Fall, 2009 Required Materials

Course Outline

Online Resources

Required Textbook: Biology:  8th edition, by Neil Campbell & Jane Reece et al.,   Benjamin Cummings, publisher.

 

 

Required Lab Manual: Custom lab manual for CCP

 

 

Required Equipment for the laboratory:

Students must purchase Safety Goggles and Gloves for the laboratory

 

I. Evolution

A. Darwin and Evolution ...............

B. Genetics in Evolution ..............

C. Speciation in Evolution ..............

D. Origin of Life ..............

 

II. Diversity of Living Things

A. Viruses and Monera ..............

B. Protista and Fungi ..............

C. Plant Diversity ..............

D. Sponges and Roundworms ..............

E. Mollusks to Chordates ..............

F. Vertebrate Diversity and Human Evolution ..............

 

III. Plant Structure and Function

 

A. Structure ..............

B. Nutrition and Transport ..............

C. Reproduction ..............

D. Growth and Development ..............

 

IV. Animal Structure and Function

 

A. Circulatory System ..............

B. Immunity ..............

C. Digestion and Nutrition ..............

D. Respiratory System ..............

E. Excretory System ..............

F. Nervous System ..............

G. Sense Organs ..............

H. Endocrine System ..............

I. Reproduction ..............

 

V. Ecology

 

A. Interaction within Communities ..............

B. The Biosphere ..............

C. Ecosystems .............