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Dates Week and Topic

BEGIN Tues., Jan. 17

END Sun., Jan. 22

 Week 1 -- Orientation

BEGIN Tues., Jan. 24

END Mon., Jan. 30

 Week 2, Chapter 1 -- Can Science Cure the Common Cold? Intro to the Scientific Method

BEGIN Tues., Jan. 31

END Mon., Feb. 6

 Week 3, Chapter 2 -- Are We Alone in the Universe? Water, Biochemistry, and Cells

BEGIN Tues., Feb. 7

END Mon., Feb. 13

 Week 4, Chapter 3 -- Diet: Cells and Metabolism

BEGIN Tues., Feb. 14

END Mon., Feb. 20

 Week 5, Chapter 4 -- Life in the Greenhouse: Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration, and Global Warming

BEGIN Tues., Feb. 21

END Tues., Feb. 28

Week 6, Chapter 12 -- Prospecting for Biological Gold: Biodiversity and Classification
*END OF UNIT*

BEGIN Tues., Feb. 28

END Mon., March 5

Week 7, Chapter 13 -- Is the Human Population Too Large? Population Ecology

BEGIN Tues., March 6

END Tues., March 13

Week 8, Chapter 14 -- Conserving Biodiversity: Community and Ecosystem Ecology
*END OF UNIT*

BEGIN Mon., March 12

END Fri., March 16

Week 9, Chapter 5 -- Cancer: DNA Synthesis, Mitosis, and Meiosis
NOTE the special pre-spring break dates!

BEGIN Tues., March 27

END Mon., April 2

Week 10, Chapter 6 -- Are You Only as Smart as Your Genes? Mendelian and Quantitative Genetics

BEGIN Tues., April 3

END Mon., April 9

 Week 11, Chapter 7 -- DNA Detective: Complex Patterns of Inheritance and DNA Fingerprinting

BEGIN Tues., April 10

END Tues., April 17

 Week 12, Chapter 8 -- Genetically Modified Organisms: Gene Expression, Mutation, and Cloning
*END OF UNIT*

BEGIN Tues., April 17

END Mon., April 23

 Week 13, Chapter 9 -- Where Did We Come From? The Evidence for Evolution

BEGIN Tues., April 24

END Mon., April 30

 Week 14, Chapter 10 -- An Evolving Enemy: Natural Selection

BEGIN Tues., May 1

END Tues., May 8

Week 15, Chapter 11 -- Who Am I? Species and Races
 *END OF UNIT* and *END OF CLASS*

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