General Class Information

Syllabus


OCT 20 : ANNOUNCEMENT & OTHER STUFF

Web Links

• What is Science?
• Nature of Science - by Martin Nickels
• Scientific Method & Pseudoscience - a Physics page by Jose Wudka from Univ of CA, Riverside

• Books & Resources
• Text Web Site - Biology: Life on Earth
• General Biology & Cell Molec - web pages by Kimball
• An On-Line Biology Book
• Virtual Biology Book - MIT
• Bio & Chem Links

• News &Information
  
• Environmental News Network
• CNN Sci-Tech
• CNN Health
• The Environmental Magazine  
• The National Academies
• Main page
  
• Biology
• Environmental Issues
  

• Interest & Information
• Global warming , an ENN report
• Preserving a rainforest
  
• Gekos know chemistry?
  

Assignments (for Grading Option 1)

• Assignment #1
  
• Assignment #2  , Note to students
  
• Assignment #3 partial
• Assignment #4: 
• Instructions
  
• Articles for Assignment #4
• Ideas for Issues
  
• For Assignment #5: Excel File , Graph of Results
  

Homework (optional)

• Homework #1 & Answers
• Homework #2 & Answers
• Homework #3
• Homework #4 & Answers
• Homework #5 & Answers
• Homework #6 & Answers
• Homework #7 & Answers
• Homework #8 & Answers  
• Genetics Problems
  

Resources

• Ways to Practice
• Practice Exam I
• Practice Quiz - Biological Molecules
     Do homework #3 before taking this quiz.
     Please be patient; graphics may load slowly

• Practice Exam II
• Practice Exam III  
• Practice " Exam IV "
  

• Notes or Supplemental Information
• Scientific Inquiry:
• Example
• What is science?
  
• Transport Across Membranes - Table
• Chp 6 - Key Concepts
• Chapter 3 - Powerpoint slides  
• Mutations
• Chapter 10 - Powerpoint slides