BIOLOGY 1001: REVOLUTIONARY CONCEPTS IN BIOLOGY
TOPICS
DATE
Week
Points
9/13-9/17
1
no quiz
20 pts data sheets
The chemical aspects of life: proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids
9/20-9/24
2
7 pts quiz,
20 pts data sheets
The cellular basis of life: microscopy, cell structure, and osmosis
9/27-10/1
3
7 pts quiz
5 pts data sheets
20 pts lab report
Autotrophic and heterotrophic nutrition (formal lab report due at
beginning of lab 4)
10/4-10/8
4
7 pts quiz
10 pts data sheet
10 pts Tb 4-2 (4wks)
Cell division as the basis of growth: mitosis and tissue culture induced mitosis and tobacco cloning (begin experiment)
5
7 pts quiz
20 pts data sheets
10/1110/15
10/1810/22
6
10/2510/29
7
11/1-11/5
8
11/811/12
9
11/1511/19
10
11/2211/26
11
11/2912/3
12
12/612/10
12/13
13
14
Plant cells and organs
Observations of tobacco clones
7 pts quiz
20 pts data sheets
Sexual reproduction in plants: flowers, fruits, and seeds
Observations of tobacco clones
Hormonal stimuli in development: GA and genetic dwarfs (begin
experiment)
100 pts exam
7 pts quiz
4 pts GA data sheets
20 pts lab report
PRACTICAL EXAMINATION ON LABORATORIES 1-6
Observation of tobacco clones (complete experiment)
Experimental analysis: GA effects: means standard deviation, t-test
(complete experiment) (formal lab report due at the beginning of
lab 9)
ELECTION DAY HOLIDAY – No laboratories
7 pts quiz
20 pts data sheets
7 pts quiz
20 pts data sheets
Genetics and inheritance: monohybrids, corn pigments and ChiSquare; multiple genes and blood types; monogenic human traits
Adaptations for survival in terrestrial environments: plants and
vegetative adaptations; animal and reproductive adaptations
THANKSGIVING DAY HOLIDAY – No laboratories
7 pts quiz
20 pts data sheets
7 pts quiz
20 pts data sheets
100 pts exam
Evolution and systematics: construction of an evolutionary scheme
Evolution and comparative anatomy: homologies of tetrapod
skeletons
FINAL PRACTICAL EXAMINATION-COMPREHENSIVE
times to be assigned
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