Syllabus/Schedule, Biology 2
Week
Day and
date Subject
& Condition of the week Chapter Led
by
Lab (Tues
= Section A, Wed = Section B) Assignments
due 1 Tues
4/2 Fri,
4/5 A brief
review of the history of life
(in one week or
less) 22, 37, and
p.873-883 (w/e)
p.981-998 SKT,
TJ "Sketch a
Kingdom" (TJ, SKT) Review
individual chapters on each Kingdom 2 Tues,
4/9 Fri,
4/12 Nutrition 39,
51 SKT SKT Nutrition
Lab (SKT, TJ) 3 Tues,
4/16 Fri,
4/19 Gas
exchange Circulation
1 52,
53 TJ SKT Circulation:
Hearts and Woody Stems (JA, SKT, CG?) problem set
1 due 4 Tues,
4/23 Fri,
4/26 Circulation
2 Homeostasis
1 41,58 SKT TJ The
Intertidal Zone: Maintaining an internal environment in an
variable external environment (TJ, SKT) proposal for
final project due 5 Tues,
4/30 Fri,
5/3 Homeostasis
2
cirrhosis Endocrinology 56 TJ SKT Guts, gore
and fish flesh: Comparative invertebrate/vertebrate
dissections (SKT, TJ) problem set
2 due 6 Tues,
5/7 Fri,
5/10 Sensory
Systems and Taxis Locomotion (41), 55,
50 SKT TJ Sensing the
Environment (SKT, TJ) 7 Tues,
5/14 Fri,
5/17 Neurology The
Brain 54 TJ KH? Biomechanics
(HH) problem set
3 due 8 Tues,
5/21 Fri,
5/24 Reproduction 42,
59 TJ CG? Reproduction
and Development in Plants and Animals (CG?, TJ) Sat 5/25
(Sect. A), Sun 5/26 (Sect. B) fieldtrips to Great Duck
Island, weather pending, to help with Gull census (JA, SKT,
TJ) 9 Tues,
5/28 Fri,
5/31 Development 40,
60 TJ SKT
Poster
presentations 10 Tues,
6/4 Fri,
6/7 Immunology COA research
examples 57 TJ SKT,
TJ Lab final
exam problem set
4 due
diabetes
emphysema
malaria
ischemia
Tinitus,
glaucoma
Musc.
distrophy
Multiple
Sclerosis
parasites
Foetal
disorders
Autoimmune
diseases
Instructor Key
SKT = Sean Todd
TJ = Tora Johnson
JA = John Anderson
CG = Craig Greene
HH - Helen Hess
KH = Ken Hill
SM = Suzanne Morse