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College Biology II

Utah Valley University - BIOL1620

Weekly Content:

Week 1

Topics:

  • Early Earth | Evolution | Phylogenies

Readings and Assignments

  • Campbell Chs 25-26
  • Canvas quiz 1 due 11:59pm Friday of the first week (all others due before the first class of that week!)
  • Pre-Test due Friday 11:59pm
  • First assignment (getting to know the course) is due before our next class.
  • Pick a book to read for Your-Choice Points ASAP
  • If you don’t have Campbell Biology yet (for this first week only), here’s a pdf to get you started: Chapters 25-26
  • See our Teams page files for more details about the textbook!

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Week 2

Topics

  • What is life? | Thermodynamics | Major Metabolic Groups | Nature of Science

Readings and Assignments

  • Good (optional points) Your-Choice book for this would be Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive
  • No quiz due this week

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Week 3

Topics

  • Mechanisms of Evolution | Nature of Science

Readings and Assignments

  • Campbell Chs 22-23
  • Canvas quiz 2 due before our first class this week (see Canvas)

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Week 4

Topics

  • Bacteria and Archaea | Lateral Gene Transfer | Endosymbiosis

Readings and Assignments

  • Campbell Ch 27
  • Canvas quiz 3 due before our first class this week (see Canvas)
  • Exam 1 on Friday (closes at 11:59pm)
  • 1/4th of the semester as passed, and you need to turn in Your-Choice Points

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Week 5

Topics

  • Eukaryotic Supergroups | Overview of “Protists”

Readings and Assignments

  • Campbell Ch 28
  • Canvas quiz 4 due before our first class this week (see Canvas)

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Week 6

Topics

  • Animals | Defining Traits | Evolution

Readings and Assignments

  • Campbell Ch 32
  • Canvas quiz 5 due before our first class this week (see Canvas)

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Week 7

Topics

  • Invertebrate and Vertebrate Classes | Mammals

Readings and Assignments

  • Campbell Chs 33-34
  • Canvas quiz 6 due before our first class this week (see Canvas)
  • Optional Your-Choice Points: Cave of Forgotten Dreams Video goes well with these lessons

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Week 8

Topics

  • Fungi

Readings and Assignments

  • Campbell Ch 31
  • Canvas quiz 7 due before our first class this week (see Canvas)
  • Exam 2 due Friday (closes 11:59pm) – Exam 2 opens Wednesday because of Fall Break
  • 50 Your-Choice Points Due Friday 11:59pm

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Week 9

Topics

  • Plant Nutrition | Soil | GMOs

Readings and Assignments

  • Make progress on Your-Choice points since there is no reading assignment or quiz this week

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Week 10

Topics

  • Plant Evolution and Life Cycles

Readings and Assignments

  • Campbell Chs 29-30
  • Canvas quiz 8 due before our first class this week (see Canvas)

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Week 11

Topics

  • Major Plant Groups | Plant Anatomy

Readings and Assignments

  • Campbell Chs 35, 37 (optional)
  • No quiz over these chapters

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Week 12

Topics

  • Animal Behavior

Assignments

  • Exam 3 Friday (closes at 11:59pm)
  • Your-Choice Points are nearly due
  • Campbell Chs 39, 51 (Optional)
  • No quiz over these chapters

Resources

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Week 13

Topics

  • Population Ecology

Readings and Assignments

  • Campbell Chs 52, 53
  • Canvas quiz 9 due before our first class this week (see Canvas)

Resources

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Week 14

Thanksgiving Break

Final Your-Choice Points Due Friday 11:59pm

You’ve had all semester and at the end of Thanksgiving Break, all those assignments are due. I’ll start grading over the weekend, but it will take me a while since most of you will have waited until the last possible minute to turn them in.







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Week 15

Topics

  • Community Ecology | BioGeoChemistry

Readings and Assignments

  • Campbell Chs 54-55
  • Canvas quiz 10 due before our first class this week (see Canvas) (This quiz is open for all of Thanksgiving Break)

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Week 16

Topics

  • Wrap-up | Gaia Hypothesis | What is Life?

Readings and Assignments

  • Post-Test due Friday (closes at 11:59pm)
  • If you haven’t turned in Your-Choice Points yet, you’ve missed your chance
  • Also, if that’s the case, you had your chance so no whining

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