Week
1: Wright & Decker
2: Decker
Concept Lab
Date
Reading & Study
Guides
LRQ
Knowledge &
comprehension
3: Wright
Team Project
Synthesis & Evaluation
Lab 1
No lab
W, Sep 3
M, Sep 8
On-line references
Study Guide 1
Ch 22 & 23, up to
page 493
Study Guide 2
LRQ 1 – Nature of
Science
LRQ 2 – Origin &
History of Life; Basic
Features of
Evolution
W, Sep 10
M, Sep 15
Ch 3, 7.1- 7.2;
review Figures 9.5
& 9.11
LRQ 3 – Molecules of
Life
Exploring the limits
of science
Ghost Busters – is it
science?
Concept mapping
Exploring basic
principles of
evolutionary biology
Ch 4, 5.1; Fig 22.12,
Fig. 23.17, Fig. 27.1
Project 1: Start
Intellectual Property
notebook
Project 1: Outline &
work schedule
Exploring basic
biochemistry
Project 1: continue
work
M, Sep 22
Study Guide 4:
On-line peer
evaluation of team
performance
 Finish evolution
timeline and present
 Pipetting
 Data analysis of E.
coli and amino acid
experiment
 Using excel to analyze
data
Protein assay
LRQ 4 – Prokaryotic
& Eukaryotic Cell
Structure &
Evolution
Exploring basic
features of cell
structure
 Hygeine
 Design an evolution
timeline
Exploring basic
principles of
evolutionary biology
War of the Worlds –
Can they eat us? Can
we eat them?
Lab 2
 E. coli and amino acids
– design experiment
and inoculate plates
Project 1: Introduction
Study Guide 3
W, Sep 17
4: Wright
continued on next page
Analysis &
Application
Activities
Research Lab
 Begin natural selection
experiment
 Library research
Project 1: Draft
(Detailed outline)
 Begin bright field
microscopy
Project 1: Continue
work
 Spectrophotometry
 Continue natural
selection experiment
 Lab quiz 1
 Continue bright field
microscopy
 Finish natural
selection experiment
Week
4, Con’t
Concept Lab
Date
Reading & Study
Guides
LRQ
Knowledge &
comprehension
Analysis &
Application
Activities
W, Sep 24
5: Decker
Ch 24
Study Guide 5
LRQ 5– Evolutionary
mechanisms, genes
in populations
Exploring
mechanisms of
evolution &
population genetics
6: Decker
Read & evaluate
assigned team
projects before
class
W, Oct 15
7: Wright
Project 1: Continue
work
See previous page for lab activities
Project 1: Continue
Work
Project 1: Peer
evaluation & revisions
Project 1: Final project
presentations &
evaluation
W, Oct 8
M, Oct 13
Lab 1
Project 1: Complete
Draft
W, Oct 1
M, Oct 6
Team Project
Synthesis & Evaluation
Lab 2
Exam 1 (125 points), Covering material through week 4
Take-home due in WebVista by 11 pm
F, Sep 26
M, Sep 29
Research Lab
Ch 11.2 & 12
Study Guide 6
LRQ 6 – DNA
structure & Basic
Gene Expression
 Finish bright field
microscopy
 Reflection & data
analysis
 Time to work on
concept lab project
 Finish fluorescent
microscopy (sign up
for a time to view
slides)
 Continue gene
expression
experiments
(western blot)
Gene construction
kit
Project 2: Introduction
 Begin fluorescent
microscopy (stain
slides)
 Peer review of
natural selection
report
 Begin gene expression
experiments (enzyme
activity)
 Draft of natural
selection report due
 Finish gene expression
experiments (develop
blots)
Week
Concept Lab
Date
8: Wright
M, Oct 20
Reading & Study
Guides
Ch 13
Study Guide 7
LRQ
Knowledge &
comprehension
Analysis &
Application
Activities
LRQ 7 – Regulation
of gene expression
Exploring gene
expression
W, Oct 22
Research Lab
Team Project
Synthesis & Evaluation
Lab 1
Lab 2
 Reflection & data
analysis
Project 2: Outline
 Begin gene
expression lab
report
 Math lab – hypothesis
testing
 Lab quiz 2
 Natural selection
report due
9: Wright
Ch 20
M, Oct 27
Study Guide 8
Exploring how genes
are manipulated
No LRQ 8
Project 2: Continue
work
Science Museum trip
Project 2: Draft
Abstract due
W, Oct 29
Ch 11.3, 15.4 &
Chapter 14
M, Nov 3
10: Decker
Decker
W, Nov 6
Fri, Nov 8
Study Guide 9
On-line peer
evaluation of team
performance
LRQ 9 – DNA
replication, repair,
mutation, alleles
Exploring Cystic
fibrosis genetics
Begin Alu experiment
Project 2: Continue
work
Exam 2 (175 points); Covers material through week 10 (cumulative)
Take-home due in WebVista by 11 pm
Finish Alu
experiment
Week
Concept Lab
Date
M, Nov 10
Reading & Study
Guides
Intro to Ch 15 & 16,
Ch 15.2, 15.3, 16.1
11: Decker
Study Guide 10
LRQ
Knowledge &
comprehension
LRQ 10 – Mitosis,
meiosis; basic
Mendelian
inheritance
Research Lab
Analysis &
Application
Activities
Team Project
Synthesis & Evaluation
Exploring basic
patterns of gene
segregation
Project 2: Continue
work
Project 2: Detailed
outline due
W, Nov 12
12: Wright
Read Chapter 26
M, Nov 17
W, Nov 19
13: Wright
M, Nov 24
W, Nov 26
Th, Nov 27
Study Guide 11:
bring notes to class
LRQ 11– Phylogeny
Building phylogenies
using bioinformatics
tools
Lab 1
 Reflection & data
analysis
 Begin Alu lab report
 Introduce
experimental design
for testing natural
selection
Project 2: Continue
work
Project 2: Peer review
of digital draft
Thanksgiving Holiday
Laboratory time to
work on Concept Lab
project 2
 Gene expression
report due
 Begin experimental
design for testing
natural selection
Project 2: Phylogeny of
gene
Lab 2
 Lab quiz 3
Finish experimental
design for testing
natural selection
(presentations)
 Begin primate
phylogeny lab
No lab
 Alu report due
Week
Concept Lab
Date
14: Decker
M, Dec 1
Reading & Study
Guides
Ch 25
Study Guide 12
15: Decker
LRQ 12 – Speciation
Analysis &
Application
Activities
Team Project
Synthesis & Evaluation
Exploring species &
how they arise
Project 2: Continue
Work ; Draft poster file
due tomorrow
Study for Ultimate
Quiz.
Project 2: Final poster
presentation
Final on-line
evaluation of team
performances
W, Dec 10
M, Dec 15
Lab 1
Finish primate
phylogeny lab
Lab 2
Begin GMO experiment
Project 2: Revised
posters must be
submitted to the CBS
Imaging Center by
10pm
Thu, Dec 4
#For
Knowledge &
comprehension
Project 2: Peer
evaluation of draft
W, Dec 3
M, Dec 8
LRQ
Research Lab
On-line component
of Course
evaluation
 Finish GMO
experiment
 Lab quiz 4
Course synthesis & reflection
No lab
 Lab and teaching
evaluations
FINAL EXAM (200 points)
8:00 – 10:00 am (64 Biosciences)
The take home portion of the final exam is due in WebVista by 11 pm today.
each weekly LRQ, you can earn a maximum of 30 individual points and 10 team points.
*The Ultimate (U-) Quiz is a cumulative quiz; if you score a higher percentage on the U-quiz than your average on the weekly LRQs, the Uquiz score will replace your individual LRQ average. If you score lower on the U-quiz than your average on the weekly LRQs, we will use the
weekly LRQ average in calculating your final grade. Thus, the U-quiz score can only help you.