Introduction
& Science -
Introduction to Biology, Science, Graphing, & Experimental
Methods.
Lecture Notes
(PDF)
Intro. Ecology & Population Ecology -
Habitat, Territory, Foraging, Population
Description, Community Effects on Population, Exponential Growth, Logistic Growth,
and Human Population Growth.
Lecture Notes
(PDF)
Slipper Orchid Case Study
(PDF)
Community Ecology - Community
Interactions, Trophic Structure, & Nutrient Cycling
Lecture Notes
(PDF)
Soil Community Case Study
(PDF)
Ecosystems and Conservation Biology -
Cycles, Earth Compartments, Hydrological Cycle, Carbon Cycle, Climate
Change, Island Biogeography, Species Richness, Biomes,
Patterns of Biodiversity, & Threats to Biodiversity.
Lecture Notes
(PDF)
EXAMINATION 1
Introduction
to Evolution & Microevolutionary Mechanisms
- Darwinian Evolution,
Genetics Review, Population Genetics, Mutation, Natural Selection, genetic Drift,
Non-Random Mating, Gene Flow, & Hardy-Weinberg Equation
Lecture Notes
(PDF)
Speciation and Macroevolution
- Species, Speciation, Taxonomy,
Phylogeny Reconstruction, and Misperceptions of Evolution
Lecture Notes
(PDF)
EXAMINATION 2
Prokaryotes (Bacteria & Archae)
- Introduction to Cells, Prokaryotic
Diversity, Bacterial Nutrition, Bacterial Metabolism, Bacterial Interactions with People,
Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance, & Viruses
Lecture Notes
(PDF)
Various
Eukaryotic Kingdoms - Introduction to Eukaryotes, Endosymbiosis,
Mitosis/Meiosis/Fertilization, Various Kingdoms, Amoebozoa, & Fungi
Lecture Notes
(PDF)
Kingdom
Plantae 1 - Introduction to Plants, Alternation of Generations,
Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta, liverworts, Bryophyta,
Lycophyta,
& Pterophyta
Lecture Notes
(PDF)
Kingdom Plantae 2
- Introduction
to Seed Plants, Ginkgophyta, Coniferophyta, Anthophyta, & Introduction
to Anthophyte Anatomy & Tissues
Lecture Notes
(PDF)
EXAMINATION
3
Kingdom
Animalia 1 - Introduction to Animals and Animal Development, Porifera,
Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Annelida, Molluska, & Nematoda.
Lecture Notes
(PDF)
Kingdom Animalia 2
- Arthropoda,
Echinodermata, & Chordata, Introduction to Vertebrate Development, Basic
Overview of Animal Tissues, General Introduction to Homeostasis, and Human
Glucose Physiology
Lecture Notes
(PDF)
Laboratory 1 - Introduction and Scientific Evaluation
Lab Lecture Notes (PDF)
Laboratory 2 - Population
Ecology: The Effect of Slope on Plant Density
Lab Lecture Notes (PDF)
Laboratory 3 - Community
Ecology I: Plant Identification, Microscope Use, and Culture of Environmental Microorganisms
Lab Lecture Notes (PDF)
Laboratory 4 - Community
Ecology II: Effect of Slope on Plant and Microorganism Species Diversity,
Photosynthesis/Cellular Respiration, & Chlorophyll Chromatography
Lab Lecture Notes (PDF)
Laboratory 5 -
Population Genetics and Evolution in a Simulation
Lab Lecture Notes (PDF)
Laboratory 6 - Human
Population Genetics, Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium, and Human Race
Lab Lecture Notes (PDF)
Laboratory 7 - Phylogenetic
Reconstruction and Basic Insect Anatomy
Lab Lecture Notes (PDF)
Laboratory 8 -
Examination (no lab lecture)
Laboratory 9 -
Diversity I: Bacteria and Archae
Lab Lecture Notes (PDF)
Laboratory 10 -
Diversity II: "Protozoans," "Algae," and Fungi
Lab Lecture Notes (PDF)
Laboratory 11 -
Diversity III: Land Plant Diversity and Structure
Lab Lecture Notes (PDF)
Laboratory 12 -
Diversity IV: Animal Diversity and Development
Lab Lecture Notes (PDF)
Laboratory 13 -
Diversity V: Animal Tissues and Mammalian Anatomy
Lab Lecture Notes (PDF)
