Biology Dept

Kenyon College
BIOL 115 Energy in Living Systems
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TOPIC & WEBNOTES links READING -- Fifth edition
Reading is due by class time on date listed
READING -- Fourth edition
Reading is due by class time on date listed
What is life?

The pillars of life (moodle)
Chapter 1 start through section 1.4

The pillars of life (moodle)
Chapter 1 (start through section 1.4)

Prokaryotic cell structure
Classification

Ch. 7 (start through section 7.1)
Ch 29 (pp 528-529 including table 29.1)
pg. 308
"Dissecting the Central Dogma "
Bioskills 7 (found in back of text)

Ch. 7 (start through section 7.1)
Ch 28 (pp 496-497 including Table 28.1)
pg. 280 "Dissecting the Central Dogma "
Bioskills 3
(found in back of text)
Atoms, water Ch. 2 (sec. 2.1, 2.2, 2.5)
Bioskills 8
Ch. 2 (sec. 2.1, 2.2, 2.4)
Bioskills 6
Free energy

Ch. 2 (sec. 2.3)
Ch. 8 (sec 8.1)


Ch. 2 (sec. 2.3)
Origin of life, amino acids
Interview with Stanley Miller (optional)

Ch. 2 (sec. 2.4)
Ch. 3 (start through sec 3.1, sec. 3.4)
Ch. 8 (sec. 8.3)

Ch. 3 (pp. 38-45, 51(enzymes: an Introduction to catalysis)-54)
pg. 56 Was the first living entity a protein catalyst?

Origin of life, RNA world (optional)

Chapter 4 Chapter 4
Membranes I

Ch. 6 (Beginning through pg. 95)
Reading on Moodle

Ch. 6 ( Beginning through pg. 93)
Reading on Moodle
Eukaryotic cell I - protist diversity
Ch. 7 (sections 7.2 and 7.3)
Ch. 30 (pg 559-566 up to How do protists reproduce?)
Ch. 7 (sections 7.2 and 7.3)
Ch. 29 (526-533 up to How do Protists reproduce?)
Eukaryotic cell II- cytoskeleton Chapter 7 (section 7.6) Ch. 7 (sec 7.6)

Cell respiration overview; carbohydrates, ATP, redox

Chapter 5
Chapter 8 (section 8.2)
Ch. 5
Ch. 9 (pp. 148- 154= start through section 9.2)

Metabolic pathways, enzymes, protein folding

Ch. 3 (sections 3.2 and 3.3)
Ch. 8 (sections 8.3, 8.4, 8.5)

Review pH pg 28-30
Bioskills 6 using logarithms

Ch. 3 (section, 3.4 and 3.5)
review pH pg. 25-26
Bioskills 7 using logarithms
Glycolysis
Ch. 9 (pp. 154-156; sec 9.2, 9.6)
Ch. 9 (sec. 9.3, 9.7)

Fermentation
Krebs cycles

Ch. 9 (9.3, 9.4, 9.5) Ch. 9 (sec. 9.4, 9.5, 9.6)

Oxidative phosphorylation

Ch. 29 (pp 538-541) Ch. 28 (pp. 506 metabolic diversity-509).
Photosynthesis overview
Ch. 10 (pp 176-178) Ch. 10 (pp. 172-174)
Light reactions optional animation Ch. 10 (sections 10.2 and 3) Ch. 10 (sec. 10.2, 10.3)
Calvin cycle, C3 and C4 plants Ch. 10 (10.4 to end) Ch. 10 (10.4 to end)
Reading day Reading day Reading day
Plant nutrition, nitrogen fixation Ch. 39 Ch. 38
Biogeochemical cycles, summary of metabolism Ch. 56 (section 56.2, focus on N cycle)
Ch. 9 (pp 156-157)
Global impacts (pp 541-544)
Ch. 54 (section 54.2, focus on N cycle)
Ch. 9 (sec 9.8)
Global change (pp 509-512)
multicellularity, cell signalling overview Ch. 11 (sec. 11.2, 11.3)
Ch. 49 (pp 991-997, pg 1000-1001 (How do hormones coordinate responses to stressors) and 49.4
Ch. 8 (sec. 8.2, 8.3),
Ch. 47 (pp.929-935, 937-938 and 47.4)
Protein targeting pulse chase animation (optional)
Ch. 7 (sec 7.4 and 7.5)
Bioskill 9 - electophoresis. Bioskills located at back of text.
Ch. 7 (sec. 7.4, 7.5)
Bioskill 9- electrophoresis
bioskills located at back of text.

Animal hormones- glucose regulation

Ch. 44 (sec. 44.4)
Ch. 49 (sec. 49.3)
Chapter 43 (sec. 43.4)
Ch. 47 (sec 47.3)
Plant light sensing Ch. 40 (pp 793-800) Ch. 39 (pp. 755-762)
Membranes I I

Ch. 6 (review sec. 6.3, pp. 96-101)
Ch. 46 (46.1)

Ch. 6 (review section 6.3,
pp 94-99);

Ch. 45 (45.1)

Neurons, nervous system

Ch. 46 (46.2, .3 and .4)
Bring a claculator to class
Ch. 45 (45.2, 45.3, 45.4)
Bring a claculator to class
Sensory systems Nobel prize for olfactory receptors Ch. 47 (sec 47.1, 47.4) Ch. 46 (sec 46.1, 46.4)
Animal behavior- thermoregulation as case study Ch. 53 (pp 1082-1083)
Ch. 42 (pp 842-845, sec. 42.3, 42.4 and 42.5)
Ch. 51 (1019-1020),
Ch. 41 (pp. 803-804, Sec. 41.3, .4 and 41.5).

Muscle movie of myosin moving along actin
Ch. 48 (sec. 48.1)
Ch. 46 (sec 46.5)
Integration paper

Integration paper

If you want a hard copy of paper, print PDF version.
Guided reading to go with paper on Moodle site

Integration paper

If you want a hard copy of paper, print PDF version.
Guided reading to go with paper on Moodle site
Plant diversity and structure Ch. 31 (pg. 577-586)
Ch. 37 (sec. 37.3)
Chapter 30 (546-555);
Ch. 36 (section 36.3).
Transport, water balance in plants Ch. 38
review osmosis, pg. 92
Ch. 37
review osmosis pg. 91
Water and electrolyte balance in animals Ch. 43 (sec. 43.1, 2, 3 and 4) Chapter 42 (sections 42.1, 2 and 3)
Ecology- introduction, population ecology
Ch. 52 (intro, sec. 52.1)
Ch. 54 (sec. 54.2 )
Ch. 50 (intro, sec. 50.1), Ch. 52 (52.1)
Bring a calculator to class
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Limits to populations, population dynamics
Ch. 54 (sec. 54.3 through end) Ch. 52 (52.2-52.4)
Community ecology-species interactions
Ch. 55 (sec. 55.1 ) Ch. 53 (53.1)
Community ecology-structure, dynamics
Ch. 55 (sec. 55.2, 55.3) Ch. 53 (53.2, 53.3)
Ecosystems- energy flow, human impacts Ch. 56 (sec. 56.1, 56.3)
Ch. 52 (sec. 52.4)
Ch. 54 (54.1, 54.3)
Chapter 50 (50.3)
Biodiversity Ch. 57 (sec. 57.1) Ch. 55 (55.1, 55.2)
Extinction and species conservation Ch. 57 (sec. 57.2 through end) Ch. 55 (55.3, 55.4)