Date

Lecture/Discussion Session

Text Chapters

Lab Session

Assignments Due

LIFE: AN OVERVIEW

M, 4 Sept.

Science and Life

1

W, 6 Sept.

The Nature of Life

F, 8 Sept.

Spatial patterns: Scale and Diversity I

26-28, 32, 34

M, 11 Sept

Spatial Patterns: Scale and Diversity II

Observation/Diversity

Forum, Lab

W, 13 Sept

Temporal Patterns: Scale and Evolution I

22-25

F, 15 Sept

Temporal Patterns: Scale and Evolution II

SUBCELLULAR ORGANIZATION

M, 18 Sept

Atoms and Molecules I

2, 3, 4

Scale/Microscopy

Forum, Lab

W, 20 Sept

Atoms and Molecules II

F, 22 Sept

Biological Macromolecules I

5

M, 25 Sept

Biological Macromolecules II

Motion/Energy

Forum, Lab

W, 27 Sept

Improbability, energy, information, change I

6

F, 29 Sept

Improbability, energy, information, change II

M, 2 Oct

Improbability, energy, information, change III

Review/WWW

First Lab Report

CELLULAR ORGANIZATION

W, 4 Oct

Cell structure

7

F, 6 Oct

Boundedness and its regulation

8

M, 9 Oct

Interaction of cellular components - matter

Cells/Molecules/Energy

First Web Paper

W, 11 Oct

Interaction of cellular components - information

11, 12

F, 13 Oct

Energy collection - photosynthesis, chemosynthesis

10

M, 16 Oct

FALL BREAK

W, 18 Oct

FALL BREAK

F, 20 Oct

FALL BREAK

M, 23 Oct

Energy usage - cellular respiration and metabolism I

9

Human Physiology

Forum, Lab

W, 25 Oct

Energy usage - cellular respiration and metabolism II

F, 27 Oct

Reproduction and variation

MULTICELLULAR ORGANIZATION

M, 30 Oct

Problems and patterns of multicellular organization

40

Human "thinking"

Forum, Lab

W, 1 Nov

Reproduction, inheritance, and variation I

13-15

F, 3 Nov

Reproduction, inheritance, and variation II

16, 17, 19

M, 6 Nov

From one cell to multicellular organization

21, 46, 47

Thinking About "Thinking"

Forum, Lab

W, 8 Nov

Mechanisms of cell specialization and morphogenesis

F, 10 Nov

Movement

49

M, 13 Nov

Distribution of matter and energy

41, 42

Review/WWW

Second Lab Report

W, 15 Nov

Integration - nervous and endocrine systems I

45, 48, 49

F, 17 Nov

Integration - nervous and endocrine systems I

M, 20 Nov

Homeostasis

44

Brain and Behavior 1

Second Web Paper

W, 22 Nov

Autonomy

F, 24 Nov

THANKSGIVING BREAK

M, 27 Nov

Integrity and Defense I

43

Brain and Behavior 2

Forum, Lab

W, 29 Nov

Integrity and Defense II

MULTIORGANISMAL ORGANIZATION

F, 1 Dec

Ecosystems and the Biosphere

50

M, 4 Dec

Communities

53

Review/WWW

Forum, Lab

W, 6 Dec

Population Structure and Regulation

52

F, 8 Dec

Human Impact

54, 55

M, 11 Dec

Evolution - Lessons from the past I

23, 24

Compete/cooperate

Third Lab Report

W, 13 Dec

Evolution - Lessons from the past II

F, 15 Dec

Evolution - Lessons for the future

By 23 Dec.