INTRODUCTION

TO
BIOLOGY
 At the end of the lesson, student
should be able to :

 State what the study of biology

 Explain the important of Biology
 List the different field of study in Biology
 List the career related to Biology
 state various way of studying Biology
 know how scientific investigation has
been carried out
Biology…..
 What is ‘Biology’ mean???????

 From Greek words ~~~ bios - life

logos - study
Study of living organism

Study of biology~ study

of living things, the
environment and the
interaction between
living things and the
environment
 Importance of biology
 Enable us to :

a) Better understanding how the human body

function
b) Finding cure for diseases
c) Saving endangered sp which are on the edge of
extinction
d) A better management of problem
e) Understand ourselves and surrounding
f) Understand the interaction between living
things and environment
g) Appreciate the diverse variety of living things
 KNOWLEDGE OF BIOLOGY

Medicine and
research
public health

Agriculture Industry
 virology anatomy
Study of Study of org.
viruses structure
Genetic
Study of entomology ecology
heredity Study of Study of envi.
insects and
zoology relationship
Study of
animal
microbiology
Study of
Field of study microorg.
embryology
Study of in biology
embryonic dev. biochemistry
Study of
botany bacteriology biochem
Study of Study of process in body
plant bacteria
taxanomy
mycology histology Study of
Study of classificatio
Study of
fungi n of plant
tissues
and animal
Career related to biology

 Medicine
 Biotechnology
 Agriculture
 industry
Ways of studying biology
Science process
skill
Promote thinking
Manipulative skill
Psychomotor skill via
conduct experiment
in scientific
investigation

Scientific skill
Scientific investigation
Identify problem
Observed situation
Identify variable
State problem

Forming hypothesis
-make general statement about relation
between manipulated variable and responding
variable

Plan the experiment

 conduct the experiment

Collecting data

Analysis and interpreting data

Forming conclusion
Hypothesis is accepted if result support the
hypothesis while rejected if the result do not support
the hypothesis

Writing a report
Lets do a scientific investigation
Situation 1 Situation 2
Exercise your brain!!!!

 Find one example of problem and

make a step of scientific
investigation