for obtaining embryonic stem cells
Discuss alternatives to embryonic stem cells

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Integrative Health. Learning Objectives

Recount the current hypothesis of the age and geographic origin of modern humans
Describe which genomic DNA sequences can be used to trace matrilineal and patrilineal descent
Describe how population genetic data can be used to formulate and test hypotheses about recent adaptive evolution of various human populations

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1510" in module Integrative Health. Learning Objectives

Outline the process of molecular cloning of a gene or segment of DNA
Describe appropriate methods for cloning eukaryotic genes so their protein products can be expressed (transcribed into mRNA, which is then translated to make protein).
Compare and contrast the vectors and procedures used for creating genetically modified bacteria and eukaryotes
Describe genome editing with CRISPR-Cas9 – what is required for targeting and how target genes can be modified

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1520" in module Biodiversity. Learning Objectives

List different invertebrate groups, including poriferans, cnidarians, protostomes (lophotrochozoans and ecdysozoans), and deuterostomes
Describe key features that differentiate different invertebrate groups
Recognize/interpret relationships among invertebrate groups using a phylogenetic tree

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1520" in module Biodiversity. Learning Objectives

Describe the common features of vertebrates
List different vertebrate groups, including, including Fishes, Amphibians, and Amniotes (Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals)
Describe the key features that differentiate different vertebrate groups
Organize the appearance of major tetrapod groups in chronological order in geological time
Describe diversification of mammals over geological time and identify patterns associated with biogeography (current world distribution)

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1520" in module Biodiversity. Learning Objectives

Describe the diversity of morphological, metabolic and life cycle traits of fungi
Describe the symbiotic relationship of fungi with plants; pathological relationships with other organisms
Explain essential environmental services of fungi
Recognize the location of fungi on a phylogenetic tree

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1520" in module Biodiversity. Learning Objectives

Describe evidence for hypotheses explaining mass extinctions during Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras
Recognize the effects of mass extinctions in the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras on biodiversity
Interpret relationships between geological, climatic, and biological conditions on earth over geologic time scales
Evaluate evidence for today's climate change relative to historical records of temperature and carbon dioxide

This resource is included in GA Tech Biology course "Bio 1520" in module Growth and Reproduction. Learning Objectives

Describe the physiological challenges of and explain the adaptations for large cell size and multicellularity
Explain the roles of the five essential developmental processes in development of a multicellular organism
Describe the major reproductive strategies of eukaryotes
Explain the trade-offs between asexual and sexual reproduction, and predict which replication mode is more likely in different environmental conditions
Compare and contrast the three types of life cycles of eukaryotes