- I.
- Introduction:
[Ch. 1]["Science and Life" Essays]
- A.
- What is the nature of science?
- B.
- How do you think critically?
- C.
- What does a Biologist study?
- D.
- What is life?
- II.
- Life in the Big Picture:
Ecology [Chapter 2, Part Nine]["Ecology" Essays]
- A.
- Populations and Communities [Ch. 32]
- B.
- Ecosystems [Ch. 31]
- C.
- Biomes and Biosphere [Ch. 33, 34]
- III.
- Organisms:
[Ch. 4, 5, 14, 15, 16, 17, Parts Six (skim) and Seven (skim)]["Bodies and Cells", some "Evolution" Essays]
- A.
- What kinds of life exist on this planet? Taxonomy [Ch. 14, Units Six and Seven (skim both)]
- B.
- History of Life on Earth [Ch. Units Six and Seven (skim)]
- C.
- Our own history [Ch. 23]
- IV.
- Where did it all come from?
Evolutionary Theory [Ch. 2, 13]["Evolution" Essays]
- A.
- History of the Big Idea
- B.
- Charles Darwin and Darwinian Evolutionary Theory
- C.
- State of the Art
- V.
- Life from Life:
Reproduction and Genetics [Ch. 7, 8, 9]["Genetics" Essays]
- A.
- The Human Life Cycle -or- What is sex, anyway? [Skim Ch. 30]
- B.
- Cell Division: Two kinds [Ch. 7]
- C.
- Classical (Mendelian) Genetics [Ch. 8]
- D.
- DNA and Genes [Ch. 9, Skim 10, 11, 12]
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