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Tentative BIO 112 Lecture Schedule

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Subject

Chapter

1

Introduction

The Scientific Study of Life

 

Chapter 1

2

How Populations Evolve

The Origin of Species

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

3

Tracing Evolutionary History

 

Chapter 15

4

TEST 1

What is a Cell

The Origin and Evolution of Microbial Life

Chapters 1, 13-15

Chapter 4 pgs 50-58

Chapter 16

5

The Origin and Evolution of Microbial Life

The Evolution of Animal Diversity

Chapter 16

 

Chapter 18

6

Human Evolution

CURRENT EVENT DUE

Chapter 19

7

TEST 2

Patterns of Inheritance

Chapter 4,16,18,19

Chapter 9

8

Patterns of Inheritance

Chapter 9

9

CURRENT EVENT DUE

Proteins

Enzymes

Nucleic Acids

 

Chapter 3 pages 42 to 44

Chapter 5 pages 76-78

Chapter 3 page 47

10

Molecular Biology Of the Gene

Chapter 10

11

DNA Technology and The Human Genome

COMPUTER EXTRA CREDIT DUE

Chapter 12

12

TEST 3

The Chemical Basis for Life

The Molecules of Cells

Chapters 9, 3, 5, 10, & 12

Chapter 2

Chapter 3 pages 32 to 42

13

BIOLOGICAL CONTROVERSY PAPER DUE 11/10

A Tour of the Cell

The Working Cell

 

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

14

How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy

Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

15

Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food

Chapter 7

16

COMPUTER EXTRA CREDIT DUE

The Cellular Basis of Reproduction and Inheritance

Chapter 8

17

FINAL

First 100 points from Chapter 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, & 8

The Second 100 points are cumulative