Lecture Schedule Fall 2009

Lectures 3:00 - 3:50 MWF Chem 200

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DAY

DATE

LECTURER

CHAPTER and GENERAL TOPIC

W

9-Sep

Shannon, Bates

Introduction to General Biology II

Ch 27: Phylogenetics Read pp (pp 543-548)

F

11-Sep

Shannon

Diversity of Life  Read Chapters 1(pp 7-10), 28 (pp 566-567), 29 (pp 593-594, 600-601, 603-605)

M

14-Sep

Shannon

Ch 32: Introduction to Animals

W

16-Sep

Shannon

Ch 32: Introduction to Animals

F

18-Sep

Shannon

Ch 32: Themes of Animal Diversification

M

21-Sep

Shannon

Ch 41: Animal Form and Function

W

23-Sep

Shannon

Ch 41: Homeostasis,  Thermal Regulation

F

25-Sep

Shannon

Ch 41: Online Lecture: QuickTime or Flash versions

M

28-Sep

Shannon

Ch 42: Osmoregulation in Animals

Active Transport Animations

W

30-Sep

Shannon

Ch 42: Kidney Structure and Function

F

2-Oct

Shannon

Kidney Lecture:  Flash or Quicktime versions

Exam Study Guide: Flash or Quicktime versions

Practice Questions

M

5-Oct

Shannon

Exam 1

W

7-Oct

Shannon

Ch 43: Animal Nutrition

F

9-Oct

Shannon

Ch 43: Digestion and Absorption

M

12-Oct

Shannon

Ch 44: Gas Exchange

W

14-Oct

Shannon

Ch 44: Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport

F

16-Oct

Shannon

Ch 44: Circulatory Systems

M

19-Oct

Shannon

Ch 44: Circulatory Systems

W

21-Oct

Shannon

Ch 45:  Electrical Signaling in Animals;  Action Potentials

F

23-Oct

Shannon

Ch 45: Synapses and Neurotransmitters

M

26-Oct

Shannon

1.Review

2.Practice Exam Questions

W

28-Oct

Shannon

Exam 2

F

30-Oct

Bates

Ch 28-29: Prokaryotes and Protists

pp. 566-575,579-581, 593-594, and 603-612: Reading guide

M

2-Nov

Bates

Ch 31: Fungi

pp. 664-670, 677-679: Reading guide

W

4-Nov

Bates

Ch 30: Green Plants (& Start Ch 36, time permitting)

pp. 626-632, 636-641: Reading guide

F

6-Nov

Bates

Ch 36: Introduction to plant structure (pp. 791-799)

M

9-Nov

Bates

Ch 36: Primary and Secondary Plant Growth (pp. 800-810)

W

11-Nov

Bates

Ch 37: Water transport (pp. 813-828)

F

13-Nov

Bates

Ch 37: Phloem transport (pp. 828-834)

M

16-Nov

Bates

Ch 38: Plant nutrition (entire chapter)

W

18-Nov

Bates

Ch 19 : Plant biotechnology(pp. 409-413)

F

20-Nov

Bates

Review    

M

23-Nov

Bates

Exam 3

W

25-Nov

Bates

Ch 39: Plant sensory systems, signals, & responses

(pp. 857-882)

F

27-Nov

 

Thanksgiving Holiday

M

30-Nov

Bates

Ch 40: Plant reproduction

W

2-Dec

Bates

Ch 40: Plant reproduction

F

4-Dec

Bates

Ch 50: Introduction to Ecology

M

7-Dec

Bates

Ch 52: Population Ecology

W

9-Dec

Bates

Ch 53: Community Ecology

F

11-Dec

Bates

Ch 53: Community Ecology

M

14-Dec

Bates

Ch 54: Ecosystems

W

16-Dec

Bates

Review

Th

17-Dec

Bates

Final Exam 8:00 - 9:55AM 

*TEXT:  Freeman, S. 2008. Biological Science, 3rd ed. Pearson Benjamin Cummings.



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