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| Syllabus |
| Below is the lecture schedule. See the full schedule for a complete list of labs, holidays, and other assignment dates. |
| Wed
01/20 |
Chapter 1 The Science of Biology |
| Fri
01/22 |
Chapter 3 The Chemistry of Life
Chapter 3 xtra credit Will low-fat foods sway biotech sceptics? New Scientist 3/19/05
Chapter 3 xtra credit A Better French Fry New York Times 8/18/05 |
| Mon
01/25 |
Chapter 3 The Chemistry of Life
Chapter 3 xtra credit Will low-fat foods sway biotech sceptics? New Scientist 3/19/05
Chapter 3 xtra credit A Better French Fry New York Times 8/18/05 |
| Wed
01/27 |
Chapter 4 Molecules of Life |
| Fri
01/29 |
Chapter 4 Molecules of Life |
| Mon
02/01 |
Chapter 5 Cells
Chapter 5 xtra credit Reverse Osmosis Moves Forward. Environmental Health Perspectives Jan 2005 |
| Wed
02/03 |
Chapter 6 Energy and Life |
| Fri
02/05 |
Chapter 6 Energy and Life |
| Mon
02/08 |
TEST 1; chaps 1,3,4,5,6 (SRC ???) |
| Wed
02/10 |
Chapter 7 Photosynthesis: Acquiring Energy from the Sun
Chapter 7 xtra credit A Prayerbook's Secret: Archimedes Lies Beneath NPR 7/27/06 |
| Fri
02/12 |
Chapter 7 Photosynthesis: Acquiring Energy from the Sun
Chapter 7 xtra credit A Prayerbook's Secret: Archimedes Lies Beneath NPR 7/27/06 |
| Mon
02/15 |
Chapter 8 How Cells Harvest Energy from Food |
| Wed
02/17 |
Chapter 8 How Cells Harvest Energy from Food |
| Fri
02/19 |
Chapter 9 Mitosis
Chapter 9 xtra credit Ear today, gone tomorrow? USA Today 6/19/03 |
| Mon
02/22 |
Chapter 9 Mitosis
Chapter 9 xtra credit Ear today, gone tomorrow? USA Today 6/19/03 |
| Wed
02/24 |
Chapter 10 Meiosis
Chapter 10 xtra credit Are Males Genetically Doomed? Futurist Mar/Apr 05
Chapter 10 xtra credit The XX Brain and the XY Brain Psychiatric Times Aug 05 |
| Mon
03/01 |
Chapter 10 Meiosis
Chapter 10 xtra credit Are Males Genetically Doomed? Futurist Mar/Apr 05
Chapter 10 xtra credit The XX Brain and the XY Brain Psychiatric Times Aug 05 |
| Tue
03/02 |
Chapter 11 Foundations of Genetics
Chapter 11 xtra credit Huntington's Disease National Institutes of Health Human Gene Map
Chapter 11 xtra credit A Sweet Remedy for Huntington's? New Scientist 1/21/04
Chapter 11 xtra credit Baby Mix-Up Times Online 10/10/07 |
| Wed
03/03 |
LAB EXAM 1 (SRC xxxx) |
| Thu
03/04 |
Chapter 11 Foundations of Genetics
Chapter 11 xtra credit Huntington's Disease National Institutes of Health Human Gene Map
Chapter 11 xtra credit A Sweet Remedy for Huntington's? New Scientist 1/21/04
Chapter 11 xtra credit Baby Mix-Up Times Online 10/10/07 |
| Fri
03/05 |
Chapter 11 Foundations of Genetics
Chapter 11 xtra credit Huntington's Disease National Institutes of Health Human Gene Map
Chapter 11 xtra credit A Sweet Remedy for Huntington's? New Scientist 1/21/04
Chapter 11 xtra credit Baby Mix-Up Times Online 10/10/07 |
| Mon
03/08 |
TEST 2; chaps 7,8,9,10,11 (SRC ???) |
| Wed
03/10 |
Chapter 12 DNA: The Genetic Material |
| Fri
03/12 |
Chapter 12 DNA: The Genetic Material |
| Mon
03/15 |
Chapter 13 How Genes Work |
| Wed
03/17 |
Chapter 13 How Genes Work |
| Fri
03/19 |
Chapter 14 Gene Technology
Chapter 14 xtra credit Mosquito with glowing gonads to help battle malaria Science News 10/10/05
Chapter 14 xtra credit Roundup Ready Corn Versus Roundup Ready Weeds U of Illinois extension 2/13/06 |
| Mon
03/22 |
Chapter 14 Gene Technology
Chapter 14 xtra credit Mosquito with glowing gonads to help battle malaria Science News 10/10/05
Chapter 14 xtra credit Roundup Ready Corn Versus Roundup Ready Weeds U of Illinois extension 2/13/06 |
| Wed
03/24 |
Chapter 16 The Revolution in Cell Technology |
| Fri
03/26 |
Chapter 18 How We Name Living Things
Chapter 18 xtra credit Birds that make teeth EurekAlert 2/21/06
Chapter 18 xtra credit NZ flatulence tax outrages farmers BBC News 6/20/03
Chapter 18 xtra credit Cow Power Could Generate Electricity For Millions ScienceDaily 7/25/08 |
| Mon
04/05 |
Chapter 2 Evolution and Ecology
Chapter 2 xtra credit Did Darwin get it wrong? Searching for the ancestor of Darwin's finches On Science 2005
Chapter 2 xtra credit Origin and Evolutionary Relationships of Giant Galápagos Tortoises PNAS 11/9/99
Chapter 2 xtra credit New Twist on Origin of Human Species PhysOrg.com 5/17/06 |
| Wed
04/07 |
Chapter 17 Evolution and Natural Selection
Chapter 17 xtra credit What is a molecular clock? PhysOrg.com 11/20/08
Chapter 17 xtra credit Survival of the Weak and Scrawny Newsweek 1/12/09
Chapter 17 xtra credit First Chimp Fossils Found; Humans Were Neighbors National Geographic News 8/31/05 |
| Fri
04/09 |
Chapter 17 Evolution and Natural Selection
Chapter 17 xtra credit What is a molecular clock? PhysOrg.com 11/20/08
Chapter 17 xtra credit Survival of the Weak and Scrawny Newsweek 1/12/09
Chapter 17 xtra credit First Chimp Fossils Found; Humans Were Neighbors National Geographic News 8/31/05 |
| Mon
04/12 |
TEST 3; chaps 2,12,13,14,16,17,18 (SRC ???) |
| Wed
04/14 |
Chapter 18 How We Name Living Things
Chapter 18 xtra credit Birds that make teeth EurekAlert 2/21/06
Chapter 18 xtra credit NZ flatulence tax outrages farmers BBC News 6/20/03
Chapter 18 xtra credit Cow Power Could Generate Electricity For Millions ScienceDaily 7/25/08 |
| Fri
04/16 |
Chapter 18 How We Name Living Things
Chapter 18 xtra credit Birds that make teeth EurekAlert 2/21/06
Chapter 18 xtra credit NZ flatulence tax outrages farmers BBC News 6/20/03
Chapter 18 xtra credit Cow Power Could Generate Electricity For Millions ScienceDaily 7/25/08 |
| Mon
04/19 |
Chapter 36 Reproduction and Development
Chapter 36 xtra credit Amphiprion ocellaris, Clown Anemonefish: protandrous hermaphroditism MarineBio
Chapter 36 xtra credit Social hierarchies: Size and growth modification in clownfish Nature 7/10/03 |
| Tue
04/20 |
Chapter 36 Reproduction and Development
Chapter 36 xtra credit Amphiprion ocellaris, Clown Anemonefish: protandrous hermaphroditism MarineBio
Chapter 36 xtra credit Social hierarchies: Size and growth modification in clownfish Nature 7/10/03 |
| Wed
04/21 |
LAB EXAM 2 (SRC xxxx) |
| Thu
04/22 |
Chapter 36 Reproduction and Development
Chapter 36 xtra credit Amphiprion ocellaris, Clown Anemonefish: protandrous hermaphroditism MarineBio
Chapter 36 xtra credit Social hierarchies: Size and growth modification in clownfish Nature 7/10/03 |
| Fri
04/23 |
Chapter 37 Populations and Communities
Chapter 37 xtra credit The Great Locust Mystery Colorado Millennium 2000 6/22/99
Chapter 37 xtra credit Intracellular symbioses in insects U. of York
Chapter 37 xtra credit Poison From Frog Skin Leads to a Painkiller NY Times 1/2/98 |
| Mon
04/26 |
Chapter 37 Populations and Communities
Chapter 37 xtra credit The Great Locust Mystery Colorado Millennium 2000 6/22/99
Chapter 37 xtra credit Intracellular symbioses in insects U. of York
Chapter 37 xtra credit Poison From Frog Skin Leads to a Painkiller NY Times 1/2/98 |
| Tue
04/27 |
Team Presentations |
| Wed
04/28 |
Chapter 38 Ecosystems |
| Thu
04/29 |
Team Presentations |
| Fri
04/30 |
Chapter 38 Ecosystems |
| Mon
05/03 |
Chapter 39 Behavior and the Environment
Chapter 39 xtra credit Waggle Dance Controversy Resolved By Radar ScienceDaily 5/12/05
Chapter 39 xtra credit As Autumn Approaches, This Chickadee's Brain Begins To Expand ScienceDaily 9/12/03
Chapter 39 xtra credit Reduce Fear of Flying Behavioral Associates 1/18/03 |
| Wed
05/05 |
Chapter 39 Behavior and the Environment
Chapter 39 xtra credit Waggle Dance Controversy Resolved By Radar ScienceDaily 5/12/05
Chapter 39 xtra credit As Autumn Approaches, This Chickadee's Brain Begins To Expand ScienceDaily 9/12/03
Chapter 39 xtra credit Reduce Fear of Flying Behavioral Associates 1/18/03 |
| Fri
05/07 |
Chapter 40 How Humans Influence the Living World
Chapter 40 xtra credit The Story of the Stephens Island Wren BBC 6/2/06
Chapter 40 xtra credit Shipwreck Rat Fears For St Kilda Birds Scottish Daily Record 2/2/08
Chapter 40 xtra credit Ecological Footprint Calculator Best Foot Forward |
| Mon
05/10 |
TEST 4; chaps 18,36,37,38,39,40 (SRC ???) |
