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BIOL 112: PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY II LECTURE
Spring 2009
Lecture Description and Syllabus
Updated May 4, 2009

 

FINAL EXAM FOR LECTURE:

FRIDAY, MAY 8:  3:30 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M.

FORMAT:  Identification, short answer, multiple-choice, matching.  NO ESSAYS;

Question:  How do people stand, relative to the final grade?

 

To the lecture schedule

Dr. Stan Eisen
Office: S203B
Telephone: (901) 321-3447
e-mail: seisen@cbu.edu

Textbook:
Campbell. 2008. Biology.
Darwin, Charles.  Origin of Species.

Description:

BIOL 112, Principles of Biology II, is the second half of a year-long survey course in introductory biology. In this course, we will examine the systematics and taxonomy of animals, anatomy and physiology of eukaryotic organisms, and embryology. The course includes three lectures and one discussion section each week.

Grading:

Grading for this course will be based on the following:

  • 4 semester exams, each worth 1/8 of your final grade. Each exam will include short answer, multiple-choice and essay questions;
  • Weekly quizzes covering the previous week's material, administered at the beginning of each discussion section. Quizzes will include short answer, multiple-choice and short essay questions. Collectively, these quizzes will be worth 1/8 of your final grade;
  • An oral presentation on a selected chapter of Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species, which will be worth 1/8 of your final grade.  The basic assumption of this presentation is that YOU will be teaching each other the points made by Charles Darwin to develop and support his theory.  I have resources to help you, but it’s going to be YOUR responsibility to teach your peers.  You will be expected to submit an outline of your presentation and 5 multiple-choice questions at least 2 days in advance so that I can distribute your outline to the rest of the class.  (Please see http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/TheDarwinDivas.htm , and the grading rubric, http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/OriginOfSpeciesPresentationRubric.htm    );
  • A written paper, 3-5 double-spaced typewritten pages long, on the Scoop on Poop exhibit, which will be shown at the Pink Palace Museum from January 24, 2009 – May 3, 2009.  This paper will count 1/8 of your final grade.  You can read a description of the exhibit at http://www.memphismuseums.org/exhibit-7008/  Note the slight change in the criteria for the Scoop on Poop paper:  http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/GuidelinesForScoopOnPoopPaperSp2009.htm

 

Some videos just to get us, uh, in the mood:

Iowa State Fair - Cow Chip Throwing Contest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWGqhIbXh-I

African Dung Beetle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1RHmSm36aE

Dung Beetle dung ball battle.(!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrOFNoicijQ&feature=related

New Company Plant Runs on Cow Manure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAg4a5WVTkg

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  • A final exam scheduled during final exam week. This final exam will include short-answer and multiple-choice questions, and will be worth 1/8 of your final grade.

Grading scale

Grading for all quizzes, reports, and exams will be based on a 4.0 grading scale, in which:

3.5 to 4.0 = A
2.75 to 3.49 = B
2.00 to 2.74 = C
1.00 to 1.99 = D
< 1.00 = F

Presentation Schedule for Darwin’s Origin of Species:
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/PresentationScheduleForOriginOfSpecies.htm

 

BIOL 112 Sp2009 Lecture Schedule

Day

Date

Lecture Topic (& links)

Chapter in textbook

M

1/12

Plant histology
http://www.spc.cc.tx.us/biology/rzamora/planthistologyreview_files/v3_document.htm

35

W

1/14

Root systems
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/RootsForProjection_files/frame.htm

35

Th

1/15


Lecture Quiz 1:  Plant histology
Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, Part I

 

F

1/16

Stems and leaves
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/StemsAndLeaves.htm

35

M

1/19

***Martin Luther King Day***

 

W

1/21

Meristems, Primary growth & secondary growth
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/MeristemsPrimaryAndSecondaryGrowthForProjection.htm

36

Th

1/22

Lecture Quiz 2:  Plant organs & meristematic growth
Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, Part 2

 

F

1/23

Transport in Plants: water flow in xylem tissue
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/TransportInPlantsIXylemForProjection.htm

36

M

1/26

Transport in Plants: Translocation of Phloem sap
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/TransportInPlantsIIPhloemForProjection.htm

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/P/Phloem.html
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/hort/courses/HORT301/MikesLectures/TranslPhloem.html

36

W

1/28

Plant Nutrition
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/PlantNutrition.htm

37

Th

1/29

Lecture Quiz 3:  Transport in Plants
Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, Part 3    

 

F

1/30

Plant Reproduction
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/AngiospermReproduction.htm

38

M

2/2

An introduction to animal taxonomy & phylogeny 
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/AnimalDiversity.htm

32

W

2/4

Porifera
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/Porifera.htm

33

Th

2/5

Lecture Quiz 4:  Plant reproduction
Presentation on Chapters 1 & 2:  Variation Under Domestication; Variation Under Nature     

 

F

2/6

Lecture Exam I

 

M

2/9

Cnidaria
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/Cnidaria/

Ctenophora
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/Ctenophora/

Hydroskeletons
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/Hydroskeletons/

33

W

2/11

Platyhelminthes, Rotifera, Lophophorates

Platyhelminthes
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/Platyhelminthes/

33

Th

2/12

Lecture Quiz 5:  Linnaean system of taxonomy
Presentation on Chapter 3:  Struggle for Existence

 

F

2/13

Mollusca
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/Mollusca/

33

M

2/16

Annelida
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/Annelida/

33

W

2/18

Nematoda
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/Nematoda.htm

33

Th

2/19

Lecture Quiz 6:  “Lower” invertebrates
Presentation on Chapter 4:  Natural Selection; or the Survival of the Fittest

 

F

2/20

Arthropoda
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/Arthropoda.htm

Barnacle Copulation:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1SW-pl2gYs

Little Richard, “Keep on Knocking”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZkYWdt4yqg

33

M

2/23

Echinodermata
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/Echinodermata.htm

33

W

2/25

Chordates
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/Chordates.htm
http://www-biol.paisley.ac.uk/courses/Tatner/biomedia/units/chor1.htm

Hagfish slime is interesting stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb2EOP3ohnE

34

Th

2/26

Lecture Quiz 7:  Higher invertebrates and Chordates
Presentation on Chapter 5:  Laws of Variation  

 

F

2/27

Animal Histology & Homeostasis

40

M

3/2

Nutrition + Digestive system
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookDIGEST.html

http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/Nutrition.htm

Scrubs - Everything Comes Down To Poo 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsVgi8hoFFc

41

W

3/4

Internal Transport:  Cardiovascular system
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookcircSYS.html

42

Th

3/5

Lecture Quiz 8:  Animal Histology, Digestive and Cardiovascular systems
Presentations on Chapters 6 and 7:  Difficulties of the Theory; Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection 

 

F

3/6

Lecture Exam II

(For lab: http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/BIOL112PracticeFinalSp2008_files/frame.htm  )

 

M-F

3/9 - 3/13

SPRING BREAK

 

M

3/16

Lecture Exam II Specimens
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/BIOL112LcEx02SpecimensSp2009.htm

Internal Transport:  Blood
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookcircSYS.html

42

W

3/18

Gas Exchange
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookRESPSYS.html

42

Th

3/19

Lecture Quiz 9:  Cardiovascular system, cont’d
Presentations on Chapters 8 and 9:  Instinct; Hybridism 

 

F

3/20

Internal Defense
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookIMMUN.html

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/final/immun/immun.htm

43

M

3/23

Thermal regulation

44

W

3/25

Osmoregulation

44

Th

3/26

***Tentative date for workshop on Information Literacy, led by Benjamin Head, in the Library***

 

F

3/27

***Tentative date for workshop on Plagiarism, led by Benjamin Head, in the Library***

 

M

3/30

excretory systems
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookEXCRET.html

What you might find in a urinalysis
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/UrinalysisComponents.htm

44

W

4/1

Endocrine regulation
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookENDOCR.html

45

Th

4/2

Lecture Quiz 10:  Endocrine and reproductive systems
Presentation on Chapters 10 & 11:  On the Imperfection of the Geological Record; On the Geological Succession of Organic Beings

47

F

4/3

Lecture Exam 3
http://www.cbu.edu/~seisen/BIOL112LcEx03IdentificationPractice.htm

 

M

4/6

Human reproduction: Male and female reproductive anatomy and physiology
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookREPROD.html
Contraception: http://www.mariestopes.org.uk/fast_track_index.html

46

W

4/8

***NO CLASS***

 

Th

4/9

***Easter Break – No class***

 

F

4/10

***Easter Break – No class***

 

M

4/13

***Easter Break – No class***

 

W

4/15

***Passover, Day 7 – No class***

 

Th

4/16

***Passover, Day 8 – No class***

 

F

4/17

 Animal Development
Early theories: http://zygote.swarthmore.edu/fert1.html

Congenital defects:
Kitten with 2 faces: 
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/3777346/10360191

47

M

4/20

Neural control: Neurons
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookNERV.html

Neurobiology animations
http://itc.gsw.edu/faculty/gfisk/anim/index.html

Sodium-Potassium pump animation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsQQ6s_nI2c&NR=1

Action Potential
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCasruJT-DU&feature=related

Nerve Impulse Animation - Action Potential
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzevjSb1ERM

Synaptic transmission
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vZI_XKca88&feature=related

Receptors:  How cells get the message
http://receptome.stanford.edu/HPMR

48

W

4/22

Neural Regulation: Central nervous system
Neural Regulation: Peripheral Nervous system
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookNERV.html

48

Th

4/23

Lecture Quiz 13:  Endocrine and reproductive systems
Presentation on Chapters 12 and 13:  Geographical Distribution; Geographical Distribution continued 

 

F

4/24

Sensory perception
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookNERV.html

49

M

4/27

Musculoskeletal system: Morphology and physiology
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookMUSSKEL.html

Tutorial on the skeletal system:
http://depts.washington.edu/bonebio/ASBMRed/ASBMRed.html

50

W

4/29

An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere

52

Th

4/30

Lecture Quiz 14:  Musculoskeletal systems; introduction to ecology
Presentations on Chapters 14 & 15:  Mutual Affinities of Organic Beings: Morphology; Embrology; -- Recapitulation and Conclusion

 

F

5/1

***Lecture Exam 4***

 

M

5/4

Community Ecology & Ecosystems

54 & 55

T

5/5

**STUDY DAY**

 

Final exam will be given during Final Exam Week