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INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 100 and 101

Lecture Syllabus, Fall 2006

Lecture meets 9:00 AM
Mondays and Wednesdays
in Natural History Building, Room 228

U of I Calendar 2006-2007

Dr. Mom's Guide to College
by Dr. Kerry S. Kilburn, Old Dominion University

Lecturer Lecture
Number
Date * Lecture Topic Text Chapters
Life, 6 ed.
Lewis, et. al.
Lecture Classes begin Wednesday, August 23.
Discussion and Laboratory Classes begin Tuesday, August 29
Dole 1 Wed. Aug. 23 Introduction to Biology
Chapter 1
Dole 2 Mon. Aug. 28 Ecosystems in Space Chapter 45
Dole 3 Wed. Aug. 30 Ecosystems in Time Chapter 44
Labor Day Monday, September 4 (NO CLASSES)
Dole 4 Wed. Sept. 6 Populations in the Ecosystem

Human Numbers Through Time
Age structures of any country
Dynamic age structure of USA

Chapter 43
Tang 5 Mon. Sept. 11
Web Crossing
Practice Posting

due by 8:00 AM
Ecosystems: Energy & Matter Chapters 44 and 46
Bernacchi 6 Wed. Sept. 13 Cellular Basis of Life Chapters 4 and 5
Bernacchi 7 Mon. Sept. 18
Take-home Assignment 1
Due in lecture
Photosynthesis Chapters 6 and 7
Bernacchi 8 Wed. Sept. 20
First Web Crossing Assignment
due by 8:00 AM
Respiration Chapters 6 and 8
Bernacchi 9 Mon. Sept. 25
Take-home Assignment 2
Due in lecture

Extra Credit Mini-Deadline
Cell Reproduction, Chromosomes, and DNA

The Human Genome Project from Science Magazine

Chapters 9 and 13
Bernacchi 10 Wed. Sept. 27
Extra Credit Portfolio Due (2% possible)
Organism Reproduction:
Meiosis & Fertilization
Chapter 10
Dole 11 Mon. Oct. 2
Take-home Assignment 3
Due in lecture
Heredity and Meiosis

CD Analogy Solution

Chapter 11
Exam I
Lectures 1-9
9:00 AM, Wed, Oct. 4

Students with last names beginning A-K go to Room 112 Gregory Hall
Students with last names beginning L-Z go to Room 228 Natural History Building
Because this exam is scheduled during the normal lecture time, no conflict exam is scheduled.
Dole 12 Mon. Oct. 9 Chromosomes and Traits

Summary of the
"Meiosis Dance" Lecture Exercise

Chapters 11 & 12
Dole 13 Wed. Oct. 11 Genes, Traits,
and Proteins
Chapter 13
Dole 14 Mon. Oct. 16
Take-home Assignment 4
Due in lecture
DNA to RNA to Protein

Donny the DNA and Mr. TATA
Chapter 13
Dole 15 Wed. Oct. 18 Mutations

Mutation Lecture Activity Summary

Chapter 13
Tang 16 Mon. Oct. 23
Take-home Assignment 5
Due in lecture

Control of
Gene Expression
Chapters 5, 9, 13, 29, and 34
Dole 17 Wed. Oct. 25 Human Genetic Disorders, Cancer, DNA, and Proteins

Watch the NOVA program, Cancer Warrier

Chapters 9, 11, 12, 13
Dole 18 Mon. Oct. 30
Second Web Crossing Assignment
Due by 8:00 AM

Biotechnology: Recombinant DNA and PCR Chapters 14
Dole 19 Wed. Nov. 1 Biotechnology: DNA Analysis

DNA Sequencing
Lecture Activity Answer

Chapters 14
Dole 20 Mon. Nov. 6
Take-home Assignment 6
Due in lecture

Extra Credit Mini-Deadline

Biotechnology: Human Genome Project & Gene Therapy Chapters 14
Bernacchi 21 Wed. Nov. 8
Extra Credit Portfolio Due in Lecture
(2% possible)

Third Web Crossing Assignment
Due by 8:00 AM

Biodiversity

The Venom Cure Nature From PBS

Imagine
Chapter 46
Bernacchi 22 Mon. Nov. 13
Take-home Assignment 7
Due in lecture
Biodiversity Chapter 46
Exam II
Lectures 10-20
9:00 AM, Wed, Nov. 15

Students with last names beginning A-K go to Room 112 Gregory Hall
Students with last names beginning L-Z go to Room 228 Natural History Building
Because this exam is scheduled during the normal lecture time, no conflict exam is scheduled.
Thanksgiving Vacation Begins
Sat., Nov. 18, 1 p.m.
Dole 23 Mon. Nov. 27 Microevolution:
The Forces of Evolutionary Change

Excellent PBS Series
on Evolution!!!

Chapters 15 and 16
Dole 24 Wed. Nov. 29 Microevolution:
The Forces of Evolutionary Change II

Chapter 15 and 16
Dole 25 Mon. Dec. 4
Extra Credit
Mini-Deadline
Macroevolution:
Introduction to Speciation
Chapter 17
Dole 26 Wed. Dec. 6
Extra Credit Portfolio Due in Lecture
(2% possible)

Take-home Assignment 8
Due in lecture


Fourth Web Crossing Assignment
Due by 8:00 AM

Evidence of
Macroevolution

Evolution and Science

Chapter 18
Friday, Dec. 8 Last Day Of Classes
Saturday, Dec. 9 Reading Day
8-11 AM, Tuesday, Dec. 12 Final Exam

* Lecture topics may be changed or reordered during the semester. -- Links to lecture outlines will be added as the semester progresses.