For each lecture, be sure to do the assigned reading and/or activities before you come to class!

Click on the Unit Title to see the assignments for each week. *updated in real time

Week 1		Course Introduction & The Nature of Science	Chapter 1.1 Chapter 1.2
Week 2 & 3		Classification of Living Organisms · Organizing Life on Earth · Systematic and evolutionary relationships between organisms · Phylogenies	Chapter 20.1 Chapter 20.2
Week 4		Evolutionary Processes – Biodiversity & Evolution Resources	Chapter 18 (18.1, 18.2, 18.3)
Week 5		Biological Diversity: Viruses, Bacteria and Archaea · Viral Structure & Infection Prokaryote Diversity, Structure and Metabolism	Chapter 21.1, 21.2, 21.3
Week 6		Biological Diversity: Prokaryotes · Prokaryote Structure Biological Diversity: Protists	Chapter 22.2 Chapter 23
Week 7 & 8		Biological Diversity: Eukaryotes · Plant Structure and Function · Animal Structure and Function	Chapter 30 Chapter 33
Week 9		Ecology and the Biosphere · Biogeography · Biomes · Climate Change	Chapter 44.2 Chapter 44.3 & 44.4 Chapter 44.5
Week 10		Population and Community Ecology	Chapter 45.3 Chapter 45.6
Week 11		Ecosystems and Biodiversity · Ecology of ecosystems · Energy flow through ecosystems · Conservation and Biodiversity
Week 12		Introduction to Cell Biology (Genetics Prep) · Cell Structure · DNA Structure and Function · The Cell Cycle