HONORS BIOLOGY 112/112L (GENERAL BIOLOGY I) TOPIC SCHEDULE
DR. BONNIE WOOD
Mondays and Wednesdays
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Key to Fonts: Outline Titles and Numbers
In class and laboratory
activities STUDENT
PRESENTATIONS, OTHER ASSIGNMENTS, TESTS Textbook
chapters and other homework |
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WEEK |
HOMEWORK |
MONDAY |
WEDNESDAY |
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1 |
Read Syllabus |
8/27:
The Scientific Process (Outline 1) ท
Find Your Learning Group/Introductions ท
Case Study: Cell Phone Use
and Cancer |
8/29:
Characteristics of Living Organisms (Outline 2) ท
Lab Etiquette and Safety ท
The Compound and Dissecting
Microscopes ท
Word Roots
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2 |
Chs. 3, 4 Due 9/5: Visit the Model of a DNA Double Helix/ Submit lab report choices |
9/3:
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9/5:
Chemistry of Living Things (Outline 3)
Properties of Water
Case Study: Sweet Indigestion
Where Do You Find Organic
Molecules? |
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3 |
Due 9/10: Conceptualizing Metric Units/ Making Measurements, questions
1-8. Due 9/12: Cell Structure Crossword |
9/10:
Cells (Outline 4)
Conceptualizing Metric
Units
Making Measurements
Making Measurements with the Compound Microscope
Diffusion and Osmosis,
Class 1 |
9/12:
Cells (Outline 4) Bring drawing paper
and hard lead + blue, green, red pencils
Size And Shapes Of Cells.
Surface Area:Volume Ratios
Making a drawing from a
prepared slide
Equilibrium: Throwing Paper
Wads
Diffusion and Osmosis,
Class 2 |
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4 |
Due 9/17: Test review questions |
9/17:
Cells (Outline 4)
Plant and Animal Cells |
9/19: Cells (Outline 4)
Diffusion and Osmosis in
Plant and Animal Cells
Test Review Activity |
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5 |
Due 9/26: Enzyme Dietary Supplements |
9/24:
TEST (Outlines 1-4) |
9/26:
Cellular Energy and Enzymes (Outline 5) ท
Discussion of information
on enzyme dietary supplements ท
Simulation of The Nature of
Enzymes ท
In Vitro Gas Suppression:
Beanoฎ ท
Begin germinating seeds for Cellular Respiration in Plants |
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Chs. 7, 8 Due 10/3: Test Review Questions |
10/1:
Photosynthesis (Outline 6) ท
Photosynthesis vs.
Respiration
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Cellular Respiration in Plants |
10/3:
Cellular Respiration (Outline 7)
Effects of Experimental Variables on Fermentation Ability of Yeast
Sex Differences in Athletic
Performance |
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UMPI FALL BREAK: NO
CLASSES 10/8 10/12
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Ch. 12 Due 10/15: Cut out pink & blue chromosomes & bring to class with 6
paperclips |
10/15:
DNA Replication (Outline 8)
Extraction And Spooling Of
DNA
DNA Replication Outside The
(Cereal) Box
Test Review Activity |
10/17:
TEST (Outlines 5-8) ท
Begin
sprouting onion bulbets [10/19: Dr. Wood submits midterm grades] |
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WEEK |
HOMEWORK |
MONDAY |
WEDNESDAY
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Chs. 9, 10 Due 10/22: Your Body is Younger Than you Think. Due 10/24: Book
review title. |
10/22:
Cell Reproduction(Outline 9)
Sock Chromosomes- Mitosis
Paper Chromosomes Mitosis
Mitosis in Allium cepa |
10/24:
Cell Reproduction (Outline 9) ท
Sock Chromosomes - Meiosis
Paper Chromosomes - Meiosis
Clarifying
Misconceptions About Meiosis With Pipe Cleaners
Karyotyping |
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Chs. 11, 33(p. 640 only) Due
10/30: DNA
Fingerprinting, CoursePack pp. 87-88. |
10/29:
Genetics (Outline 10)
Inheritance Of ABO Blood
Types in Humans
Relating Enzyme Function To
Phenotype
Case Study: Sometimes It Is All In The Genes |
10/31:
Genetics (Outline 10)
The Pedigree Chart
Coin
Toss Pedigrees
Restriction Enzyme/DNA
Fingerprinting Simulation
Case Study: Two Peas in a
Pod? DISTRIBUTION
OF SUPERMARKET BOTANY LEARNING GROUP
PROJECT |
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Chs. 23, 24 Due 11/7: Supermarket Botany & Thermoregulation |
11/5:
Plant Structure (Outline 11) ท
The
Organs of the Vascular Plant |
11/7:
Plant Growth & Development (Outline 12)
WEAR
OUTDOOR CLOTHING!
Thermoregulation:
How Do Plants Deal With The Cold? |
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Chs. 29, 30, 33 Due 11/14: Test review questions |
11/12: HOLIDAY. NO CLASSES |
11/14:
Animal Circulatory, Respiratory & Immune Systems (Outline 13)
Case Study: Anyone Who Had
a Heart
Circulation Challenge
Questions
Sickle Cell Anemia |
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11/19:
Animal Circulatory, Respiratory and Immune Systems (Outline 13)
ABO/Rh Blood-Typing Model
Blood Typing for Organ
Donations
ABO-Rh Blood Typing With Synthetic Blood
Test Review Activity DIVIDE
TAKE-HOME CASE STUDIES AMONG GROUP MEMBERS
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11/21:
HOLIDAY. NO CLASSES. |
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13 |
By 11/29: Book Review: Writing Center Consultation |
11/26:
TEST (Outlines 9-13) SIGN UP FOR
MICROSCOPE SKILLS ASSESSMENT APPOINTMENT |
11/28:
Dr. Wood leading workshop on Lecture-Free Teaching in Atlanta, Georgia ท
Microscope
Skills Assessment (individual 10-minute appointments) COMPLETE
TAKE-HOME CASE STUDIES |
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14 |
Ch. 2, 17 Due 12/3: Take-home case
studies, answers to questions Due 12/5: Final book review (include signed grading criteria sheet and draft) |
12/3:
Animal Dissection ท
PRESENTATIONS OF CASE STUDIES
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12/5:
Evolution (Outline 14)
Natural selection of jelly
beans
Sickle cell trait
Embryos as Evidence for
Evolution |
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12/10:
Evolution (Outline 14)
Case Study: Im Looking
Over a White-Striped Clover
Review of all old tests |
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2007
10:15 AM TO 12:15 AM COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM
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