Syllabus Spring 98

Syllabus for Spring 1998

Week	topic	Reading	lab
1	recap; history of the universe	SE 34-45 HO: SevenUniverses HO: Big Bang Bashing The Big Bang was not a Fireworks Display: Summary of ideas given in lecture Cosmology and the Big Bang: Evidence for the big bang The day time began	Interactive Color Program

2	discussion	SE 12-33 Stellar Evolution Origin of the Solar System Let there be Life	The Colors of the Heavenly Bodies See Stars On-Line Part 1: Viewing the Night Sky
	history of the planet
	history of life
3	discussion	SE 170-175 HO: From Genes to Proteins DNA Replication A Gene for Nothing (go to electronic newstand, then down to Oct 97) Molecular Biology Glossary	DNA fingerprinting HO: Witness for the Prosecution HO: Genes of War Basics of DNA Fingerprinting Polymerase Chain Reaction DNA as a forensic instrument
	cellular and molecular biology

4	discussion	HO: Virus from 1959 sample marks early years of HIV HO: Our genes aren't us (go to electronic newstand, then down to April 94)	Green fluorescent protein GFP in the News See the Jellyfish that started it all! See GFP in Caterpillars ... in Flies ...and in mice (go to electronic newsstand, then down to December 1997, "Breakthroughs", Glowing green rodents Green glow isn't just for Halloween
	molecular biology
	discussion: lab results
5	Natural selection	5 misconceptions about evolution	Fertilization in Sea Urchins I Ask Rachel Fink about urchins See animations of fertilization & development
	fertilization & development Ask Rachel Fink about fertilizaton or development	SE 174-179 A Fantastical Experiment Sea Urchins

6	discussion	HO Introduction to the Echinodermata	Urchin fertilization II (urchin projects) Ideas for urchin projects Ask Rachel Fink about urchin projects
	echinoderms in context Ask Stan Rachootin about echinoderms, evolution, or development

7	discussion	Eve and her tree Type the title into the search dialog box. The other DNA: What does mitochondrial DNA do? The myth of Race: using DNA to trace human evolution HO: "Human Evolution, in Ancestral Voices HO: A Parting of the Minds	What am I going to do for my project? Independent Projects
	Mitochondrial Eve
	human evolution
BREAK
8	discussion		Independent Projects
	evolution of brains	SE 188-213
	evolution of sex	SE 168, Why Bother? Type the title into the search dialog box.
9	discussion		Independent Projects
	evolution of disease	SE 180, HO
	TBA
10	discussion	HO	I Independent Projects
	special topics in molecular biology

11	discussion	SE 214-233, HO	Independent Projects poster session April 15 main floor Clapp
	cosmology

12	discussion	SE 70 Meteosat Translating IR,R,G to RGB Is your home town shown here?	Remote sensing lab
	The view from space

13	discussion	SE 14, HO	local geology field trip
	local geology

14	summing up

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