COVID: Overview

To-Do Date: Feb 22 at 9:30pm

Overview 

In this section of the course we are going to learn about the corona virus and the biology necessary to understand its origin, spread, illness (COVID-19) and solutions, such as vaccination, public health measures and control of future viral pandemics. This video serves as a general overview of the topics we will be covering over the next month and a half. 

 

 

Topic 

Lab 
Week 6 (2/22) COVID overview, Cell Types and Viruses  Microgreens
Week 7 (3/1) DNA--> RNA--Protein   Enzymes 
Week 8 (3/8) Immune System Compost; Microgreens: Harvest 2nd Crop
Week 9 (3/15) Vaccines  Microgreens: Final Analysis and Write Up
Week 10 (3/22) Spring Break 
Week 11 (3/29)  Zoonotic diseases  Lab Exam 
Week 12 (4/5) SARS COV-2 Evolution and  Scientific Claims 

Module Organization 

      • After each page of content there will be some way to monitor your understanding of the material. This might be a discussion, an assignment, a short quiz or a series of questions embedded in a video (these quizzes will allow  you several attempts).
      • The most important thing we can do as a learner is to actively work with the material and determine what we do and do not  understand ( this is called metacognition). We can then find help to fill in the gaps we have discovered. 

Content Quizzes: 

      • For each module,  there will be a quiz on that week's content.
      • You will have 3 attempts at each quiz.  These will be open book, open notes quizzes.
      • I recommend that you take your first attempt before you begin doing the readings and video watching.
      • Make a note of the type of information you need to answer the quiz.
      • Then you can take notes on that information when reading and watching.
      • The 2nd attempt will be much more successful and allow you to go search for the information that you are still missing, so that your 3rd attempt is clear sailing!
      • Quizzes must reflect your own effort and cannot be done in collaboration with other students.  The SRJC Academic PolicyLinks to an external site. will be stringently enforced if cheating on quizzes is suspected.

Unit Assessment:  Problem Sets  

      • At the end of the  unit there will be a Unit Assessment consisting of problems, short answers and paragraph essay questions. 
      • There will be ~ 2 Unit Assessment Questions per module, and will be given to you at the  beginning of the module.  
      • The entire Unit Assessment will be due at the end of the unit but you will be able to work on it as you go along.
      • This will be open book, open notes AND you may work on it with anyone you would like - myself, fellow student, tutor, etc
      • BUT, your answers MUST be in your own words.