Unit 1.1: Introduction to Biology and Cells

Topics: 

• What is Biology?​
• Themes in Biology
• What is Life?
• Abiogenesis vs. Biogenesis
• Cell Theory
• Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
• Tools of Biology: Microscopes
• When Does Life End?

1_what_is_biology.docx
File Size:	19 kb
File Type:	docx

Download File

---

4_what_is_life_notes.doc
File Size:	35 kb
File Type:	doc

Download File

---

5_abiogenesis_reading.doc
File Size:	441 kb
File Type:	doc

Download File

---

6_modern_cell_theory.pdf
File Size:	31 kb
File Type:	pdf

Download File

---

6.0_cell_anatomy_notes.pdf
File Size:	172 kb
File Type:	pdf

Download File

---

3_microscopes_student_notes_ud.pdf
File Size:	620 kb
File Type:	pdf

Download File

---

Extra Links:

Eyewitness Life

Cell Video

Cells Alive Interactive

i-Cell App

Virtual Microscope

Microscope
​Calculations ​Practice

5th Estate: Dead Enough

Anthony Atala:
​Growing Organs

---

Unit 1.2 : Cell Transport and Metabolism

---

Topics:

• Plasma Membrane Structure

1_cell_trans___met_notes_u.pdf
File Size:	2145 kb
File Type:	pdf

Download File

---

• Modes of Cellular Transport

Extra Links:

Animation: Plasma Membrane Structure

---

Animation: How Osmosis Works

Animation: How the Na+/ K +Pump Works

Endo- and Exocytosis

---

Active Transport

---

• Metabolism: Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis video

Photosynthesis: Interactive Animation

The First Artificial Leaf

• Metabolism: Cellular Respiration

Cellular Respiration & the Mighty Mitochondria

cell_trans_and_met_exam_overview.docx
File Size:	13 kb
File Type:	docx

Download File

---