Class 1
HOW SCIENTIST THINK
developing a hypothesis - designing an experiment - collecting and analyzing data
Class 2
WE ARE WHAT WE EAT
the chemisty of life - water and solvency - simple carbohydrates: benedict's test - complex carbohydrates: Lugol's iodine test - proteins: biuret test - Lipids: bile salts test
Class 3
ON THE SMALL SIDE
introduction to microscopy - the compound light microscope - looking at an object under the microscope - depth of field - viewing prepared slides - how to make a wet mount
Class 4
CELL'S KITCHEN PART I
cells and membranes - prokaryotic cells - eukaryotic cells - diy cell presentation
Class 5
CELL'S KITCHEN PART II
simple diffusion - the artificial cell - osmosis and tonicity
Class 6
CELLS NEED ENERGY
cellular respiration and fermentation - the atp cycle - cellular respiration - fermentation and substrate - fermentation and temperature
Class 7
LIVING ON SUNSHINE
photosynthesis - the process of photosynthesis - the leaf structure - the chloroplast - pigments and photosynthesis
Class 8
FIRST DISSECTION- WORM/ FROG
lesson/ lecture and dissections
Class 9
PUTTING GENES TO WORK PART I
dna and how proteins are made - The structures of dna and rna - group project rna and dna
Class 10
PUTTING GENES TO WORK PART II
transcription and translation - dna extraction
Class 11
FROM ONE CELL COMES MANY
mitosis and meiosis - the cell cycle - mitosis in plant and animal cells - modeling mitosis
Christmas Party
details to be sent out closer to time
Class 12
THE TRAITS WE HAVE
genetics
Class 13
SECOND DISSECTION FISH/TBA
Class 14
GROWTH AND BACTERIA PART I
Class 15
GROWTH AND BACTERIA PART II
Class 16
SICK OF IT
Class 17
LIVING THINGS CHANGE
Class 18
THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE I- PART I
Class 19
THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE I- PART II
Class 20
THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE II
Class 21
CATCH UP ON DIVERSITY OF LIFE I AND II
Class 22
THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE III
Class 23
COME TOGETHER
Class 24
OUR IMPACT
Class 25
FINAL DISSECTION- PIG
Class 26
ONE LAST TIME
End of the Year Party