1: Can Science Cure the Common Cold?
1.1: The Process of Science
Effect of Environment on New Life Form
Growing Plants
1.2: Hypothesis Testing
Effect of Environment on New Life Form
Growing Plants
Real-Time Histogram
Sight vs. Sound Reactions
1.3: Understanding Statistics
Real-Time Histogram
Sight vs. Sound Reactions
Time Estimation
2: Science Fiction, Bad Science, and Pseudoscience: Water, Biochemistry, and Cells
2.1: A Definition of Life
Cell Types
2.2: The Properties of Water
Calorimetry Lab
Chemical Changes
Phase Changes
Solubility and Temperature
2.3: Chemistry for Biology Students
Chemical Changes
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
2.4: Biological Macromolecules
Building DNA
Dehydration Synthesis
2.5: An Introduction to Evolutionary Theory
Identifying Nutrients
Natural Selection
3: Is It Possible to Supplement Your Way to Better Performance and Health? Nutrients and Membrane Transport
3.1: Nutrients
Identifying Nutrients
3.2: Cell Structure
Cell Structure
Cell Types
3.3: Transport Across Membranes
Diffusion
Osmosis
4: Body Weight and Health: Enzymes, Metabolism, and Cellular Respiration
4.1: Enzymes and Metabolism
Chemical Changes
4.2: Cellular Respiration
Cell Energy Cycle
Cell Types
5: Life in the Greenhouse: Photosynthesis and Climate Change
5.1: The Greenhouse Effect
Greenhouse Effect
5.2: The Flow of Carbon
Carbon Cycle
5.3: Can Photosynthesis Slow Down Global Climate Change?
Carbon Cycle
6: Cancer: DNA Synthesis, Mitosis, and Meiosis
6.2: Passing Genes and Chromosomes to Daughter Cells
Building DNA
Human Karyotyping
Meiosis
6.3: The Cell Cycle and Mitosis
Cell Energy Cycle
6.6: Meiosis
Meiosis
7: Are You Only as Smart as Your Genes? Mendelian and Quantitative Genetics
7.1: The Inheritance of Traits
Inheritance
7.2: Mendelian Genetics: When the Role of Genes is Clear
Chicken Genetics
Mouse Genetics (One Trait)
Mouse Genetics (Two Traits)
7.3: Quantitative Genetics: When Genes and Environment Interact
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Microevolution
7.4: Genes, Environment, and the Individual
Effect of Temperature on Gender
Inheritance
8: DNA Detective: Complex Patterns of Inheritance and DNA Profiling
8.1: Extensions of Mendelian Genetics
DNA Analysis
8.2: Sex Determination and Sex Linkage
Human Karyotyping
8.4: DNA Profiling
DNA Analysis
9: Genetically Modified Organisms: Gene Expression, Mutation, Stem Cells, and Cloning
9.1: Protein Synthesis and Gene Expression
RNA and Protein Synthesis
9.2: Producing Recombinant Proteins
Genetic Engineering
9.3: Genetically Modified Plants and Animals
GMOs and the Environment
Genetic Engineering
10: Where Did We Come From? The Evidence for Evolution
10.1: What is Evolution?
Rainfall and Bird Beaks
10.2: Charles Darwin and the Theory of Evolution
Natural Selection
Rainfall and Bird Beaks
10.3: Examining the Evidence for Common Descent
Embryo Development
Human Evolution - Skull Analysis
RNA and Protein Synthesis
11: An Evolving Enemy
11.2: Natural Selection Causes Evolution
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
Microevolution
Natural Selection
11.3: Natural Selection Since Darwin
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Evolution: Natural and Artificial Selection
Microevolution
Natural Selection
12: Who Am I? Species and Races
12.1: What Is a Species?
Dichotomous Keys
Rainfall and Bird Beaks
13: The Greatest Species on Earth? Biodiversity and Classification
13.1: Biological Classification
Dichotomous Keys
13.2: The Diversity of Life
Cell Types
14: Is the Human Population Too Large? Population Ecology
14.1: Population Growth
Estimating Population Size
Rabbit Population by Season
14.2: Limits to Population Growth
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
Rabbit Population by Season
15: Conserving Biodiversity: Community and Ecosystem Ecology
15.1: The Sixth Extinction
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
15.3: Saving Species
GMOs and the Environment
16: Where Do You Live? Climate and Biomes
16.1: Global and Regional Climate
Comparing Climates (Metric)
16.2: Terrestrial Biomes
Comparing Climates (Metric)
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
16.3: Aquatic Biomes
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
Pond Ecosystem
16.4: The Human Impact
Coral Reefs 1 - Abiotic Factors
Coral Reefs 2 - Biotic Factors
GMOs and the Environment
17: Organ Domation: Tissues and Organs
17.1: Tissues
Cell Types
Embryo Development
17.3: Regulating the Internal Environment
Human Homeostasis
18: Binge Drinking: The Digestive and Urinary Systems
18.1: The Digestive System
Digestive System
19: Clearing the Air: Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems
19.2: Spreading the Effects of Moke: The Cardiovascular System
Circulatory System
20: Vaccination: Protection and Prevention or Peril?
20.1: Infectious Agents
Disease Spread
Virus Lytic Cycle
20.2: The Body's Response to Infection: The Immune System
Circulatory System
22: Is There Something in the Water? Reproductive and Developmental Biology
22.1: Principles of Animal Reproduction
Meiosis
22.2: Human Reproduction
Embryo Development
22.3: Human Development
Embryo Development
23: Study Druges: Brain Boost or Brain Drain?
23.1: The Nervous System
Senses
23.2: The Human Brain
Senses
24: Feeding the World: Plant Structure and Growth
24.1: Plants as Food
GMOs and the Environment
Growing Plants
Plants and Snails
24.2: Plant Growth Requirements
Growing Plants
Seed Germination
24.3: The Future of Agriculture
GMOs and the Environment
Genetic Engineering
25: Growing a Green Thumb: Plant Physiology
25.1: The Right Plant for the Place: Water Relations
Comparing Climates (Metric)
25.2: A Beautiful Garden: Sap Translocation, Photoperiodism, and Flower and Fruit Production
Pollination: Flower to Fruit