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November 17, 2009

  • Today is the last day of the 12th week of classes. To be on track, you should be finishing Lesson 12 today.
  • The fourth deadline for this class is Friday, December 4 at 2pm. You need to complete all the work for Lessons 11-14 and Tests 6-7.
  • If you turned in a draft of your Animal Behavior assignment, I will try to have it back to you for pickup in the BLC by Friday.
  • My office hours for Wednesday are cancelled; I will hold office hours today from 2-4pm instead.
  • Your next two Science News reviews are due by Monday, Nov. 30 and your last two reviews are due by Friday, December 11 at 8pm. Please see the directions below by clicking on the Science News Synposis Assignment.
  • If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact me. Email is best: nan.schmidt@pima.edu

Nan

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This course is composed of 16 lessons, divided into 8 units. Each lesson includes a combination of text readings, assignments, on-line lab assignments, in-class lab activities, and a self-quiz.

Unit 1
Evolution
Lesson 1 Evidence for Evolution
Unit 2
Evolution II

Lesson 2 Populaton Genetics

Lesson 3 Defining Species/Classifying Organisms

Deadline 1 covers Lessons 1-3 and Tests 1-2 and the Unit 1 Assignment

Unit 3
Classification/
Micro-organisms
and Fungi

Lesson 4 Viruses and Prokaryotes

Lesson 5 Protists and Fungi

Unit 4
Plants

Lesson 6 Plant Diversity and Structure

Lesson 7 Plant Physiology and Reproduction

Deadline 2 covers Lessons 4-7 and Test 3–4
Unit 5
Animal Diversity

Lesson 8 Invertebrates I

Lesson 9 Invertebrates II

Lesson 10 Vertebrates

Deadline 3 covers Lessons 8-10 and Tests 5
Unit 6
Animal Physiology

Lesson 11 Animal Anatomy and Physiology I

Lesson 12 Animal Anatomy and Physiology II

Unit 7
Ecology

Lesson 13 Population and Community Ecology

Lesson 14 Animal Behavior

Deadline 4 covers Lessons 11-14 and Test 6–7
Unit 8
Ecosystems

Lesson 15 Ecosystems, the Biosphere, and Human Impacts

Lesson 16 Conservation Biology

 

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