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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: Subject to modification based on our interests and progress.
The weekly challenge will be assigned on Monday and due by 11am on Thursday. Submission guidelines will be
posted on Canvas.
Pages in the
Week Class# Day Topic Labs
textbook
1 Aug 29 Introduction Ch. 1 (4-17) Lab 1: Dichotomous key
1 2 Aug 31 Genetics and heredity Ch. 3 (54-60) making observations and
organizing information
3 Sept 5 Cells from cells - Mitosis Ch. 2 (26-33) Lab 2: Topics in evolution
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4 Sept 7 Sexual reproduction Meiosis Ch. 2 (34-44)
3 5 Sept 12 Mutations Ch. 4 (96-9) Lab 3: Life at another level -
6 Sept 14 Viruses Ch. 4 (98-104) Microscopy
7 Sept 19 Diversity of life Ch. 6 (138-48) Lab 4: Whats in the water?
4 Bacteria and Protists
8 Sept 21 Evolution of populations Ch. 6 (149-58)
Sept 26 Summative assessment 1 Lab 5: All about the spores -
5 Non-seed plants
9 Sept 28 Why evolution matters Ch. 7 (168-75)
10 Oct 3 Macroevolution Ch. 7 (176-87) Lab 6: Campus life Seed
6 plants
11 Oct 5 The history of life Ch. 8 (196-200)
12 Oct 10 Prokayotes and protists Ch. 8 (201-13) No Labs
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Oct 12 Fall Break (Oct 12-15)
13 Oct 17 Plants and plant diversity Ch. 9 (222-33) Lab 7: Cant live without em
8 - Fungi
14 Oct 19 The fungi Ch. 9 (234-38)
15 Oct 24 Summative assessment 2 Lab 8: Yes, these are animals
9 - Protostomes I
Oct 26 The origins of animal diversity Ch. 10 (248- 50)
16 Oct 31 Porifera, Cnidarians, Ch. 10 (251-52) Lab 9: It takes a gut cavity
10 Protostomes II
17 Nov 2 Molluscs, Platyhelminthes, Ch. 10 (253-35)
Annelids
18 Nov 7 Nematodes and Athropods Ch. 10 (256-60) Lab 10: The many-legged
11 protostomes III
19 Nov 9 Athropods and Echinoderms Ch. 10 (261-63)
20 Nov 14 Chordates Ch. 10 (264-70 Lab 11: What you have in
21 Nov 16 Summative assessment 3 common with sea urchins
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and some worms -
Deuterostomes
Nov 21 Ecology and biomes Ch. 11(288-304) No Labs
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Nov 23 Thanksgiving Holiday (Nov 22-26)
22 Nov 28 Human impact on biomes and Ch. 11 (306-13) Lab 12: Now go out and see
14 global climate change some live, local diversity
23 Nov 30 Population ecology Ch. 12 (322-32)
24 Dec 5 Communities and ecosystems Ch. 13 (348-67) Lab 13: DIY Animal Behavior
15 25 Dec 7 Conservation and restoration Ch. 13 (366-70)
biology
Exam Dec 15 Summative Assessment 4 Friday (8:00 am Noon)