Biology 101:  Introductory Biology

Topic Sequence

 
Trimester 1, 2004
Trimester 3, 2005
Trimester 2, 2004-05
 
Lesson Chapter Topic Pages
1)   Classroom Introduction, rules,books...   
2) 1 What is Science? 13-19
3) Light Microscope Laboratory 102-04, 106
4) 23 Geologic Eras, Taxonomy 464-73
5) 24 Chemical Evolution
video: BBC Productions
Origin of Life/ Life is Impossible
490-98 
6)   Coacervate Laboratory  
7) 4, 5 Carbon, Carbohydrates & Lipids 48-51, 58-68, 
133
8)   Proteins, Nucleic Acids  68-79
9) 7, 28 Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes 105-07, 520-23, 529-30
10) 7, 8 PROJECT OVERVIEW-> 

Cells

105-07, 520-23
11)   Cell Structure Laboratory 529-30
12)   Cell Organelles  107-25
13)   Project Time  
14)  ALL In-Class Essays  
15) 11 Cell Cycle & Mitosis  204-214
16)   Mitosis Competency  
17)   Mitosis Laboratory  
18) 13 Meiosis:  228-36
 
Lesson Chapter Topic Pages
19)   Asexual Reproduction  913-916
20) none Statistical Data Analysis  
21) 46 Animal Reproduction 918-24 
22)  14  Mendel & the Gene Idea  239-43, 248
23)   Punnett Squares & 
Independent Assortment
243-47 
24)   Allele Dominance: 
Incomplete, Multiple, Pleitropy, Polygenic
247-51 
25)   Project Work Day  
26)   Blood Types Laboratory 249 
27)   Pedigrees: Mendelian Gene Disorders 252-56 
28) 15 Chromosome Linkage  Disorders 269-74 
29) 13, 14 Punnett Square FUN   
30) 12, 14  Karyotypes 228-29 
31)   Karyotype Laboratory  
32) ALL Essay Assessment  

 

Lesson Chapter Topic Pages
33) 22 Darwin:  Descent with Modification 417-22
34)   Natural Selection Incorporates OtherTheories  414-17
35)   Evidence for Evolution 422-25
39) 23 Population Evolution: Modern Synthesis  428-30
36) 24 Extinction: Punctuated Equilibrium 457-58
37) 23/24 Natural Selection Patterns & Speciation  440-42, 445-56
38) 26 Taxonomy: Classifying Organisms 498-500
39)   Taxonomy Lab: Dichotomous Key  
40) 23 Hardy-Weinberg Theorem 432-35
41)   Hardy-Weinberg Equation 430-31
42)   Genetic Drift Lab 432-34
43) 29 Plant Evolution: Algae & Bryophytes 548-54
44) ALL COMPREHENSIVE In-class Essay  
45)   Early Vascular Plants: Spore-formers 554-58
46) 30 Plant Evolution: Gymnosperms 564-65
47)   Plant Evolution: Angiosperms 565-67
48)   *Field Trip- Sophomore Class*  ???  
49) 29/30 Plant Evolution Project Workday  
50)   Plant Evolution Project Workday  
51) 24 Extinction