Week 1: Scientific Investigation, Microscopes and cells and Use of Primary Literature Sources – Chapter 1: The Study of Life

Read Sections:

• 1.1 The Science of Biology
• 1.2 Themes and Concepts of Biology

Group Activities:

• Answer Visual Thinking Questions
• Answer Critical Thinking Questions
• Prepare a List of Concepts for class Concept Map

Week 2: The Cell: Structure and Function of Cells – Chapter 4: Cell Structure

Read Sections

• 4.1 Studying Cells
• 4.2 Prokaryotic Cells
• 4.3 Eukaryotic Cells

Group Activities:

• Answer Visual Thinking Question #’s
  • 1&2
• Review Question #’s
  • 4-12
• Answer Critical Thinking Question #’s
  • 25-31
• Prepare a List of Concepts to for class Concept Map

Week 3: Mitosis and Meiosis – Chapter 10: Cell Reproduction and Chapter 11 Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction

Read Sections

• 10.1 Cell Division
• 10.2 The Cell Cycle
• 11.1 The Process of Meiosis
• 11.2 Sexual Reproduction

Group Activities:

• Answer Visual Thinking Question #’s
  • Ch 11: #1
• Answer Review Question #’s
  • Ch 10: 3-15
  • Ch 11: 2-18
• Answer Critical Thinking Question #’s
  • Ch 10: 28-31
  • Ch 11: 19-29
• Prepare a List of Concepts for class Concept Map

Week 4: Survey of Unicellular Organisms (Protists and Fungi) – Chapter 23: Protists and Chapter 24 Fungi

Read Sections

Group Activities:

• Answer Visual Thinking Question #’s
• Answer Review Question #’s
• Answer Critical Thinking Question #’s
• Prepare a List of Concepts for class Concept Map

 

 

Week 5: Monohybrid Dihybrid Crosses

Definitions, Exercises, Figures, Chi Square (would need to be adapted for Bio 1): https://opened.cuny.edu/courses/bio2450l-genetics-laboratory-manual/view

 

Weeks 4-7, Plant Diversity 1&2:

 

Figures, examples, questions-

 

Early Plant Life: https://opened.cuny.edu/courseware/lesson/730/overview

 

Seedless Vascular Plants: https://opened.cuny.edu/courseware/lesson/733/overview

 

The Role of Seed Plants: https://opened.cuny.edu/courseware/lesson/738/overview

 

Seed Plants and Angiosperms: https://opened.cuny.edu/courseware/lesson/737/overview