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| Dates | Week and Topic |
BEGIN Mon., Aug. 24 END Sun., Aug. 30 |
Week 1 -- Orientation |
BEGIN Mon., Aug. 31 END Tues., Sept. 8 |
Week 2, Chapter 1 -- Can Science Cure the Common Cold? Intro to the Scientific Method (Chapter 1) |
BEGIN Tues., Sept. 8 END Mon., Sept. 14 |
Week 3, Chapter 2 -- Are We Alone in the Universe? Water, Biochemistry, and Cells (Chapter 2) |
BEGIN Mon., Sept. 14 END Mon., Sept. 21 |
Week 4, Chapter 3 -- Diet: Cells and Metabolism (Chapter 3) |
BEGIN Mon., Sept. 21 END Mon., Sept. 28 |
Week 5, Chapter 4 -- Life in the Greenhouse: Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration, and Global Warming (Chapter 4) |
BEGIN Mon., Sept. 28 END Tues., Oct. 6 |
Week 6, Chapter 12 --
Prospecting for Biological Gold: Biodiversity and Classification (Chapter
12) |
BEGIN Mon., Oct. 5 END Mon., Oct. 12 |
Week 7, Chapter 5 -- Cancer: DNA Synthesis, Mitosis, and Meiosis (Chapter 5) |
BEGIN Mon., Oct. 12 END Mon., Oct. 19 |
Week 8, Chapter 6 -- Are You Only as Smart as Your Genes? Mendelian and Quantitative Genetics (Chapter 6) |
BEGIN Mon., Oct. 19 END Mon., Oct. 26 |
Week 9, Chapter 7 -- DNA Detective: Complex Patterns of Inheritance and DNA Fingerprinting (Chapter 7) |
BEGIN Mon., Oct. 26 END Tues., Nov. 3 |
Week 10, Chapter 8 --
Genetically Modified Organisms: Gene Expression, Mutation, and Cloning (Chapter 8) |
BEGIN Mon., Nov. 2 END Mon., Nov. 9 |
Week 11, Chapter 9 -- Where Did We Come From? The Evidence for Evolution (Chapter 9) |
BEGIN Mon., Nov. 9 END Mon., Nov. 16 |
Week 12, Chapter 10 -- An Evolving Enemy: Natural Selection (Chapter 10) |
BEGIN Mon., Nov. 16 END Tues., Nov. 24 |
Week 13, Chapter 11
-- Who Am I? Species and Races (Chapter 11) *END OF UNIT* |
BEGIN Mon., Nov. 30 END Mon., Dec. 7 |
Week 14, Chapter 13
-- Is the Human Population Too Large? Population Ecology (Chapter 13) |
BEGIN Mon., Dec. 7 END Tues., Dec. 15 |
Week 15, Chapter 14
-- Conserving Biodiversity: Community and Ecosystem Ecology (Chapter 14) |
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Contemporary Issues in Biology -- BIOL 1003 |
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