New Hampshire Community Technical College
Berlin

Science Dept.

     Course text (Starr)and appropriate materials must accompany 
student at all times for class meetings and for laboratory meetings. 
Assigned text materials from Starr 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 CH 1       LAB: Intro to the Microscope
              Origin of Life CH 14              SEPT 13 LAST DAY TO ADD

          14  Origin of Life CH 14              LAB: Slide Preparations
              Chemistry CH 2                    SEPT 13 LAST DAY TO ADD
              Intro to Carbohydrates AV aid

          21  Chemistry CH 2                    LAB: Slide Preparations
              Intro to Fat AV aid
              Intro to Amino Acids AV aid

          28  Chemistry CH 4                    LAB: Osmosis & Diffusion
              Intro to Osmosis AV aid 
              Nature of the Gene CH 9, CH 10

     OCT   5  TEST I (100 points)               LAB: Cellular Structures
              Intro to DNA AV aid CH 9
              Cell Theory CH 3, CH 4 (CH 6)
              Intro to the Animal Cell AV aid

          12  Cellular Reproduction pp 94-101   LAB: Mitosis
              Intro to Mitosis AV aid
              Plant Tissues CH 17, CH 18 (CH 19)

          19  Animal Tissues CH 20, CH 21         LAB: Tissues
              pp 428-433
              Immunity & Defense CH 23
 
          26  Ecology AV aid                    LAB: Ecology Field Trip
              Succession CH 30
              Intro to Digestion System AV aid
              Digestion CH 24

     NOV   2  Test II (100 points)
              Schistosome AV aid                LAB: Parasites
              pp 523-524, p 229, pp 231-232
              pp 267-273
              p 453 see also fig. 25.38

           9  Digestion CH 24                   LAB: Parasites
              Gas Exchange CH 22                NOV 10 LAST DAY TO DROP
              Intro to the 
              Respiration Sys AV aid            
              

          16  Intro to Circulation System AV aid
              Circulation CH 22, CH 23          LAB: Option
              Body Fluids pp 419-425            
              


          23  Chemical Control CH 26            LAB: Option
              Nerve Control CH 25

          30  Test III (100 points)             LAB: Mendelian Inheritance
              Inheritance CH 7, CH 8
              Intro Mendel Inheritance AV aid
              Animal Behavior CH 32


     DEC   7  Animal Behavior CH 32             LAB: Plant I.D.
              Migration 
              Evolution CH 12, CH 13 

          14  Evolution CH 12, CH 13            LAB: Plant I.D. & Animal I.D.
              Taxonomy CH 15, CH 16
              Plant Kingdom CH 15

          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