SCIENCE 111/111L (THE SCIENCES II) TOPIC SCHEDULE
SECTION 001
SPRING 2006
Mondays and
Wednesdays, 11:00AM - 1:15PM in Folsom 304
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Key to Fonts: Outline Titles and Numbers
In class and laboratory
activities STUDENT
PRESENTATIONS, ASSIGNMENTS, TESTS Textbook chapters
and other homework |
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WEEK |
HOMEWORK |
MONDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
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1 |
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1/16:
HOLIDAY NO CLASSES |
1/18:
Find Your Learning
Group/Introductions ·
Case Study: Thinking Inside the Box ·
Lab Safety |
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2 |
Read Syllabus
Ch. 17, Outline 1.
1/25:
Book review title due. |
1/23:
Earth's Weather (Outline 1) ·
Weather Maps and
Measurements ·
Cartesian Diver ·
Organize "Graphing
Seven Days of Presque Isle Weather" data collection |
1/25:
Earth's Weather (Outline 1) Guest
Speaker: Mark Turner, Hydrologist, National Weather Service, Caribou
Work on "Graphing
Seven Days of Presque Isle Weather" |
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3 |
Chs. 8 & 9, Outline
2. 1/30: Graphing
7 Days of Weather due. 2/1: Test review questions due. By 3/1:
Book review draft consultation at Writing Center. |
1/30:
Earth's Weather (Outline 1) PRESENTATIONS: GRAPHING 7 DAYS OF WEATHER ·
Case Study: Cancel the Cardinals Home Opener? ·
The Petition: A Global
Warming Case Study |
2/1:
Atoms & Periodic Properties (Outline 2) ·
Classification of Matter ·
Demonstration: Suspension vs.
Solution ·
Density Columns ·
The Relationship between Mass & Volume |
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4 |
2/6:
Post Lab Questions due (Mass & Volume) |
2/6:
Atoms & Periodic Properties (Outline 2) ·
Diet or Regular? ·
Test Review Activity |
2/8: TEST
(Outlines 1,2) |
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5 |
Ch. 9, Outline 3. 2/13: Homework
on Household Chemicals due. By 3/1:
Book review draft consultation at Writing Center. |
2/13:
Chemical Reactions (Outline 3) ·
Atoms Represented by Bolts,
Screws, Nuts and Washers ·
Types of Compounds |
2/15:
Chemical Reactions (Outline 3) ·
Atoms Represented by Bolts,
Screws, Nuts and Washers ·
Equilibrium: Throwing Paper Wads in the Classroom |
WINTER BREAK-NO CLASSES
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6 |
Ch. 10, Outline 4. 3/1: Test review questions due. By 3/1: Book review draft consultation at Writing Center. |
2/27:
Water & Solutions (Outline 4) ·
Like Dissolves Like ·
How Many Molecules of
Sucrose in a Sugar Granule? ·
"Mole"asses
Cookies Recipe (Learning group members divide responsibilities) |
3/1:
Water & Solutions (Outline 4)
Case Study: Avogadro Goes
to Court |
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3/6: Bring a household product to test pH. "Mole"asses cookie recipe
translation due. 3/10: Dr. Wood submits
midterm grades. |
3/6:
Water & Solutions (Outline 4) ·
Cabbage Chemistry ·
Awards:
"Mole"asses Cookies Competition ·
Test Review Activity |
3/8: TEST (Outlines 3,4) ·
Diffusion and Osmosis in a Chicken Egg, Class 1 (see Outline 5):
Start eggs |
8 |
Ch. 20, Outline 5. 3/15: Final book review due. |
3/13:
Cells (Outline 5) ·
Diffusion and Osmosis in a Chicken Egg, Class 2 ·
Size and Shape of Cells.
Surface Area: Volume Ratios |
3/15:
Cells (Outline 5) ·
Diffusion and Osmosis in a Chicken Egg, Class 3 ·
The Compound Microscope |
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9 |
Ch. 23, Outline 6 3/22: Read Green Manhattan and Watch
Your Step before class. Homework on Trophic Levels, Energy, and Price due. |
3/20:
Cells (Outline 5) ·
Diffusion and Osmosis in a Chicken Egg, Class 4 ·
Plant & Animal Cells |
3/22:
Ecology and Environment (Outline 6) MEET IN COMPUTER LAB FOLSOM
101A ·
Case Study: Watch Your
Step: Understanding the Impact of Your Personal Consumption on the
Environment
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10 |
3/29: Ecological Footprint Spreadsheet and
written answers to Questions 1-5, Part V, Watch Your Step due. 3/29: Test Review Questions due |
3/27: Cells (Outline 5) ·
A Problem About Osmosis ·
Diffusion and Osmosis in
Plant and Animal Cells |
3/29:
Ecology and Environment (Outline 6) Guest Speaker: How to Effect Change State Representative Jeremy Fischer ·
Plan Environmental Action Projects |
SPRING BREAK-NO CLASSES
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11 |
Ch.
20, Outline 7. See www.cells alive.com (Cell Biology: Mitosis;
The Cell Cycle) By 4/14:
Environmental Action Project draft consultation at Writing Center. |
4/10:
Cell Reproduction (Outline 7) ·
DNA Replication Outside the
(Cereal) Box ·
Paper Chromosomes - Mitosis ·
Mitosis in Allium cepa ·
Test Review Activity |
4/12:
UNIVERSITY DAY |
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12 |
4/19: Written Environmental Action Projects due |
4/17:
TEST (Outlines 5,6,7) |
4/19:
Ecology and Environment (Outline 6) ·
Oral presentations on Environmental Action Projects |
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13 |
Chs. 25 and 26, Outline
8 4/26: Karyotype due. |
4/24:
Human Biology: Genetics (Outline 8) ·
Sweat Sock Chromosomes-
Meiosis ·
Paper Chromosomes - Meiosis ·
Karyotyping ·
Extraction & Spooling
of DNA |
4/26:
Human Biology: Genetics (Outline 8) ·
Inheritance of ABO Blood
Types ·
Taste Test ·
Coin Toss Pedigrees
Case Study: Sometimes It Is All In The Genes |
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14 |
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5/1:
Human Biology: Genetics (Outline 8)
DNA Fingerprinting
Restriction Enzyme/DNA
Fingerprinting Simulation
Case Study: Two Peas in a
Pod? |
5/3:
Final Exam Review |
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COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM (OUTLINES 1 - 8): WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2006 12:45 PM 2:45 PM |
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