For example, on an exam you may be asked to draw on your knowledge of different topics from two or three separate lectures. At first this may come as a shock to students who have only been asked to memorize facts in science courses. Rest assured that we will guide you toward this approach to biology via exams. The product will be that you will enter your upper division courses far better prepared that if you were only to memorize a collection of facts. Learn How to Use Data.
Scientists collect data to support or reject assumptions that they make.
It is critical that we are careful about what data tell us. This, however, is a misreading of the actual data. In fact, the fossil record can never provide this kind of analysis. Take a Positive Approach to the Course. Everyone who takes this course should be in it because they enjoy biology.