New Hampshire Community Technical College
Berlin

Science Dept.

     Course text (Gould & Keeton)and appropriate materials must accompany 
student at all times for class meetings and for laboratory meetings. 
Assigned text materials from Keeton will be read before attending class, 
or lab, so that the student will follow lecture and/or lab.

Week of:

     SEPT  7  Intro/Sci & Sci Method pp 1-19    LAB: Intro to the Microscope
              Origin of Life pp 529-551         SEPT 13 LAST DAY TO ADD

          14  Origin of Life pp 529-551         LAB: Slide Preparations
              Chemistry pp 22-83                SEPT 13 LAST DAY TO ADD
              Intro to Carbohydrates AV aid

          21  Chemistry pp 22-83                LAB: Slide Preparations
              Intro to Fat AV aid
              Intro to Amino Acids AV aid

          28  Chemistry pp 22-83                LAB: Osmosis & Diffusion
              Intro to Osmosis AV aid pp 85-119
              Nature of the Gene pp 205-223

     OCT   5  TEST I (100 points)               LAB: Cellular Structures
              Intro to DNA AV aid
              Cell Theory pp 85-151
              Intro to the Animal Cell AV aid

          12  Cellular Reproduction pp 309-333  LAB: Mitosis
              Intro to Mitosis AV aid
              Plant Tissues pp 622-629
              pp 743-758, 819-839, 795-800

          19  Animal Tissues pp 703-712         LAB: Tissues
              pp 991-995, 1002-1011, 1073-1075
              pp 1075-1080, 864-875
              Immunity & Defense pp 374-405, 138
 
          26  Ecology AV aid                    LAB: Ecology Field Trip
              Succession
              Intro to Digestion System AV aid
              Digestion pp 774-793

     NOV   2  Test II (100 points)
              Schistosome AV aid                LAB: Parasites
              

           9  Digestion pp 774-793              LAB: Parasites
              Gas Exchange pp 806-812, 814-815  NOV 10 LAST DAY TO DROP
              Intro to the 
              Respiration Sys AV aid            
              

          16  Intro to Circulation System AV aid
              Circulation pp 841-877            LAB: Option
              Body Fluids pp 879-901            
              


          23  Chemical Control pp 940-956       LAB: Option
              Nerve Control pp 991-995, 
              1002-1011, (1025)
              Muscle pp 1073-1075
              & also pp 1075-1080

          30  Test III (100 points)             LAB: Mendelian Inheritance
              Inheritance pp 407-420
              Intro Mendel Inheritance AV aid
              Animal Behavior pp 1087-1117


     DEC   7  Animal Behavior pp 1087-1117      LAB: Plant I.D.
              Migration pp 1112-1116
              Evolution pp 445-449, 469-483, 
              712-717

          14  Evolution pp 449-508, 514-527     LAB: Plant I.D. & Animal I.D.
              Taxonomy pp A-1 to A-6
              Plant Kingdom pp 597-642

          21  FINAL EXAM during Last Day of Classes



                                     GRADING:

                        Tests (three (3) tests @ 100 points each) 300 points
                        Highest of the three (3) scores above     100
                        Lab                                       400
                        Final                                     200

                        TOTAL                                    1000


                        Division by 10 will yield a score based on 100