Remote Ready Biology Learning Activities has 50 remote-ready activities, which work for either your classroom or remote teaching.
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| Date | Subject | Text reading | Assignments Due |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTRODUCTION | |||
| 19 Jan | The problem, and methods of exploration | Chapters 1-3 | |
| 21 Jan | Neuroanatomy - Inputs and outputs | " | |
| 26 Jan | Neuroanatomy - The central nervous system | " | weekly essay |
| 28 Jan | Neurophysiology I | Chapters 4-8 | |
| 2 Feb | Neurophysiology II | " | weekly essay |
| 4 Feb | Neurochemistry | " | |
| OUTPUT PROCESSING (Motor control) | |||
| 9 Feb | Reflexology and central pattern generation | Chapters 15-18 | weekly essay |
| 11 Feb | Central pattern generation and corollary discharge | " | |
| 16 Feb | Feedback processing | " | weekly essay |
| 18 Feb | Muscle mechanics, motor synergies, and distributed control | " | |
| 23 Feb | Volunary movement | " | FIRST SHORT PAPER |
| INPUT PROCESSING (Sensory processing) | |||
| 25 Feb | Coding, filtering, and feature detection | Chapters 9-14 | |
| 2 March | Mapping and stereopsis | " | weekly essay |
| 4 March | Color vision | " | |
| 9 March | SPRING BREAK | ||
| 11 March | SPRING BREAK | ||
| 16 March | Preattentive and attentive vision | " | |
| THE SENSORIMOTOR INTERFACE | |||
| 18 March | Population coding, parallel and distributed processing | Chapters 19-21 | |
| 23 March | Superimposed maps and activity-gated divergence | " | weekly essay |
| 25 March | Gestalts and choices | " | |
| 30 March | Afference, expectation, and internal feedback | " | weekly essay |
| GLOBAL MODULATING SYSTEMS | |||
| 1 April | Local and global phenomena - choice, attention, sleep/wake | Chapter 25 | weekly essay |
| 6 April | Extrinsic vs. intrinsic factors | " | SECOND SHORT PAPER |
| 8 April | Multiple global control mechanisms | " | |
| THE "I-FUNCTION" (Conscious processing) | |||
| 13 April | Encephalization and the cortical problem | (Supplementary Reading) | weekly essay |
| 15 April | Awareness and self-awareness | " | |
| 20 April | Voluntary action and will | " | weekly essay |
| GENESIS OF NEURAL FUNCTION AND BEHAVIOR | |||
| 22 April | The reality of the innate | Chapters 22-24 | |
| 27 April | Forms of neuronal lability, learning and memory | " | weekly essay |
| 29 April | Individuality and creativity | " | |
| FINAL PAPER due last day of exam period | |||
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