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Textbooks for Fall 2008:

  • Biology Concepts & Connections - 2nd Custom Edition for Palomar College (2009), by Campbell, Reece, Taylor, Simon and Dickey
  • Biology 100/101 Laboratory Manual (2006), by Sourbeer, Thompson, Gilardi and Pearson-Lowe

 

Fall 2008 schedule of weekly activities:

Brown Pelican (endangered)

Agua Hedionda Lagoon

Tuesday, Sep 9

10:15 - 11:35AM lecture

- print and bring to class lecture slide files L04 and L05

- turn in completed homework assignment H1-3

- read textbook chapter 3 (the molecules of cells)

- quiz #1 (L01 - L03)

- bring scantron card and #2 pencil

11:45AM - 2:35PM lab

- bring your lab book to class (natural selection)

- quiz 1 review and lab quiz

 

Thursday, Sep 11

10:15 - 11:35AM lecture

- print and bring to class lecture slide files L05 and L06

- print supplementary text file S06

- read textbook chapter 4 (the tour of the cell)

11:45AM - 2:35PM lab

- bring your lab book to class (natural selection)

- quiz 1 review and lab quiz

 

Field trip choices (tentative):  2 required, 1 optional (extra credit)

- Tuesday Nov 11:  Daley Ranch hike (7:30 - 9:30AM)

- Thursday Nov 13:  Wild Animal Park (all students welcome)

- Tuesday Nov 25:  Life Cycle of Plants Lab (11:45AM - 2:35PM)

- Friday Nov 28:  Agua Hedionda Lagoon hike (7:00 - 9:00AM)

- To Be Arranged:  Agua Hedionda Lagoon hike (7:00 - 9:00AM)

- To Be Arranged:  Daley Ranch hike (7:30 - 9:30AM)

- Friday Dec 12:  Carlsbad tidepools (2:00 - 4:00PM)

 

"Click" to download PDF files of lecture slides (L), supplementary text (S) and homework assignments (H); links are also included to other relevant websites and videos:

01:  Course overview; biology - past and present (L1)

02:  Chemistry (L2, S2)

03:  Chemistry (L3, H1-3, quiz 1 study topics)

04:  Biochemistry (L4, S4)

05:  Biochemistry (L5; U of AZ)

06:  Cell biology (L6, S6, H4-6; U of TX)

07:  Thermodynamics, enzymes and membranes (L7, S7)

08:  Cell metabolism and respiration (L8, S8)

09:  Photosynthesis (L9, S9, H7-9)

10:  Mitosis (L10, S10; mitosis, meiosis videos)

11:  Meiosis; Mendelian genetics (L11)

12:  Molecular genetics (L12, S12, H10-12)

13:  Gene replication, transcription and translation (L13, S13, the DNA helix)

14:  Regulation of gene expression; signal transduction (L14; Nobel Prize 2008)

15:  Cell signaling and disease; biotechnology (L15, S15, H13-15; RNAi "Watch the Segment" video)

16:  Tissues, stem cells and blood (L16)

17:  Immunity, viruses and virus-like particles (L17, S17)

18:  Evolution of living things; ecology (L18, S18)

19:  Prokaryotes and protists (L19, H16-19)

20:  Fungi, mosses and ferns (L20, S20)

21:  Seed-bearing plants; Southern CA endangered and invasive species (L21, S21, Invaders of AHL video)

22:  Primitive invertebrates and coral reefs (L22, H20-22)

23:  Worms and mollusks (L23, S23, H20-23, Search for Giant Squid video)

24:  Arthropods (L24, S24)

25:  Marine biology; pre- and primitive chordates; fish (L25, S25; Leopard Sharks video)

26:  Excretory,muscular, nervous and reproductive systems (L26, H24-26)

27:  Amphibians and reptiles (L27, S27)

28:  Birds and mammals; population dynamics (L28, S28)

29:  Conservation biology (L29, S29, H27-29)

 

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