Online - General Biology 101
Spring 2009 Schedule –Tentative
Start Date
Week 1
3/30
Topics
Science & Biology
Process of Science
Lab
Biodiversity in
Crisis
Readings
Chapter 1
Sec 49.3 & 49.4
Sec 46.10
Activities & Exercises
Scientific Method Handout
Video on animals & natural disasters
Cengage HW #1*
Invasive Species exercise & test exercise
Collect obituaries for week 2
Week 2
4/6
Ecology &
Population Dynamics
Populations
Survivorship &
Dispersion
Chapter 45
Start Succession lab for week 5
Start Eutrophication lab for week 5
Cengage HW #2*
Week 3
4/13
Species Interactions
Community Ecology
Chapter 46
Sec 46.1-46.7
Exam #1
Cengage HW #3*
Week 4
4/20
Week 5
4/27
Ecology Models
Sampling
Photosynthesis
Nutrient Cycles
Cengage
Population
Dynamics
Sampling lab
Chapter 47
Sections 47.1-47.3
Chapter 47 Sec 47.4 - 47.10
Ch 7, sec 7.1-7.3, 7.9
Sec 46.8 – 46.9
Cengage HW #4*
Week 6
5/4
Taxonomy
Classification
Taxonomy
Ch 19, Sec 19.1-19.2 & 19.6
Sec 25.1
Week 7
5/11
Week 8
5/18
Micro-organisms
Microbes lab
Seedless Plants
Fungi
Week 9
5/25
Week 10
6/1
Seed Plants
Lower plants
Mushroom
dissection
Seed plant lab
Ch 21
Ch 22 Sec 22.2-22.6
Ch 22, Sec 22.7-22.10
Sec 23.1-23.5
Ch 24
Animals
Invertebrates &
Vertebrates
Cengage
Photosynthesis
Arthropods lab
Ch 23 Remainder
Ch 25
Ch 26
Light spectrum work sheet
Capturing Carbon Film
Cengage HW #5*
Exam #2
Group Project Assigned
Cengage HW #6*
Microbe matching exercise
Cengage HW #7*
Exam #3
Cengage HW #8*
Group Project Due
Cengage HW #9*
Film: Lord of the Ants
Vertebrate learning table exercise
Cengage HW #10*
Final Exam: Activated Monday (6/8) night at 6 pm - available until Wednesday 6/10 at midnight.