Date

Lecture/Discussion Session

Text Chapters

Lab Session

Assignments Due

LIFE: AN OVERVIEW

M, 2 Sept.

Science and Life

1

W, 4 Sept.

The Nature of Life

F, 6 Sept.

Spatial patterns: Scale and Diversity I

22, 25-28, 32, 34

M, 9 Sept

Spatial Patterns: Scale and Diversity II

Web/Observation/Diversity

W, 11 Sept

Temporal Patterns: Scale and Evolution I

22-25

F, 13 Sept

Temporal Patterns: Scale and Evolution II

SUBCELLULAR ORGANIZATION

M, 16 Sept

Atoms and Molecules I

2, 3, 4

Observation/Diversity II

W, 18 Sept

Atoms and Molecules II

F, 20 Sept

Biological Macromolecules I

5

M, 23 Sept

Biological Macromolecules II

Microscopy/Scale

W, 25 Sept

Improbability, energy, information, change I

6

F, 27 Sept

Improbability, energy, information, change II

M, 30 Sept

Improbability, energy, information, change III

Motion at Small Scales

First Web Paper 

CELLULAR ORGANIZATION

W, 2 Oct

Cell structure

7

F, 4 Oct

Boundedness and its regulation

8

M, 7 Oct

Interaction of cellular components - matter

Molecules and Chemical Reactions

First Lab Report 

W, 9 Oct

Interaction of cellular components - information

11, 12

F, 11 Oct

NO CLASS

M, 14 Oct

FALL BREAK

W, 16 Oct

FALL BREAK

F, 18 Oct

FALL BREAK

M, 22 Oct

Energy collection - photosynthesis, chemosynthesis

10

Human Physiology I

W, 23 Oct

Energy usage - cellular respiration and metabolism

F, 25 Oct

Reproduction and variation

MULTICELLULAR ORGANIZATION

M, 28 Oct

Problems and patterns of multicellular organization

40

Human Physiology II

W, 30 Oct

Reproduction, inheritance, and variation I

13-15

F, 1 Nov

Reproduction, inheritance, and variation II

16, 17, 19

M, 4 Nov

From one cell to multicellular organization

21, 46, 47

Human Physiology III

W, 6 Nov

Mechanisms of cell specialization and morphogenesis

F, 8 Nov

Movement

49

M, 11 Nov

Distribution of matter and energy

41, 42

Genetics

Second Web Paper 

W, 13 Nov

Integration - nervous and endocrine systems I

45, 48, 49

F, 15 Nov

Integration - nervous and endocrine systems I

M, 18 Nov

Homeostasis

44

Cells, Tissues, and Organs

Second Lab Report 

W, 20 Nov

Autonomy

F, 22 Nov

Integrity and Defense I

M, 25 Nov

Integrity and Defense II

43

NO LAB

W, 27 Nov

Ecosystems and the Biosphere

MULTIORGANISMAL ORGANIZATION

F, 29 Nov

THANKSGIVING BREAK

50

M, 2 Dec

Communities

53

Ecology

W, 4 Dec

Population Structure and Regulation

52

F, 6 Dec

Human Impact

54, 55

M, 9 Dec

Evolution - Lessons from the past I

23, 24

Evolution

W, 11 Dec

Evolution - Lessons from the past II

F, 13 Dec

Evolution - Lessons for the future