Aug 26

Introduction - Welcome & course overview; Introduction to the science of biology

1

Lab 1

Forensic study

Aug 28

UNIT 1: The Chemistry of Life.   Atoms, bonding & life (Atoms & molecules - online notes; General Chemistry Study Guide)

2

Sept 1

Water & pH  (Water & pH - online notes; Acid/base worksheet; Water Study Guide; Movie clips in Moodle)

3

Sept 3

Carbon chemistry (Biological polymers - online notes; Chemical Structures Worksheet - pdf)

4

Lab 2

Freshwater Organisms

Sept 8

Biological molecules - Life is polymeric (Biological Chemistry Study Guide; DNA Structure Concept Map (pdf); Carbohydrate Study Guide; Lipid & Membrane Study Guide

5

Sept 10

Sept 14

Lab 3

Isolation of mDNA

Sept 16

UNIT 2: Cells. The building blocks of life.  Cell structure & function (Cells - lecture Outline; Concept Map & answers; Bonus Assignment; Cell Study Guide)

6

Sept 18

Sept 22

EXAM 1

Lab 4

Tetrahymena starvation

Sept 24

Membranes and transport (Membranes - online notes; Spuds McSaupe Studies Membranes; Gink & Go Make Mayonnaise; Lipid & Membrane Study Guide; Diffusion & osmosis - online notes; Membrane Study Questions; Diffusion Study Guide)

7

Sept 28

Sept 30

UNIT 3:  Energetics and enzymes (Biological Energetics - online notes; Gink & Go are Mad as Hatters; Spuds McSaupe Plays with Peroxide; Enzyme Concept Map (pdf); Enzymes - online notes; Enzyme Study Guide)

8

Lab 5

Osmosis and diffusion

Oct 2

Oct 6

Respiration (Respiration - online notes; Gink & Go Play with Crayons; Diagram of glucose catabolism; More fun with crayons)

9

Oct 12

Lab 6

Enzyme activity

Oct 14

Photosynthesis (Photosynthesis - online notes; Photosynthesis classics; Concept Map & terms)

10

Oct 16

Oct 20

More Metabolism

Lab 7

Spectroscopy

Oct 22

EXAM 2

11

Oct 26

UNIT 4:  CELL DIVISION.  Cell cycle and mitosis (Mitosis and the cell cycle - online notes; Concept Map-pdf; Mitosis cell division pix & Questions; Study Guide)

12

Oct 28

Lab 8

Photosystem II

Oct 30

Meiosis (Cell division - meiosis - online notes; Meiosis cell division pix & Questions; Special Topic: Karyotypes)

13

Nov 3

UNIT 5:  GENETICS.   Mendelian genetics (Mendelian genetics - online notes; Single Gene Traits in Humans )

14

Nov 5

Lab 9

Mitosis, meiosis, PCR

Nov 9

Chromosomal basis of inheritance (Genetics Problems; Genetics Case Studies; Genetics Study Guide; Special Topic:  Time to be Corny)

15

Nov 11

Nov 13

EXAM 3

Lab 10

Electro-phoresis

Nov 17

DNA structure and replication (DNA - the molecule of inheritance -online notes; Study Guide for Molecular Genetics; DNA Structure Concept Map)

16

Nov 19

Nov 23

Transcription and translation (DNA replication - online notes; Transcription - online notes; Gink & Go in the Kitchen; Translation - online notes)

17

Lab 11

DNA sequencing

Nov 30

Dec 2

Regulation of gene expression.  (Primer on molecular mutations - online notes; Special Topic:  Molecular Biology of Blood Disorders & Human Sex Hormones

18

Dec 4

Lab 12

Sequence analysis

Dec 8

19

Dec 10

Final exam (#4)