Fall 2016 BIO 101 SCHEDULE (subject to change)

Date

Lecture Topics
(Rm 273)

Laboratory
(Rm 273)

Sept. 6

Course Introduction syllabus

Science of Biology

Sept. 7 - 13

Science of Biology
Chapter 5 The Evidence for Evolution
Chapter 1 Cell Structure

Lab safety and metric system

Lab #1 Scientific Method

Sept. 14 - 19

Chapter 1 Cell Structure

Chapter 2 The Chemical Building Blocks of Life

Lab #2 Microscopy and Cells

Sept. 20 - 22

Chapter 2 The Molecules of Cells

Chapter 2 The Chemical Basis of Life

Lab #3 Macromolecules

FRI., Sept. 23

LECTURE TEST #1 Chapters 1, 2, and 5

Sept. 26 30

Chapter 2 Molecules and Properties of Water

Chapter 2 DNA: The Genetic Material

Lab Practical #1

Oct. 3 - 7

Chapter 3 Genes and How They Work

Lab #4 Enzymes 1

Oct. 10 - 13

Chapter 10 Control of Gene Expression

Lab #5 Enzymes 2

FRI., Oct. 14

LECTURE TEST #2 Chapters 2, 3, and 10

Oct. 17 - 21

Chapter 1 How Cells Divide

Chapter 10 Sexual Reproduction & Meiosis

Lab #6 DNA Technology

Oct. 24 - 27

Chapter 10 Patterns of Inheritance

Lab #7 Mitosis/Cancer/Genetics

Oct. 28 - Nov. 3

Chapter 3 Sex Chromosomes

Chapter 1 Membranes

Lab Practical #2

FRI., Nov. 4

LECTURE TEST #3 Chapters 1, 3 and 10

Chapter 1 Membranes
Chapter 8 Energy & Metabolism
Chapter 8 How Cells Harvest Energy

Lab #8 Osmosis/Diffusion

Nov. 7 - 14

Nov. 15 - 21

Chapter 8 Photosynthesis

Lab #9 Photosynthesis

Tues., Nov. 22

LECTURE TEST #4 Chapters 1, 2, and 8

Nov. 23 -25

Thanksgiving Break No Classes

Nov. 28 Dec. 1

Chapter 8 Photosynthesis

Lab #10 Bryophytes & Ferns

Dec. 2 - 15

Chapter 9 Seedless and Seed Plants

Lab #11 Gymnosperms &

Angiosperms

Friday, Dec. 16

LECTURE TEST #5 Ch. 2, 8, and 9

Dec. 19 30

Holiday Break No Classes

Jan. 2 - 6

Protists

Jan. 9 - 19

Fungi
Prokaryotes

Jan. 20

FINAL EXAM (= comprehensive)

(w/new material and supplemental readings)

Lab Practical #3