Tentative Course Schedule
Tentative course schedule
Readings, topics, and due dates for the semester. If this schedule needs to change, I will send a course announcement.
- Labs and lab exams due on your lab day
- Lecture exams are due on the lecture day
- All assignments are open until the unit close date unless noted in italics (surveys and self assessments)
| Week | Date | Lecture Topics | Labs |
| 1 | |||
| 18-Jan | Introduction |
Understanding Science and 5 Second Rule
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| 2 | 23-Jan | Chemistry |
Understanding Science and 5 Second Rule
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| 25-Jan | Proteins- enzymes | 5 Sec Rule and Water I | |
| 3 | 30-Jan | Membranes | 5 Sec Rule and Water I |
| 1-Feb | Exam: Through Enzymes | Enzymes | |
| 4 | 6-Feb | Cell Structures | Enzymes- |
| 8-Feb | Cell Respiration | Water II & Microscope I | |
| 5 | 13-Feb | Cell Respiration | Water II & Microscope I |
| 15-Feb | Review | Microscope II | |
| 6 | 20-Feb | President's Day | no lab |
| 22-Feb | Exam - membranes & cell resp & structures | Microscope II | |
| 7 | 27-Feb | Molecular Genetics | Lab exam |
| 1-Mar | Molecular Genetics | Lab exam | |
| 8 | 6-Mar | Genetics | Mitosis |
| 8-Mar | Genetics | Mitosis | |
| 9 | 13-Mar | Evolution | Meiosis |
| 15-Mar | Evolution | Meiosis | |
| 10 | 20-Mar | Spring Break | |
| 22-Mar | Spring Break | ||
| 11 | 27-Mar | photosynthesis | Evolution |
| 28-Mar | photosynthesis | Evolution | |
| 12 | 3-Apr | Plants |
Lecture and lab exam: Molecular Genetics through Evolution
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| 5-Apr | Plants |
Lecture and lab exam: Molecular Genetics through Evolution
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| 13 | 10-Apr | Digestion | Diabetes |
| 12-Apr | Digestion | Diabetes | |
| 14 | 17-Apr | Immune | Plants |
| 19-Apr | Immune | Plants | |
| 15 | 24-Apr | Ecosystems | Covid |
| 26-Apr | Exam: Plants through Immune System | Covid | |
| 16 | 1-May | Ecosystems. | Fieldtrip |
| 3-May | Community Ecology | ||
| 17 | 8-May | Community ecology | Fieldtrip Data Analysis and Write Up |
| 10-May | population biology | ||
| 18 | 15-May | Population Biology | Climate Change |
| 17-May | Review | Climate Change | |
| May 24 | 10AM Final- & Ecology Exam | ||