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SCHEDULE FOR BIOLOGY BSC 2010C
***THE DATES, TOPICS, and or POINTS LISTED COULD CHANGE ***
This is an example of a class schedule.
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Lecture Topics and Activities
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Read Ch.
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Lab Assignment
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Date Assignment Due
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Personal Grade Tracking Points Earned/ Points Offered |
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Syllabus, schedule, course overview, levels of organization , cell theory |
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Measurement Lab, Ex. 1 – Get Data on aluminum cylinder
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Complete Measurement Lab Report Sheet due W 1-14 |
Attendance and Participation ______/2 “Bio” DB = _____/5 Measurement RS=_____/20 |
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Natural Selection, Linnaean Taxonomy, Phylogeny, Scientific Method
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Measurement Lab, Ex. 1 – Graphing Review |
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Attendance and Participation ______/4
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Atoms of elements, their subatomic particles, isotopes and radioactive decay
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Preview Atoms & Molecules Lab, Ex. 2
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Diagram first 20 elements in lab manual due W 1-16 |
Attendance and Participation ______/2
First 20 elements = _____/20 |
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Molecules, bonding types, Chemical Reactions and energy changes
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Concept mapping Cooperative Learning |
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Attendance and Participation ______/4
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Martin Luther King Day No class or lab
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Carbon, functional groups, Solutions, molarity, chemical reactions, Properties of water, |
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Atoms & Molecules Lab Ex.2 (D & E)
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Complete A & M Report Sheet p.18-22 due M 1-30
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Attendance and Participation ______/4
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Acids, bases, and pH, Review for test 1 |
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Atoms & Molecules Lab, Ex. 2 (A, B, C) Construct a dipeptide |
Complete A& M report sheet p.18-21 due M 1-30 |
Attendance and Participation ______/2 Dipeptide practical____/4 A& M RS=_____/20 |
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Origins of Life, Miller Urey, Amino Acids, side chains, Test 1 on ch. 1-2 @ 100 pt. Preview chapters 3, 4, & 5
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Preview Enzyme Lab and Nutrition DB |
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Attendance and Participation ______/2 Nutrition DB = ______/0 |
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Protein structure Enzyme behavior |
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Enzyme Lab, Ex. 4 Nutrition Information DB Post before Test 2 |
Complete Enzyme Report Sheet Ex. A-H due M 2-11 |
Attendance and Participation ______/2 Enzyme RS = _____/20 |
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ATP / ET graphs/ Nucleic Acids (DNA & RNA)/ |
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Microscope Lab Preview, Ex. 5
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Attendance and Participation ______/4
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Carbohydrates
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Microscope Lab, Ex. 6 |
Complete Microscope Lab Report Sheet (p. 69-72) due W 2-20 |
Attendance and Participation ______/2 Microscope RS = _____/20 |
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Triglycerides, phospholipid bilayers, and transport processes
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Diffusion & Osmosis Dry Lab data, Ex. 7
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Complete D & O Lab Report Sheet due W 2-20 |
Attendance and Participation ______/4 D & O Lab RS = _____/20 |
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Presidents Day no class or lab
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Cell Structure and Function
Test 2 on ch. 3-5 @ 100 pt. Preview Chapters 6, 7, & 8
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Preview Cell Lab, Ex.6 (do A, B, C) |
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Attendance and Participation ______/4
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Cell Structure and Function Cell-cell Interactions
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Cell Lab, Ex. 6 |
Complete Cell Lab, Report Sheet (p.69-72) due M 3-3 |
Attendance and Participation ______/2 Cell Lab RS = _____/20
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Redox reactions, electron transport chain, chemiosmosis in Cell Respiration |
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Preview Cell Respiration Lab, Ex.10
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Attendance and Participation ______/4
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Light Properties, leaf structure, and Photosynthesis Test 3 on ch. 6-8 @ 100 pt. |
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Cell Respiration Lab, Ex.10 |
Complete Cell Respiration RS (p100-103) due M 3-10 |
Attendance and Participation ______/2 Respiration RS =_____/20
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Photosynthesis light and dark reactions
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Photosynthesis Dry Lab data for parts C & D, Ex. 9
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Attendance and Participation ______/4
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Comparison of cell respiration and photosynthesis |
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Photosynthesis Lab, Ex. 9, parts A, B, E |
Complete Photosynthesis RS (A, B, and D) due M 3-17 |
Attendance and Participation ______/2 Photosynthesis RS = _____/20
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Cell cycle and mitosis Life cycles and meiosis
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Preview Cell Division Lab, parts A & B,Ex. 11
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Attendance and Participation ______/4
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Comparison of mitosis and meiosis Test 4 on ch. 9-10 @ 100 pt |
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Cell Division Lab, Ex. 11, parts C, D, E, & F |
Complete Cell Division report sheet Ex. A-F, due M 3-24
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Attendance and Participation ______/2 Cell Division RS = _____/20
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Principles of heredity, Mendel’s laws, Punnett squares, dihybrid crosses |
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Genetic Problem Solving Lab Ex. 15 |
Genetic Problems due before Test 5 on W 4-9 |
Attendance and Participation ______/4 Problem Solving = _____/20
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Probability, X-linked genes, gene mapping , incomplete and codominance |
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Case Study of Genetic Disorder DB Lab Ex. 14 provides guidelines Mendelian Genetics Lab, Ex.12 |
Genetic Disorder DB due W 4-9 Complete Mendelian Genetics Lab RS due M 4-7 |
Case Study Gen Disorder DB =_____/20 Attendance and Participation ______/2
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Pedigrees, Mutations – genic and chromosomal,
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Work Genetic Problems |
Genetic Problems due before Test 5 on W 4-9
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Spring Break no class or lab |
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Spring Break no class or lab |
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DNA review and discoveries
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4 & 14 |
Molecular Genetics Lab, Ex. 16 (A) |
Complete Molecular Genetics Report Sheet p.159-161 due M 4-21 |
Attendance and Participation ______/2 Molecular Gen. RS=_____/20
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Test 5 on ch. 11–13 @ 100 pt. |
4 & 14 |
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Attendance and Participation ______/2
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DNA replication |
14, 15
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Molecular Genetics Lab, Ex.16 (B&C) |
Complete Molecular Genetics report sheet p.163-164 due M 4-21 |
Attendance and Participation ______/2 Molecular Gen. RS=_____/20
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Characteristics of the code, types of RNA |
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Attendance and Participation ______/4
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Transcription & Translation |
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Technology reports online (from ch.19) |
Tech Report DB due W 4-23
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Attendance and Participation ______/2 Tech Report DB = _____/4 |
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Gene Regulation DNA Technology |
Parts of 17, 18, 19 & 20 |
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Attendance and Participation ______/4
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TEST 6 ch. 14-16, Parts of ch. 17-20 @ 100 pt ________________________
*Cumulative Final Exam on Units 1-6 @ 100 pt. |
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___________________ *Required only if a Unit Test was missed for any reason. |
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