NATS 104: LIFE ON EARTH |
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| Date | Lct Wks | Lecture & Workshop Notes | Readings | LxQuiz/Wksp | Q/W Due |
| Jan 16 w | 1 | Overview and Organization | W 0 pdf DO W 0 | LQuiz 1 | Jan 23 w |
| Jan 18 f | 0 I | W 1 Scientific Method W123.rtf pdf | WK01.rtf pdf | WKSHP 1. | Jan 25 f |
| Jan 21 m | No Classes - MLK Day | Jan 28 m | |||
| Jan 23 w | 2 | Nature of Science | What is Science | LQuiz 2 | Jan 30 w |
| Jan 25 f | II | W 2 Experimental Design Hierarchy | WK02.rtf pdf | WKSHP 2 | Feb 1 f |
| Jan 28 m | 3 | Atoms, Molecules & Life | Atoms & Mollecules | LQuiz 3 | Feb 4 m |
| Jan 30 w | 4 | Biogeochemical Cycles | Bio-Geo-Cycles | LQuiz 4 | Feb 6 w |
| Feb 1 f | III | W 3 Experiment Report | W 3 (b) pdf | WKSHP 3 | Feb 8 f |
| Feb 4 m | 5 | Origin & Evolution of Life | Taxonomy & Origin | LQuiz 5 | Feb 11 m |
| Feb 6 w | 6 | Origin of Sex - Genetics | Sex Genetics | LQuiz 6 | Feb 13 w |
| Feb 8 f | IV | W 4 Genetically Modified Food | W 4 pdf Punnet 1 2 | WKSHP 4 | Feb 15 f |
| Feb 11 m | 7 | Cells and Viruses 2/12 Darwin Day | Cells | LQuiz 7 | Feb 18 m |
| Feb 13 w | 8 | Genes to Organisms | Genes | LQuiz 8 | Feb 20 w |
| Feb 15 f | V | W 5 Debate | W 5 rtf pdf | WKSHP 5 | Feb 22 f |
| Feb 18 m | 9 | Molecular Biology | Genes | LQuiz 9 | Feb 25 m |
| Feb 20 w | LECTURES 1 -9 | Review | a b | ||
| Feb 22 f | 100 pt. EXAM #1 | assigned seating | Practice Exam 1 | ||
| Feb 25 m | 10 | Theory of Evolution | Darwin | LQuiz 10 | Mar 3 m |
| Feb 27 w | 11 | Evolutionary Trends & Extinction | Macro Micro Evolution | LQuiz 11 | Mar 5 w |
| Feb 29 f | VI | W 6 Term Paper Intro. | pdf UA Library | WKSHP 6 | Mar 7 f |
| Mar 3 m | 12 | Evolution, Extinction & Future | Macro Micro Evolution | LQuiz 12 | Mar 10 m |
| Mar 5 w | 13 | Human Evolution | Human Evol. | LQuiz 13 | Mar 12 w |
| Mar 7 f | VII | W 7 Human Evolution | Human Evol. pdf | WKSHP 7 | Mar 14 f |
| Mar 10 m | 14 | Global Climate and Life | Climate | LQuiz 14 | Mar 24 m |
| Mar 12 w | 15 | Terrestrial ecosystems | Ecosystems | LQuiz 15 | Mar 26 w |
| Mar 14 f | VIII | W 8 Biomes | Biomes pdf | WKSHP 8 | Mar 28 f |
| Mar 17-21 | Spring Break | ||||
| Mar 24 m | 16 | Terrestrial biomes | Biomes | LQuiz 16 | Mar 31 m |
| Mar 26 w | 17 | Aquatic Ecosystems | Aquatic | LQuiz 17 | Apr 2 w |
| Mar 28 f | IX | W 9 TERM PAPER (Peer Review) | Library pdf | WKSHP 9 | Apr 4 f |
| Mar 31 m | 18 | Dinosaurs & extinct ecosystems | LQuiz 18 | Apr 7 m | |
| Apr 2 w | LECTURES 10 - 18 | 2ndExam Review | a b | ||
| Apr 4 f | 100 pt. EXAM #2 | assigned seating | Practice Exam 2 | ||
| Apr 7 m | 19 | Species Interaction | Ecology | LQuiz 19 | Apr 14 m |
| Apr 9 w | 20 | Population Dynamics | Popn. Ecol. | LQuiz 20 | Apr 16 w |
| Apr 11 | X | W 10 TERM PAPER (Self Review) | Library pdf | WKSHP 10 | Apr 18 f |
| Apr 14 m | 21 | Human Population Dynamics | Human Popn. | LQuiz 21 | Apr 21 m |
| Apr 16 w | 22 | Risk and Toxicology | Risk | LQuiz 22 | Apr 23 w |
| Apr 18 f | XI | * W 11 Biodiversity | WKSHP 11 | Apr 25 f | |
| Apr 21 m | 23 | Human Disease | Hum.Disease | LQuiz 23 | Apr 28 m |
| Apr 23 w | 24 | Air Pollution and Life | Air Pollution | LQuiz 24 | Apr 30 w |
| Apr 25 f | XI | FINAL DRAFT DUE WK 12 Human Pop'n | WKSHP 12 | May 2 f | |
| Apr 28 m | 25 | Climate Change | Climate Ch | LQuiz 25 | May 5 m |
| Apr 30 w | 26 | Greenhouse Warming and Life | Greenhouse Effect | LQuiz 26 | May 7 w |
| May 2 f | XII | W 13 Climate Patterns | pdf Gr | WKSHP 13 | May 9 f |
| May 5 m | 27 | Ozone Depletion and Life | Ozone | LQuiz 27 | May 12 m |
| May 7 w | 28 | LECTURES 19 - 28 | 3rdExam Review | a b | |
| May 16 f | 11:-12:00 100 pt. EXAM #3 | assigned seating | Practice Exam 3 | ||
| Wkshp. Glossary & Bibliography | |||||
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*IMPORTANT FOOTNOTE: THIS SCHEDULE IS TENTATIVE - it will be updated - (revision Aug 9 2007). | |||||
THE HELPFUL FOOTNOTE:
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