9/9: Welcome! Be sure to visit here often.
9/10: Note I have revised the syllabus to include the
November furlough day assignments and to also adjust the point total.
9/10: Great first class! Keep it up and you will do well.
Here is a link
to laws vs. theories.
9/18:
Here is a link to an important essay by a famous evolutionary biologist.
9/29: Read the proper procedures for email correspondence.
Emails without a subject, in this case the course number, will not be
read, nor acknowledged by your instructor.
9:29: The first exam will cover the introduction through
gene expression.
9/29: The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)program
is offering tutoring workshops for this class: Neha Chadha, Facilitator;
Mondays, 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm; Naraghi Hall, Room 124; Email: neha4ever2006@yahoo.com
10/1: If a graph is properly constructed and labeled one
should pretty much be able to figure out what the experiment was about.
Here is a graph from one of my other classes. Can you describe the experiment
from it?
10/2: On Oct. 11, 9 pm the Discovery Channel will have a
special on Ardi, a 4.4 million year old fossil human ancestor. Website for
the program
here.
10/2: TV alert. Saturday, Oct. 3rd on National
Geographic Channel at 4 pm "Climbing
Redwood Giants".
10/16: If you have not been
bringing your text to lab you should start doing so. Also read the lecture
notes on systematics and Protista since we will begin looking at organisms
in the lab on Monday Oct. 19. You might also find this site useful:
http://arnica.csustan.edu/botany
10/19: Advising for
Biology majors begins October 26. Be sure to visit the
Biology
advising page and follow the instructions.
10/19: Questions for the Intelligent Design trial are posted
on the syllabus for those of you who want to get ahead.
10/28: "The Botany of Desire" a two hour PBS program on
plants airing several time in the next few days.
See the
website for times and further information.
11/4: The second exam will cover Evolution (11) through
Seedless Vascular Plants (17).
11/6: Thursday 11/12 is a
furlough day so there is no class. Your assignment is to study the
Gymnosperms notes. At the next class I will answer pre-prepared specific
questions about gymnosperms, but I will not lecture on them.
11/6: Print out and bring
the fruit key
to lab on Monday 11/9.
11/12: One of our biology majors wrote a
letter to the Modesto Bee regarding anti-evolution sentiment.