Date

Lecture/Discussion Session

Text Chapters

Lab Session

Assignments Due

LIFE: AN OVERVIEW

M, 1 Sept.

Science and Life

1, 2, 24-30

W, 3 Sept.

The Nature of Life

F, 5 Sept.

Spatial patterns: Scale and Diversity I

M, 8 Sept

Spatial Patterns: Scale and Diversity II

Observation/Diversity

W, 10 Sept

Temporal Patterns: Scale and Evolution I

F, 12 Sept

Temporal Patterns: Scale and Evolution II

SUBCELLULAR ORGANIZATION

M, 15 Sept

Atoms and Molecules I

2, 3, 4

Observation/Diversity II

W, 17 Sept

Atoms and Molecules II

F, 19 Sept

Biological Macromolecules I

M, 22 Sept

Biological Macromolecules II

Microscopy/Scale

W, 24 Sept

Improbability, energy, information, change I

F, 26 Sept

Improbability, energy, information, change II

M, 29 Sept

Improbability, energy, information, change III

Motion at Small Scales

First Web Paper 

CELLULAR ORGANIZATION

W, 1 Oct

Cell structure

5-7. 9-17

F, 3 Oct

Boundedness and its regulation

M, 6 Oct

Interaction of cellular components - matter

Molecules and Chemical Reactions

First Lab Report 

W, 8 Oct

Interaction of cellular components - information

F, 10 Oct

Cellular integration

M, 13 Oct

FALL BREAK

W, 15 Oct

FALL BREAK

F, 17 Oct

FALL BREAK

M, 20 Oct

Energy collection - photosynthesis, chemosynthesis

Human Physiology I

W, 22 Oct

Energy usage - cellular respiration and metabolism

F, 24 Oct

Reproduction and variation

MULTICELLULAR ORGANIZATION

M, 27 Oct

Problems and patterns of multicellular organization

38-46, 31-37

Human Physiology II

W, 29 Oct

Reproduction, inheritance, and variation I

F, 31 Oct

Reproduction, inheritance, and variation II

M, 3 Nov

From one cell to multicellular organization

18-20

Human Physiology III

W, 5 Nov

Mechanisms of cell specialization and morphogenesis

F, 7 Nov

Movement

M, 10 Nov

Distribution of matter and energy

Genetics

Second Web Paper 

W, 12 Nov

Integration - nervous and endocrine systems I

F, 14 Nov

Integration - nervous and endocrine systems I

M, 17 Nov

Homeostasis

Cells, Tissues, and Organs

Second Lab Report 

W, 19 Nov

Autonomy

F, 21 Nov

Integrity and Defense I

M, 24 Nov

Integrity and Defense II

NO LAB

W, 26 Nov

Organismal integration

F, 28 Nov

THANKSGIVING BREAK

MULTIORGANISMAL ORGANIZATION

M, 1 Dec

Communities

47-52

Ecology

W, 3 Dec

Population Structure and Regulation

F, 5 Dec

Human Impact

M, 8 Dec

Evolution - Lessons from the past I

21-23

Evolution

W, 10 Dec

Evolution - Lessons from the past II

F, 12 Dec

Evolution - Lessons for the future