本課程旨在培養學生科學探索的態度與能力，期望學生能夠用以探索未來的生活世界與解決所面臨的各種生活問題，舉凡文化、社會、政治與經濟等。所以此課程的講授主要不在介紹科學知識（What we know），而是使用有關脂肪與生命的科學知識做為工具，講述中帶領學生回到過去，想像參與科學家當時看到了什麼、問了什麼問題，經過怎樣的一個探索過程（How to know what we know），產生了現今的科學知識。學生若具備科學探索的素養，也能更有信心地面對各種生活中的偽科學，辨別是非、知道誰在胡說八道，而非盲目追求膚淺科學知識、崇拜權威。
我們可以使用不同的角度與方法探索生命問題，本課程則以西方現代生命科學的角度，藉由機械與化約的概念，解釋生命的各種表現，亦即生命特徵。主要介紹生命的物質基礎，組成生命的分子；導入能量的概念，說明這些分子如何經過新陳代謝，可以對抗大自然失序的傾向，而進行自我組裝形成結構，完成生命的生長與生殖。
脂肪是組成生命四種主要的分子（碳水化合物、蛋白質、核酸、脂肪）中與新陳代謝有關、做為能量來源的最主要分子。而脂肪作用的失控，將影響生命的運作，產生各種新陳代謝疾病，這也是目前社會面臨的主要健康問題之一。藉由脂肪引領學生認識生命、了解自己的身體，使學生能以正確態度，知道如何面對生活環境改變引發的肥胖健康問題，是本課程的實用性目標。而課程講述將採用問答方式，提出生活中脂肪相關有趣問題，引發與學生的互動交流，進而培養學生科學探索之態度與科學思考能力。
This course aims to cultivate students' attitudes and abilities in scientific exploration, and hopes that students can use it to explore the future living world and solve various life problems they face, including culture, society, politics and economy. Therefore, the teaching of this course is not mainly about introducing scientific knowledge (What we know), but using scientific knowledge about fat and life as a tool. During the narration, students are led back to the past and imagine what the participating scientists saw and what questions they asked at that time. , through what kind of exploration process (How to know what we know), today's scientific knowledge is produced. If students have the literacy of scientific exploration, they can also face various pseudosciences in life with more confidence, distinguish right from wrong, and know who is talking nonsense, instead of blindly pursuing superficial scientific knowledge and worshiping authority.
We can use different angles and methods to explore life issues. This course uses the perspective of modern Western life sciences to explain the various manifestations of life, that is, the characteristics of life, through the concepts of mechanics and reduction. It mainly introduces the material basis of life and the molecules that make up life; introduces the concept of energy and explains how these molecules can resist the tendency of disorder in nature through metabolism, self-assemble to form structures, and complete the growth and reproduction of life.
Fat is the most important molecule related to metabolism and used as an energy source among the four main molecules that make up life (carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, and fats). The out-of-control function of fat will affect the operation of life and produce various metabolic diseases. This is also one of the major health problems currently facing society. The practical goal of this course is to lead students to understand life and their own bodies through fat, so that students can have a correct attitude and know how to face obesity health problems caused by changes in the living environment. The course narration will use a question and answer method to raise interesting questions related to fat in life, triggering interactions with students, and then cultivating students' attitude towards scientific exploration and scientific thinking ability.
觀念生物學、李千毅譯，天下文化，2002。
Conceptual Biology, translated by Li Qianyi, Tianxia Culture, 2002.
| 評分項目 Grading Method | 配分比例 Grading percentage | 說明 Description |
|---|---|---|
| 課堂表現（含學生自主實作表現）課堂表現（含學生自主實作表現） Classroom performance (including student independent implementation performance) |
25 | |
| 期中考試期中考試 midterm exam |
35 | |
| 期末考試期末考試 final exam |
40 |
