Schedule of Class and Laboratory Activities

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Week I.

01/14 Chapter 27. Prokaryotes

01/15 No laboratory activity is scheduled.

01/16 Chapter 28. Protists.

01/18 Chapter 31. Fungi.

Week II.

01/21 Chapter 29. Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land.

01/22 Laboratory Session I.

Plant Cells and Water Balance.

Introduction to project work.

01/23 Chapter 29 continued.

01/25 Chapter 30. Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants.

Week III.

01/28 Chapter 35. Plant Structure, Growth, and Development.

01/29 Laboratory Session II.

Plant Cells and Tissues: Preparation of Permanent Slides.

Plant Hormones.

Begin project work.

01/30 Chapter 36. Transport in Vascular Plants.

02/01 Chapter 32. An Introduction to Animal Diversity.

Week IV.

02/04 Chapter 32 continued.

02/05 Laboratory Session III.

Complete Work on Slide Preparation

Microscopic Structures of Roots, Stems, and Leaves.

Continue work on projects.

02/06 Chapter 33. Invertebrates.

02/08 Major Test I.

Week V.

02/11 Chapter 33. Invertebrates continued.

02/12 Laboratory Session IV.

Enzyme Catalysis.

Continue work on projects.

02/13 Chapter 34. Vertebrates.

02/15 Chapter 34 continued.

Week VI.

02/18 Chapter 9. Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy.

02/19 Laboratory Session V.

Respiration.

Continue work on projects.

02/20 Chapter 9 continued.

02/22 Chapter 10. Photosynthesis.

Week VII.

02/25 Chapter 10 continued.

02/26 Laboratory Session VI.

Photosynthesis.

Initial Work on Protein Electrophoresis.

Continue work on projects.

02/27 Chapter 16. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance.

02/29 Chapter 16 continued.

Spring Break: 03/01 - 03/09

Week VIII.

03/10 Chapter 17. From Gene to Protein.

03/11 Laboratory Session VII.

Protein Electrophoresis and Evolutionary Relationships.

Restriction Mapping of Plasmid DNA – Part I.

Continue work on projects.

03/12 Chapter 17 continued.

03/14 Chapter 18. The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria.

Week IX.

03/17 Major Test II.

03/18 Laboratory Session VIII.

Restriction Mapping of Plasmid DNA – Part II

Preliminary work for the PCR laboratory activity.

Continue working on projects.

03/19 Chapter 20. DNA Technology and Genomics.

Easter Break: 03/21 - 03/24

Week X.

03/25 Laboratory Session IX.

PCR Experiment Using a Thermal Cycler.

Continue working on projects.

03/26 Chapter 40. Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function.

03/28 Chapter 41. Animal Nutrition.

Week XI.

03/31 Chapter 41 continued.

04/01 Laboratory Session X.

PCR Experiment continued.

Continue working on projects.

04/02 Chapter 41 continued.

04/04 Chapter 42. Circulation and Gas Exchange.

Week XII.

04/07 Chapter 42 continued.

04/08 Laboratory Session XI.

Bacterial Transformation.

Continue working on projects.

04/09 Chapter 42 continued.

04/11 Major Test III.

Week XIII.

0414 Chapter 43. The Immune System.

04/15 Laboratory Session XII.

Green Fluorescent Protein Chromatography – A Continuation of Work with the Transformed Bacteria from Laboratory Session XI.

Continue working on projects.

04/16 Chapter 43 continued.

04/18 Chapter 44. Osmoregulation and Excretion.

Week XIV.

04/21 Chapter 45. Hormones and the Endocrine System.

04/22 Laboratory Session XIII.

Project Presentations.

04/23 Chapter 45 continued.

04/25 Chapter 48. Nervous Systems.

Week XV.

04/28 Chapter 48 continued.

04/29 No laboratory activity is scheduled.

04/30 Chapter 48 continued.

05/02 Major Test IV.

05/07 Final Examination: 8:00 AM

02/19 Laboratory Session V.

Respiration.

Continue work on projects.

02/20 Chapter 9 continued.

02/22 Chapter 10. Photosynthesis.

Week VII.

02/25 Chapter 10 continued.

02/26 Laboratory Session VI.

Photosynthesis.

Initial Work on Protein Electrophoresis.

Continue work on projects.

02/27 Chapter 16. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance.

02/29 Chapter 16 continued.

Spring Break: 03/01 - 03/09

Week VIII.

03/10 Chapter 17. From Gene to Protein.

03/11 Laboratory Session VII.

Protein Electrophoresis and Evolutionary Relationships.

Restriction Mapping of Plasmid DNA – Part I.

Continue work on projects.

03/12 Chapter 17 continued.

03/14 Chapter 18. The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria.

Week IX.

03/17 Major Test II.

03/18 Laboratory Session VIII.

Restriction Mapping of Plasmid DNA – Part II

Preliminary work for the PCR laboratory activity.

Continue working on projects.

03/19 Chapter 20. DNA Technology and Genomics.

Easter Break: 03/21 - 03/24

Week X.

03/25 Laboratory Session IX.

PCR Experiment Using a Thermal Cycler.

Continue working on projects.

03/26 Chapter 40. Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function.

03/28 Chapter 41. Animal Nutrition.

Week XI.

03/31 Chapter 41 continued.

04/01 Laboratory Session X.

04/01 Laboratory Session X.

PCR Experiment continued.

Continue working on projects.

04/02 Chapter 41 continued.

04/04 Chapter 42. Circulation and Gas Exchange.

Week XII.

04/07 Chapter 42 continued.

04/08 Laboratory Session XI.

Bacterial Transformation.

Continue working on projects.

04/09 Chapter 42 continued.

04/11 Major Test III.

Week XIII.

0414 Chapter 43. The Immune System.

04/15 Laboratory Session XII.

Green Fluorescent Protein Chromatography – A Continuation of Work with the Transformed Bacteria from Laboratory Session XI.

Continue working on projects.

04/16 Chapter 43 continued.

04/18 Chapter 44. Osmoregulation and Excretion.

Week XIV.

04/21 Chapter 45. Hormones and the Endocrine System.

04/22 Laboratory Session XIII.

Project Presentations.

04/23 Chapter 45 continued.

04/25 Chapter 48. Nervous Systems.

Week XV.

04/28 Chapter 48 continued.

04/29 No laboratory activity is scheduled.

04/30 Chapter 48 continued.

05/02 Major Test IV.

05/07 Final Examination: 8:00 AM