Biology 11 Section 3 Mon Wed Fri 10-11 Manning Hall room 209 Albert Harris
Office Fordham Hall room 403 Office Hours MWF 11-12 Friday 2-5
Textbook: Fourth edition "Biology : Concepts and Connections" By Campbell, Reece, Mitchell etc.
 

EXAMS 3 hour exams; 1 final (3 hours)
You can drop the lowest grade of the 3 hour exams, and then count the final as 50%;
or if your final exam turns out to be your lowest grade, then final counts 40%

1) Wed. Aug. 31Kinds of living things: bacteria, archaea, plants, algae, fungi, animals: Chapter 1,web page
2) Fri. Sept. 2 Biological ChemistryRead Chapter 2 in the textbook, web page
3) Mon. Sept. 5 Proteins, and other polymersRead Chapter 3 in the textbook,web page
4) Wed. Sept. 7Nucleic acidsChapter sections 3.10 to 3.20,web page
5) Fri. Sept. 9Sizes of cells and molecules; different kinds of microscopesChapter sections 4.1-4.3, web page
6) Mon. Sept. 12Membranes, and membrane structure and functionChapter sections 4.5-4.19,web page
7) Wed. Sept.14Procaryotes, eucaryotes, and organellesChapter 4, web page
8) Fri. Sept. 16 Energy, entropy, Brownian movement, osmotic pressure, membrane voltagesChapter 5
9) Mon. Sept. 19 FIRST TEST
10) Wed. Sept. 21Energy coupling: ATP, NAD, FADChapter 6,web page
11) Fri. Sept. 23"Chemiosmosis"; Mitochondria, and why they evolved from symbiotic bacteria Chapter 6, web page
12) Mon. Sept. 26 Photosynthesis (Chloroplasts also evolved from symbiotic procaryotes!) Chapter 7, web page
13) Wed. Sept. 28 Mitosis and the cell cycleChapter 8, web page
14) Fri. Sept. 30MeiosisChapter 8, web page
 
 Exam on Nov. 18th will cover material beginning here
 
15) Mon. Oct. 3 Genes and MendelChapter 9, web page
16) Wed. Oct . 5 Genes are made of DNAChapter 10, web page
17) Fri. Oct. 7How DNA base sequences code for protein amino acid sequencesChapter 10, web page
18) Mon. Oct. 10DNA synthesis, RNA transcription and translation (=protein synthesis) web page
    Wed. Oct . 12University Day
19) Fri. Oct. 14DNA technologyChapters 11 and 12; also section 32.16
20) Mon. Oct. 17SECOND TEST
21) Wed Oct 19Scientific methods; "Model organisms" ; Genetic Screens, Bioassays, Journalsweb page
 Fall Break
22) Mon Oct. 24 Evidence for Darwinian evolutionChapter 13, web page
23) Wed. Oct. 26 More about evolutionChapter 13, web page
24) Fri Oct. 28 Evolutionary historyChapters 15 and 16, web page
25) Mon. Oct 31VirusesSections 10.17-10.22, web page
26) Wed. Nov 2ProtistsChapter 17, web page
27) Fri. Nov. 4PlantsChapter 17, web page
28) Mon. Nov. 7FungiChapter 17, , web page
29) Wed. Nov. 9 Multicellular animalsChapters 18 and 19, web page
 
 This ends the material to be covered in the exam on Nov. 18th
 
30) Fri. Nov. 11The mechanism of nerve impulsesChapter 28, web page
31) Mon. Nov. 14 Nerve synapses and how nerve gas worksChapter 28, web page
32) Wed. Nov. 16Sensory nerves; and eyes and earsChapter 29, web page
33) Fri. Nov. 18THIRD TEST
34) Mon. Nov. 21Contrast flies & humans: skeleton, breathing, vision, sex determinationChapter 30
35) Wed. Nov. 23Hormones and pheromonesChapter 26, web page
36) Mon. Nov 28 Embryonic development and other forms of reproduction Chapter 27, web page
37) Wed. Nov 30 How plant development differs from animal embryologyChapters 31 & 33
38) Fri. Dec. 2The immune system; allergies, vaccines. etc.Chap.24 (which has many mistakes), web page
39) Mon. Dec. 5Population ecologyChapters 34, 35 & 36, web page
40) Wed. Dec 7 Animal behavior and sociobiology Chapter 37, web page
41) Fri. Dec. 9 Ecosystems and conservation Chapter 38, web page
 

FINAL EXAM Friday, Dec.16 at 8:00 AM (Eight O'Clock in the Morning!)

 

 

 

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