Date

Lecture/Discussion Session

Text Chapters

Lab Session

Assignments Due

LIFE: AN OVERVIEW

M, 3 Sept.

Science and Life

1

W, 5 Sept.

The Nature of Life

F, 7 Sept.

Spatial patterns: Scale and Diversity I

26-28, 32, 34

M, 10 Sept

Spatial Patterns: Scale and Diversity II

Observation/Diversity

Forum

W, 12 Sept

Temporal Patterns: Scale and Evolution I

22-25

F, 14 Sept

Temporal Patterns: Scale and Evolution II

SUBCELLULAR ORGANIZATION

M, 17 Sept

Atoms and Molecules I

2, 3, 4

Forum

W, 19 Sept

Atoms and Molecules II

F, 21 Sept

Biological Macromolecules I

5

M, 24 Sept

Biological Macromolecules II

Microscopy/Scale/Motion/Energy

Forum

W, 26 Sept

Improbability, energy, information, change I

6

F, 28 Sept

Improbability, energy, information, change II

M, 1 Oct

Improbability, energy, information, change III

First Web Paper, Forum

CELLULAR ORGANIZATION

W, 3 Oct

Cell structure

7

F, 5 Oct

Boundedness and its regulation

8

M, 8 Oct

Interaction of cellular components - matter

Cells/Molecules/Energy

First Lab Report, Forum

W, 10 Oct

Interaction of cellular components - information

11, 12

F, 12 Oct

Energy collection - photosynthesis, chemosynthesis

10

M, 15 Oct

FALL BREAK

W, 17 Oct

FALL BREAK

F, 19 Oct

FALL BREAK

M, 22 Oct

Energy usage - cellular respiration and metabolism I

9

Human Physiology

Forum

W, 24 Oct

Energy usage - cellular respiration and metabolism II

F, 26 Oct

Reproduction and variation

MULTICELLULAR ORGANIZATION

M, 29 Oct

Problems and patterns of multicellular organization

40

Forum

W, 31 Oct

Reproduction, inheritance, and variation I

13-15

F, 2 Nov

Reproduction, inheritance, and variation II

16, 17, 19

M, 5 Nov

From one cell to multicellular organization

21, 46, 47

Inheritance/genetics

Forum

W, 7 Nov

Mechanisms of cell specialization and morphogenesis

F, 9 Nov

Movement

49

M, 12 Nov

Distribution of matter and energy

41, 42

Second Web Paper, Forum

W, 14 Nov

Integration - nervous and endocrine systems I

45, 48, 49

F, 16 Nov

Integration - nervous and endocrine systems I

M, 19 Nov

Homeostasis

44

Second Lab Report, Forum

W, 21 Nov

Autonomy

F, 23 Nov

THANKSGIVING BREAK

M, 26 Nov

Integrity and Defense I

43

Time to Think

Forum

W, 28 Nov

Integrity and Defense II

MULTIORGANISMAL ORGANIZATION

F, 30 Nov

Ecosystems and the Biosphere

50

M, 3 Dec

Communities

53

Forum

W, 5 Dec

Population Structure and Regulation

52

F, 7 Dec

Human Impact

54, 55

M, 10 Dec

Evolution - Lessons from the past I

23, 24

Forum

W, 12 Dec

Evolution - Lessons from the past II

F, 14 Dec

Evolution - Lessons for the future

Third Lab Report
Third Web Paper
By 22 Dec.