|
Links
Pratt Home
CSUB
Biology
CSUB Home
|
|
|
Instructor: Dr. R. Brandon Pratt
Syllabus
Books
Beerling, D. 2007. The Emerald Planet: How Plants
Changed Earth’s History. Oxford University Press, New York, 288 p.
Lane, N. 2009. Life Ascending: The Ten Great
Inventions of Evolution. Norton, New York, 344 p.
Lecture Schedule
|
Date |
Day |
Week |
Topic |
Text
Reading |
Leader |
|
4-3 |
W |
1 |
Introduction to Emerald Planet |
Ch. 1 |
me |
|
4-8 |
M |
2 |
Leaves,
genes, and greenhouse… |
Ch. 2 |
me |
|
4-10 |
W |
|
Oxygen
and the lost world… |
Ch. 3 |
Justin |
|
4-15 |
M |
3 |
An
ancient ozone catastrophe |
Ch. 4 |
Jon |
|
4-17 |
W |
|
Global
warming… |
Ch. 5 |
Justin |
|
4-22 |
M |
4 |
The
flourishing of forests in… |
Ch. 6 |
Lonnie |
|
4-24 |
W |
|
Paradise
lost |
Ch. 7 |
Dave |
|
4-29 |
M |
5 |
Nature’s green revolution |
Ch. 8 |
Lonnie |
|
5-1 |
W |
|
Through
a glass darkly |
Ch. 9 |
Justin |
|
5-6 |
M |
6 |
The
origin of life |
Ch. 1 |
me |
|
5-8 |
W |
|
DNA |
Ch. 2 |
Lonnie |
|
5-13 |
M |
7 |
Photosynthesis |
Ch. 3 |
Justin |
|
5-15 |
W |
|
The
complex cell |
Ch. 4 |
Jon |
|
5-20 |
M |
8 |
Sex |
Ch. 5 |
Dave |
|
5-22 |
W |
|
Movement |
Ch. 6 |
Lonnie |
|
5-27 |
M |
9 |
Memorial Day Holiday |
|
|
|
5-29 |
W |
|
Sight |
Ch. 7 |
Jon |
|
6-3 |
M |
10 |
Hot
Blood |
Ch. 8 |
Dave |
|
6-5 |
W |
|
Consciousness |
Ch. 9 |
Jon |
|
6-10 |
M |
11 |
Death |
Ch. 10 |
Dave |
|
|
|
|
Final
Exam |
|
|
|
|
