TROTTER

PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY 1

SPRING 2000

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1/10

Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life; 1-13

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1/12

The Scientific Method; 13-19

F

1/14

The Chemical Context of Life; 22-36

LAB:

Lab Topic #1 Science: A Way of Gathering Information

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1/17

CLASS WILL NOT MEET – HOLIDAY

W

1/19

Water and the Fitness of the Environment; 37-47

F

1/21

Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life; 48-57

LAB:

Exercise #1 Measurements in Biology

M

1/24

Carbohydrates and Lipids; 58-68

W

1/26

Proteins and Nucleic Acids; 68-82

F

1/28

An Introduction to Metabolism; 83-99

LAB:

Exercise #2 The Microscope

M

1/31

Cells; 102-116

W

2/2

EXAM I (Chapters 1-6)

F

2/4

Cells; 116-129

LAB:

Exercise #5 Biologically Important Molecules

M

2/7

Cell Membrane Structure; 130-135

W

2/9

Cell Membrane Functions; 136-146

F

2/11

Cellular Respiration; 147-156

LAB:

Exercise #3 The Cell

M

2/14

Cellular Respiration; 156-167

W

2/16

Photosynthesis; 168-179

F

2/18

Photosynthesis; 179-187

LAB:

Exercise #8 Diffusion and Osmosis

M

2/21

Reproduction of Cells; 206-223

W

2/23

EXAM II (Chapters 7-10)

F

2/25

Meiosis; 226-238

LAB:

Exercise #12 Photosynthesis

M

2/28

Mendelian Inheritance; 239-247

W

3/1

Beyond Mendel’s Law; 247-260

F

3/3

Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance; 261-277

LAB:

LAB PRACTICAL I

M

3/6

Molecular Basis of Inheritance; 278-283

W

3/8

EXAM III (Chapters 12-15)

F

3/10

CLASS WILL NOT MEET – FACULTY INSERVICE/STAFF DEVELOPMENT

LAB:

Exercise #13 Mitosis

M

3/13

Molecular Basis of Inheritance; 284-293

W

3/15

From Gene to Protein; 294-304

F

3/17

From Gene to Protein; 304-318

LAB:

Exercise #16 Genetics

SPRING BREAK

M

3/27

The Genetics of Viruses; 319-330

W

3/29

The Genetics of Bacteria; 330-343

F

3/31

Genome Organization and Expression in Eukaryotes; 344-363

LAB:

Exercise #15 Molecular Biology and Biotechnology

M

4/3

DNA Technology; 364-387

W

4/5

Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life; 396-415

F

4/7

EXAM IV (Chapters 16-20)

LAB:

Exercise #23 Survey of Bacteria

M

4/10

Evolution of Populations; 428-444

W

4/12

Origin of Species; 445-463

F

4/14

Tracing Phylogeny; 464-489

LAB:

Exercise #25 Survey of Protozoa and Slime Molds

M

4/17

Early Earth and the Origin of Life; 490-501

W

4/19

Prokaryotes; 502-508

F

4/21

Origins of Metabolic Diversity; 508-519

LAB:

Exercise #24 Survey of Algae

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4/24

Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity; 520-526

W

4/26

Protozoa; 526-532

F

4/28

Algae; 533-545

LAB:

LAB PRACTICAL II

Section A

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5/1

10:30 – 12:45

Section B

W

5/3

12:00 – 2:15