Biology 201

Biology 201, Foundations in Biology II

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For a copy of the FALL 2008 Syllabus click here.
For latest version of the Lecture Outline click here. For the Laboratory Exercises click here. For a copy of the study guide click here. Refer to your syllabus to know which parts of the lecture outline to print and have with you.
For a diagram of the fetal pig arteries and veins, click here.
Be sure to read the syllabus carefully and subscribe to the journal SCIENCE immediately!
For a copy of the Microscopy Rules click here.
For a copy of the Lab Safety Assignment click here.
Some video steamed lessons will be useful in this course. The video streamed lessons are now available on Blackboard at http://www.palomar.edu/pconline/. To login to Blackboard you MUST set your password in eServices if you have not already done so (You may refer to instructions on how to do this at "Set Your eServices Password" online at http://www.palomar.edu/pconline/tutorials/eServicesPassword.asp ). Once you login, click on the link with your class# and follow the directions under announcements regarding Biology Videos.
When viewing videos from home be sure to select the Windows Media option instead of Real Player. There have been problems with the Real Player videos. The Windows Media option may display at the very END of the video list on some computers.
To Download the skeletal diagrams click here.
Descriptions of various biogeochemical cycles can be found at the links below:
Nitrogen cycle: http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/N/NitrogenCycle.html or

http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/9s.html.

Phosphorus cycle: http://www.lenntech.com/phosphorus-cycle.htm

Carbon cycle: http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/9r.html.

Oxygen cycle: http://www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de/b-online/e54/54d.htm.

Water cycle: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html.

Click on the Power Point presentation to view and download images used in the lecture and laboratory.

The Prokaryotic Domains

The Eukarya (1)

The Kingdom Plantae

Animal Development

Metazoa (Through Protostomates)

Metazoa (Through Deuterostomates)

Ecology and Behavior

Tissues

Excitable Tissues and Muscle Contraction

The Nervous System and Senses
Cardiovascular
Leukocytes and Immunity

Reproductive

Digestive

Respiratory

Urinary

Fetal Pig Dissection

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Important Links

Information regarding a number of invertebrate species can be found at:

http://webs.lander.edu/rsfox/invertebrates

Answers to Global Warming Skeptics at:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/629/629/7074601.stm

Amazing List of Anatomy/Physiology Web Sites at:

http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/ap1int.htm and

http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/ap2int.htm

More Anatomical/Medical Animations at:

http://www.virtualcardiaccentre.com/animations.asp and

http://pennhealth.com/health_info/animationplayer/

Two Excellent Anatomy Web Pages at:

http://faculty.nhmccd.edu/rchute/ and

http://getbodysmart.com/

Sheep Brain Dissection Websites/Information at:

http://psych.hanover.edu/classes/neuropsychology/Syllabus/Labs/DISSECTION.pdf

http://www.psychology.uoguelph.ca/learnmatl/sheep_labman/

http://academic.uofs.edu/department/psych/sheep/

http://www.gwc.maricopa.edu/class/bio201/brain/brshpx.htm

http://daphne.palomar.edu/rmorrissette/Physio/Labs/BrainDissection.htm
Pretty Good Source for Reviewing Fetal Pig Dissection at:

http://www.whitman.edu/biology/vpd/main.html

USAF's Public Health Information and Resources Agency

http://usaf.phsource.us/PH/ZD/index.htm

CDC's Division of Parasitic Diseases (DPDx)

http://www.dpd.cdc.gov/DPDx/default.htm

Animations of How Drugs Work in the Brain

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/addiction/drugs/mouse.cfm

The World's Greatest Science Blog at:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/

The Guttmacher Institute--Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health

http://www.guttmacher.org/

The Encyclopedia of Life

http://www.eol.org/

The Tree of Life Web Site at:

http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html

Great Microbiology Web Site at:

http://www.bact.wisc.edu/themicrobialworld/homepage.html

Great Zoology Blog at:

http://www.scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/

Evo-Devo in Sixty Seconds

http://www.60secondscience.com/archive/what-is-evodevo.php

Horse Evolution Discussed at:

http://laelaps.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/the-branching-bush-of-horse-evolution/

Thirty-four Unconvincing Arguments for Existence of God at:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/12/34_unconvincing_arguments_for.php#more

A Religions Discussion at:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/09/representative_theological_arg.php

Compare Creation Myths at:

http://www.magictails.com/creationlinks.html

A Link to Detailed Human Cadaver Dissection Videos

http://www.anatomy.wisc.edu/courses/gross/

Link to Sheep Heart Dissection

http://youtube.com/watch?v=z3UHpvEJMns

Links to Human Skeletal Anatomy

http://daphne.palomar.edu/cfrancis/bonepage.htm

http://www.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/strauss/anatomy/skel/skeletal.htm

http://www-personal.une.edu.au/~pbrown3/skeleton.pdf

A link to the Anatomy Models Used in Class

http://daphne.palomar.edu/ccarpenter/Models/model%20index.htm

An Excellent Presentation of Mendelian and Molecular Genetics at:

http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/

Get Information On Any Species at:

http://darwin.zoology.gla.ac.uk/~rpage/ispecies/

Testing a Theory--The Cambrian Radiation (Explosion)

http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/radiation_signature/

Let Intellectual Freedom Ring:

Closing Arugments in Dover, Pa Trial

Even Religious Universities Won't Touch the Stuff

ID Meeting its Maker

Creationist (Intelligent Design) Arguments Addressed at:

http://talkorigins.org/origins/outline.html#arguments

The Problem With Non-scientists Talking About Evolution

http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/advice_to_a_historian/
In Their Own Words: Intelligent Design Isn't Science

http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/contributing_to_behes_sense_of_martyrdom/

If The Truth Won't Work, Dazzle Them With Cow "Manure"

http://www.uncommondescent.com/index.php/archives/659

Fifteen Answers to Creationist Nonsense (from Scientific American) at:

http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/textbookdisclaimers/wackononsense.pdf

U. C. Berkeley's Evolution web page. Resources for teaching as well general evolutionary knowledge

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/

Some Frank Evolutionary Discussions at:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/

A Number of Evolutionary Concepts Discussed at:

http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/evolution.html

"Show Me the Science" an Editorial from NY Times Addresses ID, By Daniel Dennett, Tufts University

Show Me the Science

Pastafarianism is Coming to an Evolutionary Theory Near You at:

http://www.venganza.org

Read the trial transcript of Clarence Darrow's questioning of noted "Creation Scientist" William Jennings Bryan at the famous Scopes Trail in Dayton, Tennesse in 1925

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/day7.htm

Evolutionists address proponents of Intelligent Design at the following links:

http://www.actionbioscience.org/evolution/nhmag.html
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/08/19/boing_boings_250000_.html
An Analogy for Theory, and an Application of that Analogy to Evolutionary Theory and Intelligent Designers

http://pharyngula.org/index/weblog/comments/puzzling_over_theory/#continue

A Great Website on Molecular Genetics

http://www.dnaftb.org/dnaftb/

A List of Biblical Contradictions

http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/jim_meritt/bible-contradictions.html#order

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