1. INTRODUCTION
TO
BIOLOGY

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. KNOWLEDGE OF BIOLOGY
Medicine and
public health
research
Agriculture Industry

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

7. Career related to biology
 Medicine
 Biotechnology
 Agriculture
 industry

8. Ways of studying biology
Science process
skill
Promote thinking
Manipulative skill
Psychomotor skill via
conduct experiment
in scientific
investigation
Scientific skill

9. 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

10. 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

11. Lets do a scientific investigation
Situation 1 Situation 2

12. Exercise your brain!!!!
 Find one example of problem and
make a step of scientific
investigation