Unit TEACHING OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES BIOLOGICAL

ORGANIC FORM

Code	A000619
CFU	6
Teacher	Roberto Venanzoni
Teachers	Roberto Venanzoni
Hours	36 ore - Roberto Venanzoni
Learning activities	Caratterizzante
Area	Discipline biologiche ed ecologiche
Academic discipline	BIO/03
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction	Italian
Contents	Introduction to biology, origin of living organisms, living chemistry, living organisms organization.
Reference texts	Basic text: Sylvia S. Mader, Immagini e concetti della Biologia, Ed. Zanichelli
Educational objectives	Understanding the fundamental stages of the evolution and origin of organisms that have led to the present.
Prerequisites	The course provides alignment lessons on the topics discussed.
Teaching methods	Lectures, seminars on specific topics.
Learning verification modality	Oral examination and / or written test both in itinere and in the final.
Extended program	The great themes of biology: The origin of DNA, the origin of life. The origin of the cell. The prokaryotic cell: features. The eukaryotic cell: features The plant cell and animal differences. The main theories of biology: • Cellular Theory All cells originate from a cell. • Theory of genes • Evolutionary theory • Homeostasis theory • Ecosystem theory Cell division: crossing over (meiosis mitosis) Asexual (vegetative) and sexuate reproduction Ontogenetic cycles. The organization of living beings: unicellular, multicellular, troll, cormus (in plants) The different domains (bacteria, archaea, eucarya) and kingdoms of the living (protists, fungi, animals, plants)

MODULE ENVIRONMENTAL

Code	A000618
CFU	6
Teacher	Roberto Venanzoni
Teachers	Roberto Venanzoni
Hours	36 ore - Roberto Venanzoni
Learning activities	Caratterizzante
Area	Discipline biologiche ed ecologiche
Academic discipline	BIO/03
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction	Italian
Contents	Education-Environmental Information: Opening on the great past and present environmental issues that have affected and affect the entire terrestrial surface: Ozone hole, acid rain, climate change, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, deforestation, sustainable agriculture, food resources, land use, renewable and non-renewable resources, energy, waste, sustainable development, etc. Further Education Environmental Education: This part of the program seeks to address the issue of how environmental education can help mitigate changes through school education, thus enabling new generations to become more aware and aware of environmental issues: Examples of environmental education projects, CEAs (Environmental education centers).
Reference texts	Books and material provided by the teacher. Scientific literature, sitography.
Educational objectives	Knowledge and environmental education of the great past and present environmental issues that have affected and affect the entire terrestrial surface.
Prerequisites	The course provides alignment lessons on the topics discussed.
Teaching methods	Lectures, seminars on specific topics.
Other information
Learning verification modality	Oral examination and / or written test both in itinere and in the final.
Extended program	Environmental topics: Definition of Environment Definition of Ecosystem Definition of Biodiversity Definition of Agrobiodiversity and Agroecosystem Agenda 21: main goals in brief Definition of Ecology Greenhouse effect: in short causes and effects Definition of Sustainable Development Agenda 21: Definition Conservation of nature and its resources Ethical basics of Nature Conservation Sustainability and sustainable development: definitions Sustainability and sustainable development: examples The big problematics regarding energy: renewable and non-renewable sources Global changes Renewable and non-renewable resources Examples of global changes Sustainable development: what is meant for s.s.? Tokyo Conference: year and shortly the goals 5 Important Points for the Conservation of Earth's Resources at the Core of Sustainable Development Rio de Janeiro Conference: year and shortly the goals Kyoto Conference: year and shortly the goals Johannesbourg Conference: year and shortly the goals

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION WORKSHOP

Code	A000620
CFU	1
Teacher	Roberto Venanzoni
Teachers	Roberto Venanzoni
Hours	15 ore - Roberto Venanzoni
Learning activities	Caratterizzante
Area	Discipline biologiche ed ecologiche
Academic discipline	BIO/03
Type of study-unit	Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction	Italian
Contents	Criteria for the design of educational paths on the fundamental concepts of biological and environmental sciences.
Reference texts	Course notes. Texts of possible deepening: - Syllabus Attività Formativa PF24 - C. Longo, Didattica della Biologia, Ledizioni 2014
Educational objectives	Acquisition of the skills necessary for the design of educational paths for the teaching of biological and environmental sciences.
Prerequisites	-
Teaching methods	Lectures and discussion in the classroom and in the laboratory.
Other information
Learning verification modality	Written and oral examination.
Extended program	The scientific aspects will be taken care of and educational experiments will be carried out in the laboratory on some central themes of Biology. The plant cell, the unicellular, colonial, multicellular organisms, the tissues, organs and functions, plant reproduction.