Welcome to Concepts of Biology! This website contains the schedule for lecture, as well as other material available on the syllabus. There are also some potentially useful links to biological websites.

Lecture syllabus
Biology links
Some notes about class
EXTRA CREDIT!

Tentative schedule of topics and readings for BIOL 116

Click on a linked topic to get an outline of that day's class

Class

Date

Day

Topic

Solomon et al.

1
Feb 1
2

Introduction to plant structure & growth

31
2
Feb 3
4
3
Feb 5
6

Leaf structure & function

32
4
Feb 9
2

Stems & plant transport

33
5
Feb 11
4

Roots & nutrition

34
6
Feb 15
6

Reproduction

35
7
Feb 17
2

Regulation of growth in plants

36
8
Feb 21
4

EXAM 1 (classes 1-7)

9
Feb 23
6

Animal body: structure and function

37
10
Feb 25
2

Skin, skeletons and bones

38
11
Feb 29
4
12
Mar 1
6

The nervous system

39
13
Mar 6
2
14
Mar 8
4
15
Mar 10
6

Circulation

42
16
Mar 14
2
17
Mar 16
4

EXAM 2 (classes 9-15)

18
Mar 27
6

Gas exchange

44
19
Mar 29
2
20
Mar 30
4

Food and nutrition

45
21
Apr 4
6
22
Apr 6
2

Osmoregulation and excretion

46
E A S T E R ...B R E A K
23
Apr 10
4

Sex

48
24
Apr 12
6
25
Apr 14
2

EXAM 3 (classes 17-23)

26
Apr 18
4

Population ecology

51
27
Apr 20
6

Community ecology

52
28
Apr 26
2
29
Apr 28
4

Ecosystem ecology and the biosphere

53
30
May 2
6
31
May 4
2

EXAM 4 (classes 25-30)

32
May 8
4

Biomes

54
33
May 10
6

Humans in the environment

55
34
May 12
2
xday, May x
x:00-x:00 x.m.
Science Auditorium
F I N A L ...E X A M (classes 32-34 and comprehensive)

 

Biological Links

Lecture

Ecology

Sites of interest to Ecologists -- all sortsa links

Evolution

Talk Origin Archives -- a good info source for evolution, including an intelligent discussion about "Creation Science"

Cells

The Virtual Cell -- slice and dice this computer model of an animal cell

Cells Alive! -- cool movies of cells

Lab

Concepts of Biology Lab website -- this site is constantly updated, but will always include:
Lab report protocol -- What we expect from your lab write-ups

Concepts Statistics -- Statistical tests, including ANOVA, Chi-squared, and T-tests

 

 

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