Science 114: Introduction to Life Science

Scientific Autobiography

How Science Is Misinterpreted

Week 1

Lecture 2: The Scientific Method

Lab 1: The Scientific Method

Lecture 3: Science and Pseudoscience

Week 2

Lecture 4: The Chemical Basis of Life

Lab 2: Skills Lab

Lecture 5: From Chemistry to Biology

Week 3

Lecture 7: Origin of Living Systems

Week 4

Lecture 8: What Is a Living Thing

Lecture 9: Evolution and Natural Selection

Lab 4: Natural Journaling

Lecture 10: Mechanisms of Evolution

Week 5

Lecture 11: Species and Speciation

Lecture 12: Species and Extinction

Lab 5: Understanding the Fossil Record

Lecture 13: Key Events in the History of Life

Week 6

Lab 6: The Properties of Water

Lecture 15: Osmosis and Diffusion

Week 7

Lecture 16: The Working Cell

Lecture 17: Cellular Respiration

Lab 7: Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis

Lecture 18: Photosynthesis

Week 8

Lecture 19: Mitosis

Lecture 20: Meiosis

Lab 8: Mitosis and Meiosis

Lecture 21: Inheritance-1

Week 9

Lecture 22: Inheritance-2

Lecture 23: Molecular Biology of the Gene 1

Lab 9: Patterns of Inheritance

Lecture 24: Molecular Biology of the Gene 2

Week 10

Lecture 25: How Genes are Controlled

Lecture 26: DNA Technology and Genomics

Lab 10: Human Genetics

Lecture 27: Cloning and Stem Cells

Week 11

Lab 11: Tree of Life

Lecture 29: Biodiversity

Week 12

Lecture 30: Fungi

Lecture 31: Plant Diversity

Lab 12: Plants: Flowers, Seeds and Fruits

Lecture 32-34: What is an Animal

Week 13

Lab 13: Animal Diversity

Lecture 35: Ecology

Week 14

Lecture 36-37: Behavioral Ecology

Lab 14: Taxis in Animals

Lecture 38: Ecosystems

Week 15

Lecture 39: Food Webs

Lecture 40: Community Ecology

Lab 15: Animal Web Cams

Lecture 41-42: Conservation Ecology