You may complete any activity during this course in any order. However, you may want to consider beginning the bottle biology activity during the early stages of this course because of the time needed to grow plants and measure the growth process.


CHAPTERS AND SUBJECTS

Chapter 1 - An Introduction to Life on Earth
Chapter 2 - Review if necessary
Chapter 3 - The Chemistry of Life II: Biological Molecules
Chapter 6 - Energy Flow in the Life of a Cell

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TEST #1

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Chapter 7 - Photosynthesis: Tapping Solar Energy
Chapter 8 - Glycolysis and Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Energy from Food
Chapter 14 - Principles of Evolution
Chapter 27 - Circulation

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TEST #2

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Chapter 28 - Respiration
Chapter 29 - Nutrition and Digestion
Chapter 30 - Excretion
Pig hand-in (Health aspects of the pig dissection)

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TEST #3

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Chapter 1 - Environmental Problems and Their Causes
Chapter 2 - The Human Population
Chapter 6 - The Atmosphere, Global Warming, and Ozone Loss
Chapter 7 - Water

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LECTURE FINAL EXAM - Environmental chapters 1, 2, 6, and 7

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LABORATORY FINAL EXAM

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Activities/laboratories

A Computer study "Lake Study - Part I"
A Computer study "Lake Study - Part II"
Bottle Biology
The Cabbage Caper
The affect of acid-base on the body and the environment
Kool-aid Chromatography
Dissection of the fetal pig
Health Action Plan
Environmental Action - Critical Processing)
Take Me to Your Lost Liter

Video Activity

The Environmental Revolution
Only One Atmosphere
In the Name of Progress
Waste Not, Want Not
Now or Never
It needs Political Decisions