This honors level course may be taken independently or in preparation for AP Biology next semester. Expect lots of information, lots of reading, lots of labs, and lots of challenge. This is a survey course covering the diversity of life. (See the outline below.)
I. Mechanisms of Evolution
A. The Revolution of Evolution: Descent with Modification
B. Evidence for Evolution
C. From Isolation to Speciation
D. From Microevolution to Macroevolution
E. Evo - Devo
II. Biological Diversity
A. Early Life on Early Earth
B. From Prokaryote to Eukaryote to Multicellularity
C. Of Universal Ancestors and Domains
D. Killer Viruses
E. Introducing the Prokaryotes Bacteria and Archaea
F. The New Phylogeny of Protists
G. Fun with Fungi
III Plants Power
A. Algae Evolution to Green Revolution: Plant Adaptation and Diversification
B. Classified: Bryophytes to Angiosperms
C. Sex and the Single Plant: Plant Reproduction
D. Roots, Shoots, and Leaves: Plant Structure, Growth, and Development
E. Am I Getting Through to You?: Osmosis and Diffusion
F. Drink Up: Transport in Plants
G. Better Living Through Chemistry: Plant Nutrition
H. Hormones Made Me Do It: Plant Hormones
I. Stimuli and Stres: When Plants Can't Take it Anymore
J. Peat, Taxol, and Global Warming: Our Essential Plant Kingdom
K. Biotechnology for Better or Worse: A Discussion
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