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LECTURE SCHEDULE Spring 2011 |
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Lecture
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Topic |
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Unit I: What is Life?
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1 |
1/24 |
Welcome/
Scientific Method |
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2 |
1/26 |
Scientific
Method |
Chapter
1 |
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3 |
1/31 |
What
Does Life Require |
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4 |
2/2 |
What
Does Life Require (cont.) |
Chapter
2a |
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5 |
2/7 |
A
Tour of the Cell |
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6 |
2/9 |
Introduction
to metabolism |
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7 |
2/14 |
Introduction
to metabolism (cont.) |
Chapter
3 |
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Unit
II: Cell Biology
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8 |
2/16 |
Exam 1: Lectures 1-6 |
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9 |
2/21 |
Cellular
Respiration
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10 |
2/23 |
Photosynthesis
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11 |
2/28 |
DNA
Replication |
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12 |
3/2 |
The
Cell Cycle |
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13 |
3/7 |
Meiosis and Sexual Lifecycles
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Unit III: Genetics and Development |
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14 |
3/9 |
Exam 2: Lectures 8-12 |
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15 |
3/21 |
The
Inheritance Of Traits & |
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16 |
3/23 |
Mendelian
Genetics (cont.)
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Chapter
6 |
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17 |
3/28 |
Chromosomal
Basis of Inheritance
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18 |
3/30 |
Protein
Synthesis |
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19 |
4/4 |
Protein
Synthesis |
Chapter
8 |
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20 |
4/6 |
Exam
3: Lectures 14-19 |
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Unit IV: Evolution and Ecology |
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21 |
4/11 |
Principles
of Evolution |
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22 |
4/13 |
A Closer Look At Natural Selection |
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23 |
4/18 |
A Closer Look At Natural Selection (cont.) |
Chapter
10,11 |
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24 |
4/20 |
The Diversity of Life
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25 |
4/25 |
Population Ecology |
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26 |
4/27 |
Ecosystem
Ecology: Biodiversity
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Thanksgiving
Recess |
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27 |
5/2 |
Ecosystem
Ecology: Climates & Biomes |
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28 |
5/4 |
Ecosystem
Ecology: |
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29 |
5/9 |
Wrap
Up/ Review |
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30 |
5/11 |
Exam
4: Lectures 21-28
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