Download Bio 121-123 Course Calendar

Bio 121-123 Course Calendar
Relevant Reading
Week
Date
(Material comes from these chapters in
your text. This does not mean that you
need to know the entire chapter.)
Topic
1
9/4
Introduction: measurement tools, scientific methodology, Lab 1
1, 2, 3
2
9/8
Microscopy, Lab 2 & Authentic Research Draft
4, 5
3
9/156
Cell Structure, Lab 4
6
4
9/22
Diffusion, osmosis and cell permeability, Lab 3
7
Bio 121 Exam 1
5
9/29
Enzymes, Lab 5 (CIBT potato catalase lab)
8
6
10/6
Cell Respiration
9
7
10/14
Photosynthesis
10
8
10/20
DNA structure, Lab 7
16
9
10/27
DNA Transcription & Translation, Lab 7
17, 18
Bio 121 Exam 2
10
11/3
Mitosis & meiosis, Lab 8
12, 13
11
11/10
Heredity, Lab 9
14, 15
12
11/17
20
13
11/24
Extra Credit Lab: Turkey Day Lethargy
Thanksgiving Recess and DNA Technology, Lab 10
14
12/1
Population Genetics, Lab 11
Bio 121 Exam 3
21, 23
15
12/8
22, 24, 25
16
12/15
Evolution, Lab 12
Final exam Review
17
12/23
Vacation 12/24-1/2
Relevant Reading
Week
Date
Topic
18
1/5
Review and Final Exam Bio 121
19
1/5
20
1/12
Understanding Diversity: Systematics
Lab: Prokaryotes & Set up Bacteria Experiment
Understanding Diversity: Viruses, Prokaryotes & Protists
21
1/20
Regents Week
22
1/26
23
2/2
24
2/9
Diversity of Protists and Fungi
Lab: Diversity of Protists & Fungi
Plant Structures
Lab: Plant Diversity
Plant Growth & Development, Lab: Flower & Fruit Dissection
25
2/16
26
2/23
27
3/2
28
3/9
29
3/16
30
3/23
31
3/30
Spring Break 3/30-4/6
32
4/7
Respiratory System & Gas Exchange
Lab: Frog Dissection
(Material comes from these chapters in
your text. This does not mean that you
need to know the entire chapter.)
26, 27
27, 28, 29
28, 31
29, 30
35, 36, 37, 38, 39
[Mid Winter Break]
Plant Reproduction & Irritability
Bio 123 Exam 1
Diversity of Animals I
Lab: Major Phyla from the Parazoa, Radiata, Protosomes
Diversity of Animals II
Lab: the Deuterostomes – Echinoderms and Chordates
Overview of Animal Structure, Protection, Support & Movement
Lab: Tissue types and skeletal systems
Neural signaling, Regulation & Sensory Systems
Lab: Nervous tissue, sensation & perception
Bio 123 Exam 2
Internal Transport & Immunity
Lab: Frog Dissection
32, 33, 34
40
40
48, 49, 50
42, 43
42
Relevant Reading
Week
Date
33
4/13
34
4/20
35
4/27
36
5/4
37
5/11
38
Topic
(Material comes from these chapters in
your text. This does not mean that you
need to know the entire chapter.)
Endocrine & Digestive System/Nutrition
Lab: Fetal Pig Dissection
Excretory System
Lab: Fetal Pig Dissection
Animal Reproduction & Development
Lab: Fetal Pig Dissection
Animal Behavior
45, 41
52, 53, 54
5/18
Bio 123 Exam 3
Intro to Ecology, Population & Community Ecology
Lab: Ecology
Ecosystem Ecology, Biogeography & Global Environmental Issues
39
5/26
Review and Final Exam Bio 123 & Course Evaluations
40
6/1
Disease Day and Final Goodbyes 
44
46, 47
51
55, 56