Weeks 1-12


Week 1 Course Introduction
No Reading Assignment


Week 2 Scientific Method
Reading Assignment Pages 2-15


Week 3 Characteristics of Life/Microscopy

Reading Assignment Pages 16-28


Week 4 Basic Chemistry
Reading Assignment Pages 34-43

Week 5 Biochemistry
Reading Assignment Pages 44-53


Like to try a short quiz on the chapter?

Links to sites on the Web

Chemical Bonding

Atomic Structure/Periodic Table

Compound Microscope Images

Scanning Electron Microscope Images

Transmission Electron Microscopy

Scanning Tunneling Electron Microscopy

Photography Through the Microscope

Glossary Words For Chapter 2

A short Fill In The Blank quiz on Chapter 2.

Answers to the above quiz.

Here's a Multiple Choice Test for this chapter. Good Luck!

Here's a Matching Quiz for you to try.

This concludes all the material for your next exam. Good Luck!

Exam Review


Weeks 6 No Reading Assignment


Weeks 7 No Reading Assignment


Week 8 Energy/Enzymes/Cell Theory
Reading Assignment Pages 168-193

This concludes all the material for your next exam. Good Luck!

Exam Review


Week 9 Cell Respiration
Reading Assignment Pages 220-235


Week 10
No Reading Assignment


Week 11 Photosynthesis
No Reading Assignment Pages 200-214


Week 12
No Reading Assignment

Links to sites on the Web

A Great Site That Summarizes the Process of Photosynthesis

A Very Good Site That Explains Cell Respiration

What are enzymes, and how do they work?

Another Enzyme Site

Yet One More Enzyme Site

Did you ever wonder how cheese was made?

The following three links illustrate cell structure and function very nicely. You should study the comparisons made between the plant and animal cells.

A Nice Pictoral of Cell Parts
Cell's Alive

Cell Theory

This concludes all the material for your next exam. Good Luck!

Exam Review

Glossary Words

Here's Another Matching Quiz for you to try.

Glossary Words

Here's Another Matching Quiz for you to try.

Links to some cool web sites

Cell Parts and Descriptions

A Short Quiz on Cell Parts and Function

Exam Review


This ends the material that you will need to know for your next exam.