Biology 1100 Survey of Biology

Spring 2010: MWF 8:00-8:50AM HS 1301, TR 8:00-9:50AM, HS 1303
Code 52257,52158 Section 1100-001,002

Monday 02/08: TEST 1; chaps 1,3,4,5,6 (HS 2301)
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Below is the lecture schedule. See the full schedule for a complete list of labs, holidays, and other assignment dates.
Thu 01/14   Video
Fri 01/15   Chapter 1 The Science of Biology
Chapter 1 xtra credit Microbes Turn Electricity Directly To Methane ScienceDaily 3/30/09
Wed 01/20   Chapter 1 The Science of Biology
Chapter 1 xtra credit Microbes Turn Electricity Directly To Methane ScienceDaily 3/30/09
Fri 01/22   Chapter 3 The Chemistry of Life
Chapter 3 xtra credit How an Evaporative Cooler Works California Energy Commission 2006
Chapter 3 xtra credit How lizards walk on water BBC News 11/24/04
Mon 01/25   Chapter 3 The Chemistry of Life
Chapter 3 xtra credit How an Evaporative Cooler Works California Energy Commission 2006
Chapter 3 xtra credit How lizards walk on water BBC News 11/24/04
Wed 01/27   Chapter 4 Molecules of Life
Chapter 4 xtra credit How to Use Glycogen Loading to Avoid Getting Fat or Flat Ori Hofmekler
Chapter 4 xtra credit The Murky World of High-Fructose Corn Syrup Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts Fall 01
Chapter 4 xtra credit State bans trans fats Los Angeles Times 7/26/08
Fri 01/29   Chapter 4 Molecules of Life
Chapter 4 xtra credit How to Use Glycogen Loading to Avoid Getting Fat or Flat Ori Hofmekler
Chapter 4 xtra credit The Murky World of High-Fructose Corn Syrup Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts Fall 01
Chapter 4 xtra credit State bans trans fats Los Angeles Times 7/26/08
Mon 02/01   Chapter 5 Cells
Chapter 5 xtra credit Reverse Osmosis Moves Forward. Environmental Health Perspectives Jan 2005
Chapter 5 xtra credit Mitochondrial Inheritance Genetic Drift Winter/94
Wed 02/03   Chapter 6 Energy and Life
Chapter 6 xtra credit Thermostable DNA Polymerases Colorado State University 12/27/99
Fri 02/05   Chapter 6 Energy and Life
Chapter 6 xtra credit Thermostable DNA Polymerases Colorado State University 12/27/99
Mon 02/08     TEST 1; chaps 1,3,4,5,6 (HS 2301)
Wed 02/10   Chapter 7 Photosynthesis: Acquiring Energy from the Sun
Chapter 7 xtra credit A Prayerbook's Secret: Archimedes Lies Beneath NPR 7/27/06
Fri 02/12   Chapter 7 Photosynthesis: Acquiring Energy from the Sun
Chapter 7 xtra credit A Prayerbook's Secret: Archimedes Lies Beneath NPR 7/27/06
Mon 02/15   Chapter 8 How Cells Harvest Energy from Food
Chapter 8 xtra credit Cellulosic ethanol output could explode Reuters 1/9/09
Wed 02/17   Chapter 8 How Cells Harvest Energy from Food
Chapter 8 xtra credit Cellulosic ethanol output could explode Reuters 1/9/09
Fri 02/19   Chapter 9 Mitosis
Chapter 9 xtra credit Ear today, gone tomorrow? USA Today 6/19/03
Mon 02/22   Chapter 9 Mitosis
Chapter 9 xtra credit Ear today, gone tomorrow? USA Today 6/19/03
Wed 02/24   Chapter 10 Meiosis
Chapter 10 xtra credit Are Males Genetically Doomed? Futurist Mar/Apr 05
Chapter 10 xtra credit The XX Brain and the XY Brain Psychiatric Times Aug 05
Mon 03/01   Chapter 11 Foundations of Genetics
Chapter 11 xtra credit Huntington's Disease National Institutes of Health Human Gene Map
Chapter 11 xtra credit A Sweet Remedy for Huntington's? New Scientist 1/21/04
Chapter 11 xtra credit Baby Mix-Up Times Online 10/10/07
Tue 03/02   Chapter 11 Foundations of Genetics
Chapter 11 xtra credit Huntington's Disease National Institutes of Health Human Gene Map
Chapter 11 xtra credit A Sweet Remedy for Huntington's? New Scientist 1/21/04
Chapter 11 xtra credit Baby Mix-Up Times Online 10/10/07
Wed 03/03     LAB EXAM 1 (HS 2301)
Thu 03/04   Chapter 11 Foundations of Genetics
Chapter 11 xtra credit Huntington's Disease National Institutes of Health Human Gene Map
Chapter 11 xtra credit A Sweet Remedy for Huntington's? New Scientist 1/21/04
Chapter 11 xtra credit Baby Mix-Up Times Online 10/10/07
Fri 03/05   Chapter 11 Foundations of Genetics
Chapter 11 xtra credit Huntington's Disease National Institutes of Health Human Gene Map
Chapter 11 xtra credit A Sweet Remedy for Huntington's? New Scientist 1/21/04
Chapter 11 xtra credit Baby Mix-Up Times Online 10/10/07
Mon 03/08     TEST 2; chaps 7,8,9,10,11 (HS 2301)
Wed 03/10   Chapter 12 DNA: The Genetic Material
Fri 03/12   Chapter 12 DNA: The Genetic Material
Mon 03/15   Chapter 13 How Genes Work
Wed 03/17   Chapter 13 How Genes Work
Fri 03/19   Chapter 14 Gene Technology
Chapter 14 xtra credit Mosquito with glowing gonads to help battle malaria Science News 10/10/05
Chapter 14 xtra credit Roundup Ready Corn Versus Roundup Ready Weeds U of Illinois extension 2/13/06
Mon 03/22   Chapter 14 Gene Technology
Chapter 14 xtra credit Mosquito with glowing gonads to help battle malaria Science News 10/10/05
Chapter 14 xtra credit Roundup Ready Corn Versus Roundup Ready Weeds U of Illinois extension 2/13/06
Wed 03/24   Chapter 16 The Revolution in Cell Technology
Fri 03/26   Chapter 16 The Revolution in Cell Technology
Mon 04/05   Chapter 2 Evolution and Ecology
Chapter 2 xtra credit Did Darwin get it wrong? Searching for the ancestor of Darwin's finches On Science 2005
Chapter 2 xtra credit Origin and Evolutionary Relationships of Giant Galápagos Tortoises PNAS 11/9/99
Chapter 2 xtra credit New Twist on Origin of Human Species PhysOrg.com 5/17/06
Wed 04/07   Chapter 17 Evolution and Natural Selection
Chapter 17 xtra credit What is a molecular clock? PhysOrg.com 11/20/08
Chapter 17 xtra credit Survival of the Weak and Scrawny Newsweek 1/12/09
Chapter 17 xtra credit First Chimp Fossils Found; Humans Were Neighbors National Geographic News 8/31/05
Thu 04/08   Chapter 17 Evolution and Natural Selection
Chapter 17 xtra credit What is a molecular clock? PhysOrg.com 11/20/08
Chapter 17 xtra credit Survival of the Weak and Scrawny Newsweek 1/12/09
Chapter 17 xtra credit First Chimp Fossils Found; Humans Were Neighbors National Geographic News 8/31/05
Mon 04/12     TEST 3; chaps 2,12,13,14,16,17 (HS 2301)
Wed 04/14   Chapter 18 How We Name Living Things
Chapter 18 xtra credit Birds that make teeth EurekAlert 2/21/06
Chapter 18 xtra credit NZ flatulence tax outrages farmers BBC News 6/20/03
Chapter 18 xtra credit Cow Power Could Generate Electricity For Millions ScienceDaily 7/25/08
Fri 04/16   Chapter 18 How We Name Living Things
Chapter 18 xtra credit Birds that make teeth EurekAlert 2/21/06
Chapter 18 xtra credit NZ flatulence tax outrages farmers BBC News 6/20/03
Chapter 18 xtra credit Cow Power Could Generate Electricity For Millions ScienceDaily 7/25/08
Mon 04/19   Chapter 36 Reproduction and Development
Chapter 36 xtra credit Amphiprion ocellaris, Clown Anemonefish: protandrous hermaphroditism MarineBio
Chapter 36 xtra credit Social hierarchies: Size and growth modification in clownfish Nature 7/10/03
Tue 04/20   Chapter 36 Reproduction and Development
Chapter 36 xtra credit Amphiprion ocellaris, Clown Anemonefish: protandrous hermaphroditism MarineBio
Chapter 36 xtra credit Social hierarchies: Size and growth modification in clownfish Nature 7/10/03
Wed 04/21     LAB EXAM 2 (HS 2301)
Thu 04/22   Chapter 36 Reproduction and Development
Chapter 36 xtra credit Amphiprion ocellaris, Clown Anemonefish: protandrous hermaphroditism MarineBio
Chapter 36 xtra credit Social hierarchies: Size and growth modification in clownfish Nature 7/10/03
Fri 04/23   Chapter 37 Populations and Communities
Chapter 37 xtra credit The Great Locust Mystery Colorado Millennium 2000 6/22/99
Chapter 37 xtra credit Intracellular symbioses in insects U. of York
Chapter 37 xtra credit Poison From Frog Skin Leads to a Painkiller NY Times 1/2/98
Mon 04/26   Chapter 37 Populations and Communities
Chapter 37 xtra credit The Great Locust Mystery Colorado Millennium 2000 6/22/99
Chapter 37 xtra credit Intracellular symbioses in insects U. of York
Chapter 37 xtra credit Poison From Frog Skin Leads to a Painkiller NY Times 1/2/98
Tue 04/27     Team Presentations
Wed 04/28   Chapter 38 Ecosystems
Thu 04/29     Team Presentations
Fri 04/30   Chapter 38 Ecosystems
Mon 05/03   Chapter 39 Behavior and the Environment
Chapter 39 xtra credit Waggle Dance Controversy Resolved By Radar ScienceDaily 5/12/05
Chapter 39 xtra credit As Autumn Approaches, This Chickadee's Brain Begins To Expand ScienceDaily 9/12/03
Chapter 39 xtra credit A Fantastic Dragonfly Migration Suite101 10/3/09
Wed 05/05   Chapter 39 Behavior and the Environment
Chapter 39 xtra credit Waggle Dance Controversy Resolved By Radar ScienceDaily 5/12/05
Chapter 39 xtra credit As Autumn Approaches, This Chickadee's Brain Begins To Expand ScienceDaily 9/12/03
Chapter 39 xtra credit A Fantastic Dragonfly Migration Suite101 10/3/09
Fri 05/07   Chapter 40 How Humans Influence the Living World
Chapter 40 xtra credit The Story of the Stephens Island Wren BBC 6/2/06
Chapter 40 xtra credit Shipwreck Rat Fears For St Kilda Birds Scottish Daily Record 2/2/08
Chapter 40 xtra credit Ecological Footprint Calculator Best Foot Forward
Mon 05/10     TEST 4; chaps 18,36,37,38,39,40 (HS 2301)

Instructor: Peter Chen