BIOLOGY 1005 - Sects 004 & 005    SPRING 2008    SYLLABUS

Week

Date

Class Topics & Assignments

1

Tues 1/22

Wed 1/23

Thurs 1/24

Course Intro

Lab - Safety & Intro to Science

Workshop - Ch 1 Online Quiz Due

2

Tues 1/29

Wed 1/30

Thurs 1/31

Presentations - Ch 1

Lab - Hypothesis Posing & Testing

Workshop - Ch 2 Online Quiz Due

3

Tues 2/5

Wed 2/6

Thurs 2/7

Presentations - Ch 2

Lab - Nutrition & Nutrient Transport

Workshop - Ch 3 Online Quiz Due

4

Tues 2/12

Wed 2/13

Thurs 2/14

Presentations - Ch 3

Lab - Respiration & the Carbon Cycle

LECTURE EXAM #1 & Workshop - Ch 4

5

Tues 2/19

Wed 2/20

Thurs 2/21

Presentations - Ch 4 Online Quiz Due

Lab - Mutation & Cancer

 Workshop - Ch 5 Online Quiz Due

6

Tues 2/26

Wed 2/27

Thurs 2/28

Presentations - Ch 5

Lab - Genes & the Environment

Workshop - Ch 6 Online Quiz Due

7

Tues 3/4

Wed 3/5

Thurs 3/6

Presentations - Ch 6

Lab - LAB EXAM #1

Workshop - Ch 7 Online Quiz Due

8

Tues 3/11

Wed 3/12

Thurs 3/13

NO CLASSES - SPRING BREAK

9

Tues 3/18

Wed 3/19

Thurs 3/20

Presentations - Ch 7

NO DAY CLASSES - PROF DAY

Class cancelled (Dr. B sick) - exam delayed

10

Tues 3/25

Wed 3/26

Thurs 3/27

LECTURE EXAM #2

Lab - Understanding Evolutionary "Trees"

Dr. B's Presentation - Ch 8 & 9 Quizzes due

11

Tues 4/1

Wed 4/2

Thurs 4/3

Workshop Ch 8 & 9

Lab - Simulating Natural Selection

 Class cancelled (Dr. B out sick)

12

Tues 4/8

Wed 4/9

Thurs 4/10

Presentations Ch 8 & 9 - Ch 10 Quiz due

Lab - Simulating Genetic Drift

Workshop - Ch 10

13

Tues 4/15

Wed 4/16

Thurs 4/17

Presentations - Ch 10

Lab - Exploring the Tree of Life

LECTURE EXAM #3

14

Tues 4/22

Wed 4/23

Thurs 4/24

Dr. B's Presentation - Ch 11 Quiz due

Lab - Estimating Population Size

Class cancelled (Dr. B out sick)

15

Tues 4/29

Wed 4/30

Thurs 5/1

Workshop Ch 12 - Ch 12 Quiz due

Lab - LAB EXAM #2

Presentations Ch 12
16 Tues 5/6 (Room 6068 @ 9am)

LECTURE EXAM #4 - Ch 13 Quiz due       (Ch 14 Optional Extra Credit Quiz due)