Dual Credit General Biology 1 (BIO 1133 and 1131) Fall 2014
1: Thursday, August 07
2: Monday, August 11
Introduction to course
Hopefully begin chapter 1—Exploring Life
Chapter 1—Exploring Life
3: Wednesday, August 13
Begin chapter 2—Chemical Basis of Life
4: Friday, August 15
Chapter 1 quiz.
Finish Chapter 2
LAB—Scientific Notation and Metric System (Sections 3.1-3.6)
5: Tuesday, August 19
6: Thursday, August 21
Chapter 2 quiz
Chapter 3—Molecules of Cells
*Last day to ADD or DROP a class (August 22nd)*
7: Monday, August 25
LAB—Microscopy (Sections 4.1-4.9)
8: Wednesday, August 27
Finish Chapter 3-Molecules of Cells
9: Friday, August 29
Chapter 3 quiz
Review for Exam 1 (chapters 1-3)
Finish Labs 3 and 4
Monday, September 01
10: Wednesday, September 03
11: Friday, September 05
12: Tuesday, September 09
*School Holiday*
Exam 1 (chapters 1-3)
Begin chapter 4
Chapter 4—A Tour of the Cell
Progress Reports
LAB—Biochemistry (Sections 5.1-5.2, 5.4-5.9)
13: Thursday, September 11
Quiz chapter 4
Finish biochemistry lab
Chapter 5—The Working Cell
14: Monday, September 15
Lab practical 1—labs 3, 4, 5
15: Wednesday, September 17
16: Friday, September 19
17: Tuesday, September 23
18: Thursday, September 25
Chapter 5—The Working Cell
Finish chapter 5
Chapter 6—How Cells harvest chemical energy
LAB—Cells (6.1-6.7)
Chapter 5 quiz
Chapter 6—How cells harvest chemical energy
LAB—Enzymes (8.1-8.38.5-8.6)
19: Monday, September 29
Chapter 6 quiz
Review for Exam 2
20: Wednesday, October 01
Exam 2 (Chapters 4-6)
21: Friday, October 03
Chapter 7—Photosynthesis
Monday, October 06
Tuesday, October 07
22: Thursday, October 09
23: Monday, October 13
24: Wednesday, October 15
25: Friday, October 17
*Student Holiday; Teacher PD*
Student Holiday; Parent/ Teacher Conference / First day to Withdraw
End 1st Term
LAB—Cellular Transport (9.1-9.3, 9.5-9.6)
Finish Chapter 7—Photosynthesis
Begin Chapter 8
Chapter 7 quiz
Chapter 8—The Cellular Basis of Reproduction and Inheritance
LAB—Photosynthesis (10.3, 10.7, 10.8)
26: Tuesday, October 21
Chapter 9—Patterns of Inheritance
27: Thursday, October 23
Lab practical 2—6, 8, 9, 10
28: Monday, October 27
Chapter 8 quiz
Chapter 9—Patterns of Inheritance
LAB—Cellular Respiration (11.4)
29: Wednesday, October 29
LAB—Cellular Respiration (11.1, 11.2)
30: Friday, October 31
Chapter 9 quiz
Review for Exam 3
31: Tuesday, November 04
Exam 3 (chapters 7-9)
32: Thursday, November 06
Chapter 10—Molecular Biology of the Gene
33: Monday, November 10
Finish chapter 10
Begin Chapter 11—The Control of Gene Expression
Progress Reports
LAB—Cellular Reproduction (12.1-12.2)
Chapter 10 quiz
Finish Chapter 11
Chapter 11 quiz
Chapter 12—DNA technology and genomics
Chapter 12 quiz
Review for exam 4
34: Wednesday, November 12
35: Friday, November 14
36: Tuesday, November 18
37: Thursday, November 20
November 24 – 28
38: Monday, December 01
*School Holidays*
39: Wednesday, December 03
Exam 4—Chapters 10-12
*Deadline to Withdraw*
40: Friday, December 05
41: Tuesday, December 09
LAB—Embryology (14.1-14.2)
Finish Chapter 27
Review for final lab practical and final exam
42: Thursday, December 11
Final Lab Practical: Labs 11,12,14
Chapter 27: Reproduction and Embryonic Development.
Chapter 27 quiz
43: Monday, December 15
Final Lecture Exam
44: Wednesday, December 17
Grades due by 10:00 a.m.
45: Friday, December 19