Schedule Weeks 1-4

Here are the first four weeks of topics with readings and web content.  The material in each week should be studied before class in order for you to best understand our lab activities.  That means the material in Week 1 should be covered before the first day of co-op on the 17th.

Week	RSO	LOE	CK12 BC	CK12 LSC	Other Resources
1 What is science, the scientific process, and why biology?		Ch 1 Intro Ch 1.3 (Ch 1.4)	1.1 1.2 1.3	1.1 (1.2) 1.4 (1.3, 1.5)	Scientific Method Beginning Scientific Method Advanced
2 Characteristics of life, microscopes as a tool to study life, powers of 10	Ch. 1 Living Things	Ch 1.1 Ch 1.2 (esp chart on page 17) Ch 1 Review	1.4	1.6 1.8	Microscope Tutorial *completing this beforehand will make our lab run much smoother* Powers of Ten this makes understanding magnifications a little clearer More Powers of Ten this video gives you a visual idea of scale in powers of ten Cells alive looking at magnification powers
3 Cell Theory, prokaryotes vs eukaryotes, wet mount slide preparation	Ch. 2 Cell Types	Ch 5 Intro Ch 5.1 Ch 5.2	1.5 2.2 (2.3)	2.1 2.2	Cells Alive comparing prokaryotes and eukaryotes Weird History of the Cell Theory Prokaryote vs Eukaryote Advanced Prokaryote vs Eukaryote Beginning
4 Components of a cell, cellular specialization, plant vs animal cells, stained slide *Project 1 "Cell Model"	Ch. 3 Inside Story	Ch 5.2 Ch 5.3 (Ch 5.4) Ch 5 Review	2.1 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11	2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6	Cells Alive look closer at the differences between plant and animal cells Crash Course - Eukaryopolis lvl 2 These Crash Course videos move fast and contain a lot. You might watch them before reading, but you will get the most out of them by watching after you have read.

RSO=Real Science Odyssey Bio 2, LOE=Life on Earth, CK12 BC= Biology Concepts, CK12 LSC=Life Science Concepts