Week

Date

Topic

Exercise

1

Sept. 9

Scientific Inquiry

1

2

Sept. 16

Tools for Scientific Inquiry

A

3

Sept. 23

pH and Buffers,

2

4

Sept. 30

Microscope, Quiz 1 (Labs 1, A, 2)

4

5

Oct. 7

Macromolecules

3

6

Oct. 14

Enzymes

5

7

Oct. 21

Respiration, Quiz 2 (Labs 3-5)

6

8

Oct. 28

Photosynthesis

7

9

Nov. 4

Mitosis and Meiosis

Lab Pack

10

Nov. 11

Genetics 1 & 2, Quiz 3 (Labs 6, 7, Lab Pack)

Lab Pack

11

Nov. 18

TBA (no lab meeting)

12

Nov. 25

Thanksgiving Holiday

13

Dec. 2

Digestion

14

14

Dec. 9

Fruit and Flowers

18

15

Dec. 16

Lab Final Exam (during your regular lab meeting)

Week

Date (Th/Sat)

Topic

Reading

1

Sept. 7

Introduction – Study of Life

Ch. 1

Sept. 9

The Chemical Basis of Life

Ch. 2

2

Sept. 14

The Molecules of Cells

Ch. 3

Sept. 16

A Tour of the Cell

Ch. 4

3

Sept. 21

Midterm 1 (Ch. 1-4)

Sept. 23

The Working Cell

Ch. 5

4

Sept. 28/30

How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy

Ch. 6

5

Oct. 5/7

Photosynthesis

Ch. 7

6

Oct. 12

Midterm 2 (Ch. 5-7)

Oct. 14

The Cellular Basis of Reproduction & Inheritance

Ch. 8

7

Oct. 19/21

Patterns of Inheritance

Ch. 9

8

Oct. 26

Molecular Biology of the Gene

Ch. 10

Oct. 28

Midterm 3 (Ch. 8-10)

9

Nov. 2

Darwinian Evolution

Ch. 13

Nov. 4

Communities and Ecosystems

Ch. 34

10

Nov. 9/11

Plant Evolution and Diversity

Ch. 17

11

Nov. 16

Conservation Biology
Extra Credit assignments are due Nov. 16

Ch. 38

Nov. 18

TBA (no lecture meeting)

12

Nov. 23/25

Thanksgiving Holiday

13

Nov. 30

FINAL EXAM (cumulative)

Dec. 2

TBA

14

Dec. 7/9

TBA

15

Dec. 14/16

TBA