Bio 301L Spring
2011
I will update this page regularly with
specific topics for upcoming lectures, and then the presentations
that I use in class will be uploaded after class. Sometimes I
forget to upload the presentation. If you need to access a
presentation, and I have not posted it yet, please email
me. Depending on your browser, you may view the
presentation on-line or download them and view them on your computer.
Please keep in mind that these figures act as a jumping off
point for teaching and discussing in class, and there may be
information that was discussed in class that did not have an
accompanying figure. Click on the subjects to access the
presentation.
A few days before each lecture, I
will post links to specific information and/or articles that I will
base the lectures on. I do not promise to cover everything in
these links, but if you want to read before lecture, this will give
you the areas to focus on. Test material will come from what is
presented in lecture. Textbook chapters and figures refer to the
textbook, "Biology" by Campbell et al. (2008).
week of 1/18: Introduction to Class and What is life , and why does it matter?
week of 1/24 What do scientists do? Strong Inference (article as pdf) and Carrying out an experiment
week of 1/31 How do
cells function? Peer
Instruction and Bonds plus Biomolecules
and Membrane fluidity
*** due to snowcapocolypse MWF class
should use this presentation over Biomolecules
and Membrane fluidity (mwf)***
See these websites for information relevant to class for the week of 1/31:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK26883/
http://www.cellsalive.com/cells/cell_model.htm
http://www.johnkyrk.com/cellmembrane.html
week of 2/7 from DNA to Proteins and Development and Transposons (For MWF class, transposons will be in Monday's class)
These websites will
give you some background info for class during the week of 2/7.
Although these animations have more detail than what we will cover in
class, they can serve as a good visualization for how the information
in DNA is used to make
proteins.
http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAanatomy.html
http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAtranscription.html
http://www.johnkyrk.com/DNAtranslation.html
week of 2/14 Nature and Nurture
End of Material for Exam 1
week of 2/21 DNA Replication and Cancer and Funding Research in-class activity
week of 2/28 Cancer Causes and Treatments, plus Telomeres and Evolution: What is it, and how does it happen?
week of 3/7 Bacteria and Viruses, What are they and what do they do? Plus Preventing HIV through Education
Enjoy Spring Break
week of 3/21 Immune
System: Non-specific,
B-cells, T-cells, and Vaccines plus HPV
vaccine, Allergies, Auot-immune diseases, and Plant Pathogen
Defense
(see
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/immuneSystem/Pages/default.aspx
for background information. You will need to click through the menu
on the left side of the webpage.)
week of 3/28 Plant Transport: Xylem, Phloem, and Biofuels
End of Material for Exam 2
week of 4/4 Grizzly Bears and Reliable Sources, plus Digestion and Nutrition
week of 4/11 Sensing the Environment and Animal Movement and Plants Responses to the Environment
week of 4/18 Monogamy, Choosing Compatible and Good Genes, and Voles and Oxytocin plus Sexual Dimorphisms and Sex-Role Reversed Pipefish
week of 4/25 Genetically Modifying Plants
week of 5/2 Genetically Engineering People and the movie GATTACA
End of Material for Exam 3
End of Semester