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NS 1011B: Introduction to Biology: Cells and Organisms
Spring '08 Syllabus: Calendar
Dr. Cindy Tolman, Instructor
Office: FAB 417, phone ext. 1640
Office Hours: Tu 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm and Th
10:30 am - 12:00 pm, FAB 417, or by appointment
Text: The Living World: Basic Concepts, George B. Johnson, McGraw-Hill, 2006.
M, W, F 3:00 - 4:15 pm, FAB 408
Lab meets Tu 1:35 - 3:50 pm, FAB 408
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Topics: Energy Production and Use: Photosynthesis and Respiration Cell Division: Mitosis and Meiosis |
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January
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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NO CLASSES: Martin Luther King Day |
22 Office Hours |
23 Introduction What is Science? |
24 Lab: "Practicing Inquiry" |
25
Induction
vs. deduction Case Study: "Death in a Viennese Maternity Ward" |
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What is life? Properties of Living Things Debate: Are viruses alive? |
29 Office Hours: Workshop: Reading scientific textbooks, learning scientific vocabulary; Paraphrasing, not plagiarising |
Biochemistry Introduction to chemistry: atoms, ions, bonds, molecules "Chemistry Made Easy" kits |
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February
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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1 Class cancelled due to weather |
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Water chemistry
Biochemistry: Macromolecules |
5 Office Hours Workshop: Writing lab reports |
6 Biochemistry: Functional groups Proteins |
7 Lab: Designing experiments: Packing peanuts continued |
8 Biochemistry: Protein models Nucleic Acids DNA models |
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Carbohydrates Lipids
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12 Office Hours: Workshop: Test Review 1 |
13 Classes Canceled due to weather |
14 Structure/function relationships Tree map of macromolecules |
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NO CLASSES Long Weekend |
19 Office Hours: Workshop: Writing lab reports |
20 Cells Intro to cells: cell size, surface-to-volume ratio Membranes: Lipid bilayers |
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22 Classes Canceled due to weather |
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Prokaryotes Eukaryotic cell structure: Cell Tour (Group one) Membrane transport |
26 Office Hours
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Prokaryotes Eukaryotic cell structure:
Cell Tour (Group two) Membrane diagrams Membrane transport |
28 Lab: Microscope lab |
29 NO CLASSES: Family Weekend |
March
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Cell quiz: labeling and matching Enzyme reactions ATP
Assign Cell Model/Brochure |
4 No Office Hours: Town Meeting |
Photosynthesis: light dependent reactions "Chloroplast ballroom" |
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7 Photosynthesis: light independent reactions Flow map of photosynthesis |
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Respiration: Glycolysis Kreb's Cycle Oxidative phosphorylation Flow map of respiration |
11 Office Hours: Workshop: Test Review 2 |
12 Photosynthesis and Respiration compared "Double Bubble" map of photosynthesis and respiration |
13 Lab: Photosynthesis |
14 NO CLASS Spring Break Starts |
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17 NO |
18 CLASSES |
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20 SPRING |
21 BREAK |
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Cell division Why cells divide Mitosis Cell cycle role play |
25 Office Hours |
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27 NO LAB Instructor at conference |
28 NO CLASS Instructor at conference |
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31 Week 10 details Lab: Mitosis |
April
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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1 Office Hours |
2 Meiosis |
3 Biochemistry: Nucleic Acids DNA replication Gene expression: transcription The Genetic Code |
4 Translation |
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Mutations Gene Technology |
8 Office Hours: |
Ethics Assign Position Paper |
10 Genetics Intro. to Genetics activity |
11 Genetics problems |
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14 Week 12 details
Lab: Blood typing
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15 Office Hours: Test review
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16 Genetics Problems |
17 Chromosomes and karyotypes Human genetic disorders |
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NO Classes Long Weekend |
22 Office Hours
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Evolution Discussion: Science and Religion Evidence for evolution: Video Assign Evolution Time Line Position Paper due |
24 Lab: Mussel Beach |
25 Darwin Natural Selection Hardy-Weinberg rule: Allele frequency changes Assign Case Studies |
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28 Week 14 details Types of selection Biological Species concept Time lines due |
29 Office Hours
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30 Case Study: "As the Worm Turns" Hand-out Final Exam |
May
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Wednesday |
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1 Lab: Human Evolution |
2 Student presentations: evolution case studies |
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5 Reading Day |
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7 Final Exam Due |
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