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TENTATIVE SYLLABUS - Spring 2009

Cycle Date Topic Chap1 Lab
I Jan 12(M) Introduction.  Unit 1:  Form & Function.  General principles. Surface/Volume ratios - (online notes);  Study Guide; homework in Moodle 40 (pp 852-855, 868-872) Surface to volume ratios
14 (W) Plant structure & function - online notes; study guide (for a general discussion of the "Plant way of life" check out my online notes and study guide; these are not on the exam) 35
16 (F) More plant structure/function - woody stems; growth & meristems (online notes; Gink & Go at the Playground)  
II 20 (T) Animal structure & function (online notes; study guide; Concept map terms) 40 Fast Plants
22 (Th) More animal structure & function   Unit 2:  Homeostasis - General principles.  Thermoregulation (online notes; Gink & Go at the Ski Resort - this is an 'older' version, updated given in class)  
26 (M) Unit 3:  Nutrition.  General principles.  Animal nutrient processing & acquisition (online notes; ulcer case study; quiz; Square Dude gif; The Dude meets reality; study guide) 41
III 28 (W) More animal nutrition; diet   Fetal pig dissection
30 (F) Plant nutrient acquisition & processing (Study Guide) 37
Feb 3 (T) Exam 1 (Form to diet)  
IV 5 (Th) Unit 4:  Gas Exchange & Transport.  General principles.  Gas exchange & circulation in animals - gills & lungs (online notes; Gink & Go Climb a Mountain; Study Guide) 42 fetal pig dissection
9 (M) Animal transport - blood & circulatory systems (online notes; Study Guide; Quiz)  
11 (W) More animal transport - the heart  
V 13 (F) Plant transport - Water potential.  Stomata & gas exchange in plants (Spuds demo from 121) 36 Fetal pig practical
17 (T) Water (xylem) & organics (phloem) (online notes; Gink & Go at the Malt Shop; Case study; Study Guide)  
19 (Th) Unit 5:  Electrical Signaling.  General principles.  Action potentials (online notes; Gink & Go talk about bank accounts; Study Guide; Neuron matching; Neuron Quiz ) 48
VI 23 (M) Action potentials   Metabolism
25 (W) Vertebrate nervous system (online notes; Brain video questions) 49
27 (F) Exam 2 (Nutrients to potentials)  
28-8 Spring Break  
VII Mar 10 (T) Unit 6:  Sensing the Environment.  General principles.  Animals sensory systems (online notes; Gink & Go Take Pictures; Sensory system questions; Grasshopper Dude) 50.1-4 ECG
12 (Th) More animal sensing  
16 (M) Unit 7:  Movement.  Muscles (online notes; quiz given in class) 50.5-6
VIII 18 (W) More muscles & skeletal systems   Maple syrup
20 (F) Plant sensory systems (online notes) 39.3-4
24 (T) Unit 8:  Chemical Signals.  General principles.  Animal hormones (online notes; plant hormone case study; animal hormone case study).  45
IX 26 (Th) More animal hormones   EMG
30 (M) Plant hormones (seed germination questions) 36
Apr 1 (W) Exam 3 (Muscles to hormones)  
X 3 (F) Homeostasis:  Osmoregulation & electrolyte balance (online notes; Gink & Go Make Bread) 44 RCBr paper
7 (T) Unit 9:  Reproduction.  General principles (online notes). Plant reproduction (on line notes; Gink & Go and the Botanical Birds and Bees) 38
9-13 Easter Break  
14 (T) More plant sex  
XI 16 (Th) Animal reproduction (on line notes; Gink & Go Talk About Reproduction; NFP Exercise) 46 Malphigian tubules
20 (M) More animal sex  
22 (W) Scholarship Day  
23 (Th) Unit 10:  Defense Mechanisms.  General principles.  Animal immune system (online notes) 43
XII 27 (M) More immune   Pollen tube development
29 (W) Plant defenses 39.5
May 1 (F) Wrap up & Review for Final Exam  
  4 (T) Study Day    
  6 (W) FINAL EXAM (#4): 3:30 - 5:30 PM; Defenses to reproduction & Comprehensive; PETER ENGEL 369    

1Campbell & Reece (2008) Biology

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