Chapter 1-Introduction: Themes in the Study of Life

1. Cube Laboratory

Scientific Method

2. Metric Conversions

Lab Practicum

3. The Tribbles Mission

A simulation using cellular automata that tests the student's application of the scientific method. Students must determine the rules governing survival, birth and death of Martian organisms.

Chapter 2- The Chemical Context of Life

1. Enzyme Investigation-Vernier

An investigation of the enzyme catalase that is found in animals and the plant enzyme peroxidase.

2. Enzyme Simulation

The Enzkin Project-A Practicum

The fundamentals of enzyme kinetics will be taught and a computer simulation will be used as a laboratory aid to demonstrate the components and operation of enzyme action.

Chapter 3, 4 & 5 - Chemistry and Biochemistry

1. The Chemical Composition of Cells

Chemical tests that identify the biochemical groups making up a cell.

Chapter 6, 7 & 8 - Metabolism, A Tour of the Cell & Membrane Structure and Function

1. Diffusion and Osmosis Lab-Carolina Simulation

2. Diffusion and Osmosis Lab-Vernier

3. Introduction to the Microscope

a. Using the Microscope-Includes parts , function and how to estimate the size of objects

b. Parts of a Microscope-Binocular

c. Exploring the World of Microscopy

Introduction to Cell and Virus Structure

Electron Microscopy

Examination of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells (Pond Cultures)

d. Agar Blocks-Surface area to Volume relationships and cell division

Chapter 9-Cellular Respiration Harvesting Chemical Energy

1. Cell Respiration - Vernier

Chapter 10-Photosynthesis

1. Photosynthesis - Vernier

Chapter 11 & 12-Cell Communication, The Reproduction of Cells

1. Microscope Lab-Identification of Phases

a. Control of the Cell Cycle Game

b. Apoptosis

c. Cyclin Levels During the Cell Cycle

Chapter 13-Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles

#8: Mitosis and meiosis

a. Meiosis 1

b. Meiosis Tutorial 2

c. Meiosis Tutorial 3

Chapter 14-Mendel and the Gene Idea

a. Dragon Genetics with GenScope

Chapter 15-The Chromosome Basis of Inheritance

#10: Human genetics

 Chapter 16-The Molecular Basis of Inheritance

#11: Molecular genetics (Gel electrophoresis)

Chapter 17-From Gene to Protein

a. Method #1-DNA Extraction from Cheek Cells (Squamous Epithelium)

b. Method #2-DNA Extraction from Cheek Cells (Squamous Epithelium)

c. DNA Extraction-E.coli Demonstration

Chapter 18-Microbial Models: The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria

a. Microscopic Analysis of Prokaryotic Morphology

Chapter 19-Genome: Organization and Expression in Eukaryotes

Chapter 20-DNA Technology and Genomics

a. Bioinformatics and the Human Genome Project

This stand-alone instructional module addresses how and why computers are essential for analyzing the data produced by the Human Genome Project.

Five inquiry-based classroom lessons create a scenario where students play the roles of employees of a fictitious biotechnology company.

Using a Web site developed specifically for this module, students analyze sequence data to look for genes, perform a BLAST search to obtain clues to gene function, and assess the extent of genetic variation among their samples.

Although genetic databases are important to medical research, they raise ethical issues as well. The module presents students with a dilemma relating to issues of informed consent and the privacy of genetic information.

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Chapter 21-The Genetic Basis of Development

 

Chap. 22- Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life

Chap. 23- The Evolution of Populations

a. Handouts: Natural selection, Lethal gene

b. Facial Index-Grasshoppers Lab

c. Darwin's Pond

Chap. 24- The Origin of Species