Control Center |
Full Schedule |
 Objectives |
| Syllabus |
| Tue
08/25 |
Chapter 1 Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life |
| Thu
08/27 |
Chapter 2 The Chemical Context of Life, 3 Water and the Fitness of the Environment
Chapter 2 xtra credit Scientists prove how geckos stick, unlock secrets to making artificial gecko glue EurekAlert 8/26/02
Chapter 3 xtra credit Reverse Osmosis Moves Forward. Environmental Health Perspectives Jan 2005
Chapter 3 xtra credit How lizards walk on water BBC News 11/24/04 |
| Tue
09/01 |
Chapter 4 Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life, 5 The Structure and Function of Macromolecules
Chapter 4 xtra credit GM fuels ethanol debate Chicago Tribune 2/6/06
Chapter 5 xtra credit New risk from trans fat Consumer Reports on Health Oct 05
Chapter 5 xtra credit The Murky World of High-Fructose Corn Syrup Wise Traditions in Food, Farming and the Healing Arts Fall 01
Chapter 5 xtra credit Carb-Loading Conundrum Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness Hers Apr 04 |
| Thu
09/03 |
Chapter 6 A Tour of the Cell |
| Tue
09/08 |
Chapter 7 Membrane Structure and Function
Chapter 7 xtra credit Cramps Backpacker Sept 04 |
| Thu
09/10 |
Chapter 8 An Introduction to Metabolism |
| Tue
09/15 |
TEST 1; chaps 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 (SRC 3651) |
| Thu
09/17 |
Chapter 9 Cellular Respiration, 10 Photosynthesis
Chapter 10 xtra credit A Prayerbook's Secret: Archimedes Lies Beneath NPR 7/27/06 |
| Tue
09/22 |
Chapter 11 Cell Communication
Chapter 11 xtra credit Nobel prize for work that led to Viagra discovery Independent News 10/13/98 |
| Thu
09/24 |
Chapter 12 The Cell Cycle, 13 Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
Chapter 12 xtra credit Centrosome cycle studies reveal promising candidates for anti-cancer drug design Breast Cancer Res. 2003
Chapter 13 xtra credit Are Males Genetically Doomed? Futurist Mar/Apr 05
Chapter 13 xtra credit The XX Brain and the XY Brain Psychiatric Times Aug 05 |
| Tue
09/29 |
Chapter 14 Mendel and the Gene Idea |
| Thu
10/01 |
Chapter 15 The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
Chapter 15 xtra credit The Effect of Female Hormone Fluctuations on the Incidence of Trisomy in Humans FGCU 98 |
| Tue
10/06 |
Chapter 16 The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
Chapter 16 xtra credit Telomerase's New Talent Science Now 8/17/05
Chapter 16 xtra credit The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2009: how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase Nobel Foundation 10/5/09 |
| Thu
10/08 |
Chapter 17 From Gene to Protein
Chapter 17 xtra credit Ear today, gone tomorrow? USA Today 6/19/03 |
| Tue
10/13 |
TEST 2; chaps 9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17 (SRC 3651) |
| Thu
10/15 |
Chapter 18 Regulation of Gene Expression |
| Thu
10/22 |
Chapter 19 Viruses, 20 Biotechnology
Chapter 20 xtra credit Mosquito with glowing gonads to help battle malaria Science News 10/10/05
Chapter 20 xtra credit Dolly Was Lucky Science News 01
Chapter 20 xtra credit Cloners create world's first copy-cat NewScientist 2/15/2002 |
| Tue
10/27 |
Chapter 21 Genomes and Their Evolution, 22 Descent with Modification
Chapter 22 xtra credit Did Darwin get it wrong? Searching for the ancestor of Darwin's finches On Science 2005
Chapter 22 xtra credit Ancient Walking Whales National Geographic News 9/19/01 |
| Thu
10/29 |
Chapter 23 The Evolution of Populations
Chapter 23 xtra credit Looks Matter Science News 10/1/05 |
| Tue
11/03 |
Chapter 24 The Origin of Species
Chapter 24 xtra credit Kaibab National Forest Celebrates Special Squirrel Kaibab National Forest 116/09 |
| Thu
11/05 |
Chapter 25 The History of Life on Earth
Chapter 25 xtra credit Nanodiamond Find Supports Comet Extinction Theory National Geographic News 1/5/09 |
| Tue
11/10 |
TEST 3; chaps 18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25 (SRC 3612) |
| Thu
11/12 |
Chapter 26 Phylogeny and The Tree of Life
Chapter 26 xtra credit Redrafting the Tree of Life Science Now 9/8/04 |
| Tue
11/17 |
Chapter 28 Protists
Chapter 28 xtra credit Sheep bacteria widen diet of cattle Science News 6/6/98
Chapter 28 xtra credit Unraveling the secrets of red tide MIT news 8/30/07 |
| Thu
11/19 |
Chapter 29 Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land, 30 Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants
Chapter 30 xtra credit CAN THIS FRUIT BE SAVED? Popular Science 06/19/05 |
| Tue
11/24 |
Chapter 31 Fungi
Chapter 31 xtra credit Same-sex fungi can mate The Scientist 4/26/05
Chapter 31 xtra credit Mycorrhizae, Voles, Owls, Trees and Man Daniel B. Wheeler 97
Chapter 31 xtra credit Biggest living thing; Huge mushroom in Oregon Extreme Science |
| Tue
12/01 |
Chapter 32 An Introduction to Animal Diversity
Chapter 32 xtra credit Strange Creatures - A Burgess Shale Fossil Sampler National Museum of Natural History |
| Thu
12/03 |
Chapter 33 Invertebrates
Chapter 33 xtra credit The humble leech's medical magic BBC News Online 7/2/04 |
| Mon
12/07 |
Team Presentations |
| Tue
12/08 |
Chapter 34 Vertebrates
Chapter 34 xtra credit Is it true turtles breathe through their butts? The Straight Dope 11/16/01
Chapter 34 xtra credit Sea Lamprey: The Battle Continues Minnesota Sea Grant 3/6/09
Chapter 34 xtra credit Oldest "Human" Skeleton Found National Geographic 10/1/09 |
| Thu
12/10 |
Chapter 27 Bacteria and Archaea
Chapter 27 xtra credit NZ flatulence tax outrages farmers BBC News 6/20/03
Chapter 27 xtra credit Cow Power Could Generate Electricity For Millions ScienceDaily 7/25/08
Chapter 27 xtra credit Ancient bacteria brought back to life Science News 5/20/95 |
| Tue
12/15 |
TEST 4; chaps 26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34 (SRC 3612) |
