Lecture Outlines and Notes

Unit/Chapter	Tentative Start Date (Read the chapter by)
Unit 1: Chemistry of Life
Chapter 3: Water and the Fitness of the Environment	August 11, 2008
Chapter 4: Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life	August 14, 2008
Chapter 5: The Structure and Function of Macromolecules	August 18, 2008
Unit 2: Cells
Chapter 8: Membrane Structure and Function	August 26, 2008
Water Potential and Osmosis Notes	August 26, 2008
Chapter 7: A Tour of the Cell	August 29, 2008
Chapter 11: Cell Communication	September 4, 2008
Chapter 12: The Cell Cycle	September 10, 2008
Unit 3: Energetics
Chapter 6: An Introduction to Metabolism
Chapter 9: Cellular Respiration
Chapter 10: Photosynthesis
Unit 4: Heredity
Chapter 13: Meiosis
Chapter 14: Mendel and the Gene Idea
Chapter 15: The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
Unit 5: Molecular Genetics
Chapter 16: The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
Chapter 17: From Gene to Protein
Chapter 18: Microbial Models: Viruses and Bacteria
Chapter 19: The Organization and Control of Eukaryotic Genomes
Chapter 20: DNA Technology and Genomics
Chapter 21: The Genetic Basis of Development
Unit 6: Evolution
Chapter 22: Descent with Modification
Chapter 23: The Evolution of Populations
Chapter 24: The Origin of Species
Chapter 25: Phylogeny and Systematics (Study Guide)
Unit 7: Diversity
Chapter 26: Early Earth and the Origin of Life
Chapter 27: Prokaryotes and the Origin of Metabolic Diversity
Chapter 28: The Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity Read pages 545-554 Skim pages 555-572; we will discuss important points.
Chapter 31: Fungi Complete and turn in study guide on _________; as you are reading, focus on the material addressed in the study guide. This is an independent assignment; complete on your own.
Chapter 32: Introduction to Animal Evolution
Chapter 33: Invertebrates Skim chapter; focus on the phylum/class assigned to you for the project associated with this chapter.
Chapter 34: Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity Complete and turn in study guide on _____________; as you are reading, focus on the material addressed in the study guide. This is an independent assignment; complete on your own.
Unit 8: Animals
Chapter 42: Circulation and Gas Exchange Powerpoint Questions
Unit 9: Plants
Chapter 29: Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land
Chapter 30: Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants
Chapter 35: Plant Structure and Growth
Chapter 36: Transport in Plants
Chapter 37: Plant Nutrition
Chapter 38: Plant Reproduction and Biotechnology
Chapter 39: Plant Responses to External Stimuli