BIOL 151
BIOl 151 course syllabus
Book: Campbell's Biology, 11th edition - If you are a biology major, definitely buy this book! This will be a great reference for your entire academic career. If you are taking this course as a gen ed and are not a science major, you can get by with an older edition and save some money.
Note taking - do it by hand!
Lab Handouts: Print these out and bring them to lab. Read them before lab! Instructions for Lab writups.
Lab 1 - Scientific Method
Lab 2 - Osmosis
Lab 3 - Mitosis Meiosis
Lab 4 - Genetics
Lab 5 - Evolution
Lab 6a - Phylogenies (Vertebrates)
Lab 6b - Phylogenies (Invertebrates)
Lab 7 - Porifera Cnidaria Annelida Platyhelminthes
Lab 8 - Mollusca Arthropoda Nematoda
Lab 9 - Echinodermata Chordata
Lab 10 - Population Growth Pearl-Verhulst Model (Excel)
Lectures on Critters:
Protista, Porifera, Cnidaria
Platyhelminthes, Annelida
Mollusca
Nematoda, Arthropoda
Echinodermata
Chordata
Ecology Lectures:
Population Ecology
Community Ecology
Science, Science Denial, and Pseudoscience:
Scientific Method - Mouse examples
Scientific Studies John Oliver (Language!)
Testing Scientific Ideas
5 Techniques of Science Denial (about climate change, but applies to anything)
Surface Area:Volume example
Diffusion video
Passive Transport video
Active Transport video
Na-K pump video
Endocytosi-Exocytosis video 1 video2
Worm Documentary (YouTube)
Genetics questions
Eye Evolution - the comment section may make your brain explode, watch out ;)
Tree of Life Project
Phylogeny Entrance (Berkeley)