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. 2017 Summer;16(2):ar24. doi: 10.1187/cbe.16-10-0300

Table 7.

Sample conceptual elements inventory for mapping core concept coverage across a curriculuma

Conceptual element courses: Intro Bio I Intro Bio II Molecular Biology Physiology Ecology …
IFES1: Information exists in many forms and is relayed within and across biological molecules, cells, tissues, organisms, populations, and ecosystems.

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem
IFES2: Genetic information is stored in nucleic acids (DNA and RNA); epigenetic information is stored in proteins that associate with DNA and in reversible DNA modifications.

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem
IFES3: The process of protein synthesis results from the flow of genetic information through various pathways.

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem
IFES4: Information from the environment regulates protein synthesis and activity, which control cellular processes and thereby organismal and population-level activity.

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem
IFES5: Organisms transmit genes and epigenetic information to their offspring.

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

  • □ cell/molec

  • □ organismal

  • □ ecosystem

aDepartments can use tables like this one to tally the results submitted by instructors of individual courses to create a map of core concept coverage for their curriculum.