Left to right: Celithemis amanda, a dragonfly; DNA; human karyotype; palmetto
These files will be quite large - a couple megabytes per file, sometimes. If you are downloading over a telephone dial-in line, it will take a long time to download each file.
Chapter 1 - Intro/Ways of Knowing/Chapter 1 - Some Biology Basics -
Chapter 2 - Chemistry and Chemical Bonds
Chapter 3 - Water
Chapter 4 - molecules with carbon backbones
Chapter 5 - biological macromolecules
No slides for Chapter 6 - just the Cells Worksheet, due Monday 9/21 at the beginning of class
Chapter 7 - Membranes
Chapter 8 - Energy & Enzymes: Metabolism
Chapter 9 - Krebs
Chapter 10 - Photosynthesis
Chapter 12 - Cell Division and Mitosis
Chapter 13 - Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis
Chapter 14 - Mendelian Genetics
Chapters 14 and 15 - Beyond Mendel Human Genetic Diseases
Chapter 16 - DNA
Chapter 17 - From Gene to Protein
If you have trouble downloading and viewing the slides at home, try it in a campus computer lab where you can get help (and where the download will be much faster). E-mail me if you have questions or suggestions.
Q: I missed the first two lectures. Did I miss anything important?
A: First thing you want to do is visit this website: 10 things you should never say or do to your professor. The list is from Clemson's excellent college survival skills website. The handouts I gave on the first day (there are three, including the syllabus), can be picked up from my office, SCI 127. They're in an envelope on the corkboard outside my door. The syllabus is also downloadable - see above under handouts. Check with a classmate for notes on what we covered in the lectures you missed.
Q: I noticed the syllabus didn't have dates when each chapter was due. How do we know when we should read each chapter?
A: Just come to class. I will make clear when we are starting a new chapter, and when you should read ahead.