Welcome to Biology 101 from Chesapeake College! You will need directions to navigate and successfully use this website whether you are a student enrolled in the 101 course, a prospective student or a visitor. Simply follow the instructions below to begin your work. You will improve at using the site each time you visit, so take advantage of its offerings and enjoy your online learning experience.

There are only four main pages that you will need to navigate in order to successfully use this site. They are:

A. The Biology 101 Online Home

B. The Biology 101 Online Syllabus

C. The Biology 101 Online Examination/Course Objectives

The Home page is the heart of the website. It is here that all of the specific areas to be covered and tested are listed and linked. Each section of the page is headed by the Chapters to be covered for each examination.

The Biology 101 Homepage greets you when you log in at this Chesapeake College website. You will find the Assignment Index to the course here and links to other pages of import.

Read down the page on your first visit to get at the central theme of this course. Understand that the site has been designed to maximize your experience in Biology 101 Online. How often you use the site and how much you concentrate your efforts to learn the material will be a good indicator of the success you will find in mastering the course. Much thought and work has gone into the site's planning and construction. If you are serious about learning this material, you will be rewarded by your time spent here.

Continue down the page until you reach the bottom and check out each of the links that you encounter. Some of them will lead you to large sites which have much to offer. Some links you may wish to investigate now and others later, but go to each of these links and see what is there. You are systematically examining the site to see what its resources are. This is the same approach you would use if you were surveying a textbook for the first time. You are trying to learn about its indexes, glossaries and components so that you can get the most out of the book. This is the same thing you are doing here at the site. Check out the links and store in your memory the idea that they may be useful at a later date, or they must be investigated right now.

Clicking on the Chapter Title will send you to the SQ4R page where you will find the directions for reading each section in the text. Use this method each time you read the text. Master the steps in the SQ4R process and you will become an outstanding student in any subject matter area.

Look at the headings under each of the Chapter Titles.

Here is a listing of the activities or resources that will be used during the lecture portion of the course. If there are any links under this section be sure they have been visited before the class lecture and activites.

It is under this heading that you will find the main links and resources that supplement and enrich the biology course.

Open your word processing program and put your objectives for the section you are studying on the desktop. Read the instructions given for each link provided and complete any tasks set for you. Recognize that these resources will be a major component of the whole process of mastering the subject of biology.

Move back and forth between the Internet sites and your objectives. Use all of the resources from your text and the links to answer the questions on your objectives page. If there are any objectives that these resources do not address, then bring your questions to class so that they can be dealt with by your instructor.

Reference

Any links that can further supplement the materials already provided will be located here. You should check them out. You may think that all of these resources amount to overload, but remember that you can never know too much, but you sure can know too little.

When you are comfortable that the first page has be surveyed then let's move on to the second. Click on The Biology 101 Online Syllabus Page. B. The Biology 101 Online Syllabus

This page contains the complete guide to the Biology 101 Course. Each day of class is accounted for here. The textbook assignments, examination dates, laboratory topics and assignments. Use this page to organize and arrange your study schedule. What needs to be read and by when? How much time do I have to devote to website instruction?

Copy and paste any pertinent components of the syllabus to a word processing program and use it to create your own calendar and make notes about what you need to remember. Check back from time to time to see if the syllabus has changed. Because it is virtual it is adaptable.

When you have looked over the entire syllabus then move to The Biology 101 Examination/Course Objectives Page.

C. The Biology 101 Examination/Course Objectives

The Objectives page contains the specific questions that must be answered and retained to sucessfully master Biology 101.

Copy and Paste them into a word processing program. Use your textbook and website resources to answer the questions. They are pertinent to each Chapter and Examination Section.

The answers to these objectives are the central components of the materials that you have examined and read. They should be mentally retained by you through diligent study and repetition.

When your Study Group meets to test your knowledge of the material through oral recitation, the objectives should be used as the main directive for questioning.

When you have examined the objectives and seen how they are organized, then click on The Biology 101 Assignment Page

 

You now, hopefully, understand how to use the Biology 101 Website. The value of this site will become more apparent to you as you use it. Make the most of your educational experience and take advantage of all of the resources that the Internet and Chesapeake College affords you.