LECTURE SCHEDULE THE NEW HYBRID ARSC 011 SPRING 2010
DATE  DAY  LECTURE  LAB 
Jan 18 monday MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY Lab times and Teaching Assistants click here
The lab rubric click here
Jan 19 tuesday   1 Technology
Jan 20 wednesday Introduction 1 Technology
Jan 21 thursday   1 Technology
Jan 22 friday Module 1 - THE EARTH
Read and lecture on: GAIA
Read and lecture on: Earth cycles -  rocks
Take: lab quiz 1
Quiz rubrics click here
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Jan 25 monday Selected topics: Writing a wrap up report in science DEMO
Jan 26 tuesday   2 Rocks
Jan 27 wednesday Read and lecture on: Earth cycles - water
Take: Lecture quiz 1
2 Rocks
Jan 28 thursday   2 Rocks
Jan 29 friday Read and lecture on: Earth cycles- air
Take: lab quiz 2
WRAP UP REPORT: #1 WATER  turn into both Turnitin and D2L
Wrap up report rubric click here 
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Feb 1 monday movie 1 Black Blizzard  
Feb 2 tuesday   3 Water
Feb 3 wednesday Module 2 - ORGANICS 
Read and lecture on: Organic building blocks of life
Take: Lecture quiz 2
3 Water
Feb 4 thursday   3 Water
Feb 5 friday Read and lecture on: Nucleic acids
Read and lecture on: DNA replication
Take: lab quiz 3
 
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Feb 8 monday Movie 2: Harvest of Fear
Here is link to some thoughts on movie
 
Feb 9 tuesday   4 DNA - canceled for snow
Feb 10 wednesday Read and lecture on: RNA transcription
Read and lecture on: The 3 RNAs
Read and lecture on: post transcription modifications of RNA
Take: Lecture quiz 3
4 DNA - canceled for snow
Feb 11 thursday   4 DNA - canceled for snow
Feb 12 friday Read and lecture on: Proteins
Read and lecture on: RNA translation
Read and lecture on: post translation modifications
Take: Bonus quiz
WRAP UP REPORT: 2 rBGH turn into both Turnitin and D2L
 
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Feb 15 monday Selected topics: RNA   
Feb 16 tuesday   4 DNA 
Feb 17 wednesday Read and lecture on: Lipids
Read and lecture on: cis and trans
Take: Lecture quiz 4
4 DNA 
Feb 18 thursday   4 DNA 
Feb 19 friday Review of all quizzes at wiki
Take: lab quiz 4
 
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Feb 22 monday EXAM 1 on Module 1 and 2 key  
Feb 23 tuesday   5 RNA and Proteins 
Feb 24 wednesday Module 3- GENETICS
Read and lecture on: Mendelian Genetics
5 RNA and Proteins 
Feb 25 thursday   5 RNA and Proteins 
Feb 26  friday Take: lab quiz 5 online  
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Mar 1 monday    
Mar 2 tuesday   6 Probability
Mar 3 wednesday Read and lecture on: Genetics
Read and lecture on: Cloning
Take: Lecture quiz 5 online (on Mendelian genetics)
6 Probability
Mar 46 thursday   6 Probability
Mar 5 friday Read and lecture on: Recombinant DNA
Take: lab quiz 6
WRAP UP REPORT: 3 Genetic diseases (deadline extended to 11:59 pm Sunday)
 
                               Midterm exams March 8 -13
Mar 8 monday Movie 3: Cracking the Ocean Code, Summary Bonus quiz online  article
Mar 9 tuesday   7  Forensic DNA
Mar 10 wednesday Module 4 - CELLS 
Read and lecture on: Cells
Read and lecture on: DNA of cells
Read and lecture on: Pro v Eu
Take: Lecture quiz 6 ONLINE
7  Forensic DNA
Mar 11 thursday   7  Forensic DNA
Mar 12 friday Read and lecture on: Endosymbiosis
Take: lab quiz 7
 
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Mar 15 monday Spring break  
Mar 16 tuesday Spring break NO LAB
Mar 17 wednesday Spring break NO LAB
Mar 18 thursday Spring break  NO LAB
Mar 19 friday Spring break  
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Mar 22 monday Movie 4: Viruses summary bonus quiz online  
Mar 23 tuesday   8 Microbes
Mar 24 wednesday Read and lecture on: Classification
Read and lecture on: Bacteria - the ancient scourges
Read and lecture on: Viruses
Take: Lecture quiz 7 online
8 Microbes
Mar 25 thursday   8 Microbes
Mar 26 friday Read and lecture on: Immune reponse to microbes
Read and lecture on: Human  Immunology
Read and lecture on: Human Lymphatic system
Take: lab quiz 8
WRAP UP REPORT: 4 Bacteria
 
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Mar 29 monday EXAM 2 on Module 3 and 4, ANSWER KEY  
Mar 30 tuesday   NO LAB
Mar 31 wednesday Module 5 - EVOLUTION
Read and lecture on: Energy flow - photosynthesis
Read and lecture on: Energy flow - respiration
Take: bonus quiz in class
NO LAB
Apr 1 thursday Easter holiday   
Apr 2 friday Easter holiday  
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Apr 5 monday Easter holiday  
Apr 6 tuesday How to get some extra credit NO LAB
Apr 7 wednesday Read and lecture on: Development and Differentiation 
Take: Lecture quiz 8
NO LAB
Apr 8 thursday   NO LAB
Apr 9 friday Read and lecture on: Macro-evolution
Take: lab quiz 
WRAP UP REPORT 5: Depression/PTSD
 
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Apr 12 monday Read and lecture on: Micro-evolution  
Apr 13 tuesday   9 Comparative vertebrate anatomy
Apr 14 wednesday Read and lecture on: Reproductive strategies
Take: Lecture quiz 9
9 Comparative vertebrate anatomy
Apr 15 thursday   9 Comparative vertebrate anatomy
Apr 16 friday Movie:  Evolution of Earth
Take: lab quiz 9
 
    Deadline to withdraw with a grade of W 4/16/10
Apr 19 monday Movie:  Evolution of Earth SUMMARY  
Apr 20 tuesday   10 Plants
Apr 21 wednesday Read and lecture on: Human evolution
Take: Lecture quiz 10
10 Plants
Apr 22 thursday   10 Plants
Apr 23 friday Movie: Evolution of feathers
Take: lab quiz 10
 
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Apr 26 monday Read and lecture on:  Ecology EXAM 3  CANCELLED
Apr 27 tuesday   NO LAB
Apr 28 wednesday Read and lecture on: Selected topics in ecology
Take: Lecture quiz 11
NO LAB
Apr 29 thursday   NO LAB 
Apr 30 friday Special topic:  
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May 3 monday Movie: Botany of Desire  
May 4 tuesday   NO LAB
May 5 wednesday Movie: Botany of Desire NO LAB
May 6 thursday   NO LAB
May 7 friday Selected topics: Debate: Should Marijuana be legalized?  
Classes end 5/8/10
FINAL EXAM 5/13/2010, Thursday 1:00PM - 3:00PM
Grades due at noon 5/18/10