Biology 110, Fall, 2009, Professor Stark, Lecture syllabus
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Test 3 - nice work class! (the curve is more "generous" because
of the better scores you earned.
No food or drink in auditorium (see memo
from the dean of the Doisy College of Health Sciences)
Here
is a cumulative lecture outline
Week 1 NO LAB
M 8/24 Evolution,
homeostasis and reproduction Chapter 1, Other specified selections PodCast
W 8/26 Strong inference
Chapter 1 (continued), Other specified selections, pp 610-611 & 629
PodCast
F 8/28 Water, inorganic
chemistry Chapter 2 PodCast
Week 2 lab Scientific Inquiry
M 8/31 Carbon based
units Chapter 3 PodCast
W 9/2 The cellular basis
of life Chapter 4, Last year's PodCast
F 9/4 Cell membranes:
gateway between the quick and the dead Chapter 5 PodCast
Week 3 lab Molecules
M 9/7 Labor Day
W 9/9 Cellular metabolism
Chapters 6 & 8 PodCast
An offering
for nine eleven
F 9/11 Nucleic acids and
the code of life Chapter 9, part of Chapter 10, Other specified selections,
PodCast
Week 4 lab Cells
M9/14 Central dogma
and proteins Chapter 10 PodCast
W 9/16 Review session, 2009 PodCast,
2008 PodCast;
2007 PodCast
F 9/18 Exam 1, Find your score here,
Answers: 1-40 here,
51-88 here,
101-138 here,
151-188 here,
Statistics: Average (out of 50) = 30.24, Standard deviation = 7.0, Approximate
distribution A:40-42, A-:39, B+:37-38, B:35-36, B-:33-34, C+:31-32, C:25-30,
C-:23-24, D:20-22, F:15-19 (Curve=2.46)
Week 5 lab Metabolism
M 9/21 General properties
of cell division Chapter 11 PodCast
W 9/23 Sex, meiosis
and biological variability Chapter 11 (continued) PodCast
F 9/25 Genes and genetic
abnormalities Chapter 12 PodCast
Week 6 lab Genetics
M 9/28 Chromosomes
and chromosomal abnormalities Chapter 12 (continued) PodCastA,
PodCastB,
PodCastC,
W 9/30 Prokaryotes and
viruses Chapter 19, pp. 37 & 54, PodCast
F 10/2 Biotech
Chapter 13, Other specified selections, PodCast
Week 7 lab Microbiology
M 10/5 Evolution
vs intelligent design Selections from Chapters 14-16 & 18, Other
specified selections(from Chapters 12, 23 & 24) PodCast
W 10/7 The genetic
basis of evolution Selections from Chapters 14-16 & 18 PodCast
F 10/9 Review session. 2009 PodCast,
2008: PodCast
2007: ( PodCast,
the first part is slow and garbled, but the tail end worked)
Week 8 lab Molecular Biology
M 10/12 Exam 2. Find your score here,
Answers: 1-40 here,
51-88 here,
101-138 here,
151-188 here,
Statistics: Average (out of 50) = 35, Standard deviation = 7.6, Approximate
distribution A:44-49, A-:42-43, B+:40-41, B:38-39, B-:36-37, C+:34-35, C:30-33,
C-:27-29, D:18-26, F:12-14(Curve=2.54)
W 10/14 The origin of
life Chapter 17, selection from Chapter 1 PodCast
F 10/16 The history
of life on Earth Chapter 17 (continued), selections from Chapters 18
& 25 PodCast
Week 9 NO LAB
M 10/19 Fall Break
W 10/21 Diversity of
life Selections from Selections from Chapters 20-22 PodCast
F 10/23 Diversity of
animals Chapters 23 & 24, references to Chapters 33 & 41 PodCast
Week 10 lab Evolution
M 10/26 Animal structure
and function Chapter 31, Part of Chapter 39, PodCast
W 10/28 Circulation
Chapter 32, Case study, Chapter 12 PodCast
F 10/30 Respiration
Chapter 33 PodCast
Week 11 lab Histology
M 11/2 Digestion
Chapter 34, Other specified selections PodCast
W 11/4 2009 review session PodCast, 2008 Review Session PodCast
, 2007 review session PodCast
F 11/6 Exam 3 Find your score here,
Answers: 1-40 here,
51-88 here, 101-138
here, 151-188
here, Statistics
Average (out of 50) = 37.75, Standard deviation = 6.75, Approximate distribution
A:45-49, A-:44, B+:42-43, B:41, B-:39-40, C+:36-38, C:31-35, C-:28-30, D:21-27,
F:[none] (Curve=2.74)
Week 12 lab Physiology
M 11/9 Nutrition
Chapter 34 (continued), PodCast
W 11/11 Excretion
Chapter 35 PodCast
F 11/13 Immunity and
defense Chapter 36 (plus part of Chapter 32) PodCast
Week 13 lab Anatomy
M11/16 Endocrinology
Chapter 37, PodCast
W 11/18 The
nervous system Chapter 38, one reference back to chapter 37, PodCast
F 11/20 Senses
Chapter 38 (continued) Specified selections from Chapters 12, 25 & 28,
PodCast
Week 14 NO LAB
M 11/23 Muscles
Chapter 39 PodCast
W 11/25 Thanksgiving
F 11/27 Thanksgiving
Week 15 lab Senses
M 11/30 Reproduction
Chapter 40
(As I feared, today's Podcast did not work)
(Here is last year's PodCast
EXCEPT NOTE, THERE IS LAB THIS WEEK IN 2008)
W 12/2 Development
Chapter 41, references to Chapters 13 & 40, PodCast
F 12/4 Review PodCast
Last year's PodCast
Week 16 NO LAB
M 12/7 Exam 4
M Dec 14 8-9:50 Final exam
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