Principles of Biology : Calendar

Semester Calendar

Week Number / Dates
Topic - Reading
Laboratory
 
Assignments
Homework due as indicated.
Lab Reports due as indicated.
Quizzes are given on Wednesdays.

1 / Aug 18, 20
The Science of Biology (Chapter 1), Aristotle

First Lecture - Origin of Life

Pasteur's Experiment

Plato's Cave - American University on Youtube
Component Model of Truth
Two Impossible Views and some Squirmy Thing
Epistemology Lab

 Write email to the instructor at bio1@bluetang.org, fill out profile form, take picture.
2 / Aug 25, 27
Introduction to Ecology (Readings 1, 2 and 3)
Science and Epistemology
Levels of Organization
- View an animation on the Levels of Organization (requires Flash Player)
Biomes - View the biome distrubution map and the a diagram relating water, temperature and biomes.
Lecture Notes (with diagrams) of the Global Circulation of Air and Water - This MS Word document should not be printed due to the large, dark-background image (a waste of ink). Delete (at least) that diagram before you print.
Biogeochemical Cycles from Wikipedia - Read about and look at the diagrams of three major cycles. Know the carbon cycle.
Ecological Communities and Biomes

 Homework 1  - Due  Monday

 Epistemology Lab

  Quiz 1- Study Guide
3 / Sep 3
The Nature of Molecules (Chapter 2)
Basic Chemistry - Quick Notes
View the animations and images on the Bio 91 site
Atoms and molecules
The Periodic Table of Elements
Periodic Table Showing Atomic Mass and Number
Chemical Bonds
ionic
covalent
hydrogen
The pH scale
Biomolecues
Basic Chemistry

 Homework 2 - Due Monday, Sept 8.

 Ecological Communities and Biomes Lab - Bring your papers to class on Wednesday, 9/3. The lab will be due on Monday, Sept. 8

 Quiz 2 - Study Guide. We will take Q2 on Wed. 9/3.

4 / Sep 8, 10
The Chemical Building Blocks of Life (Chapter 3)
Get registered in the online learning center!
Go to ARIS!
View the chemistry Images and Animations

Biomolecules
The following file is ~7 Megs, only download with a fast connection. It is a collection of illustrations from Chapter 3 in our text. Below this is a text file, a list of the illustrations used. I was going to use this in class Monday.
Power Point for Biomolecules
List of Illustrations from the text used in the Biomolecules file listed above.
Basic Techniques Lab

  Homework 2 - Due Monday, Sept 8.

  Ecological Communities and Biomes Lab (9/8)

 Basic Chemistry Lab (9/10)

 Quiz 3 - Study Guide
5 / Sep 15, 17
Cell Structure (Chapter 4)
Go to ARIS!
Power Point for Cell Structure (~8 Megs) - Please review before Monday.
List of Illustrations from the text used in Cell Structure power point.
Images and animations of the cell on yellowtang.org
Endosymbiotic Origin of Mitochondria and Chloroplasts (image)
Diffusion and Osmosis

 Basic Techniques Lab

 Quiz 4 - Study Guide
(2nd version)
6 / Sep 22, 24
Membranes (Chapter 5)
Go to ARIS!
Power Point for Chapter 5 (~7 Megs)
Images and animations of the cell on yellowtang.org
Enzymes

Homework 3 Workshop (2:15 p.m. Monday)

 Homework 3 - Due Wednesday, Sept. 24, beginning of class.

 Quiz 5 - Study Guide
7 / Sep 29, 1
Energy and Metabolism (Chapter 6)
 
Go to ARIS! -- See Enzyme and Metabolism Animations

Power Point for Chapter 6

Images and animations of the cell on yellowtang.org
Respiration

 Osmosis Lab (9/29)
 Homework 4 - Details are now posted.

 Quiz 6 - Study Guide
8 / Oct 6, 8
How Cells Harvest Energy (Chapter 7)

Power Point for Chapter 7

Go to ARIS!


Photosynthesis

 Enzyme Lab (10/6)

 Quiz 7 - Study Guide -- slightly revised !
9 / Oct 13, 15
Photosynthesis (Chapter 8)

Visit from Dr. Mulligan from HSU at 2:15 pm (10/13)

Power Point for Chapter 8
Drosophila I

 Respiration Lab (10/13)

 Homework 4 Details now posted. Due Wednesday

 Quiz 8 - Study Guide
10 / Oct 20, 22
How Cells Divide (Chapter 10)
Power Point for Chapter 10 - with text
Power Point for Chapter 10 - images only
Go to ARIS!
Web Links for Cell Division
Mitosis Lab:

Intro to Mitosis Slide Show
Whitefish Blastula, Onion Root

Photosynthesis Lab

 Quiz 9 - Study Guide

11 / Oct 27, 29
Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis (Chapter 11)
Power Point for Chapter 11
Go to ARIS!
Moss Life Cycle
Ulva Life Cycle
Web Links for Cell Division

Combined Class Data for Cell Cycle Timing
Meiosis Lab

  Quiz 10 - Study Guide

Note: Quiz Repair (due 11/12)

 
12 / Nov 3, 5
Patterns of Inheritance (Chapter 12)
Power Point - Genetics 1
Animations for Genetics

Life Cycles and Genetics

Drosophila
Sordaria
Halobacterium
 Mitosis Lab
  Quiz 11 - Study Guide
Note: Quiz Repair (due 11/12)
  Homework 5
13 / Nov 12
Chromosome, Mapping: and the Meiosis-Inheritance Connection (Chapter 13)
PKU Information Sheet

Power Point - Genetics 2

Power Point - Genetics 3
Mapping Chromosome Lab (Sordaria)
Drosophila
 No lab due this week

  Note: Quiz Repair Due (11/12)

 Quiz 12 - Study Guide


 Homework 6
14 / Nov 17, 19
DNA : The Genetic Material (Chapter 14)

Power Point - Chapter 13

Power Point - Chapter 14

Sickle Cell Anemia - the Big Picture

Go to ARIS!

Protein Separation
Drosophila
 No lab due this week

 Homework 8 (yes, I know, 7 should come before 8, but it doesn't!)  - Due Wednesday, Nov 19, late after that.

 Quiz 13 - Study Guide


15 / Nov 24, 26
Genes and How they Work (Chapter 15)

Power Point - Chapter 15

Go to ARIS!


 DNA Extraction

 Meiosis and Mapping Chromosome Lab
 Homework 7 - Due Monday, Nov. 24
See Three Point Cross Handout

 Homework 9 - Due Wednesday, Nov. 26
 Quiz 14 - Study Guide
16 / Dec 1, 3
Control of Gene Expression (Chapter 16)
Power Point - Chapters 16 and 17
 Individual Labs

 Protein Lab

 

 
17 / Dec 8, 10
Biotechnology (Chapter 17)

Technology Power Point

 Individual Labs
 DNA Lab

  End of Semester Quiz - Study Guide

 Homework 10
18 / Monday Dec 15, 1:00 pm
End of Semester Quiz