This course is intended for students interested in understanding and appreciating common biological topics, studying the smallest foundational units within biology: molecules and cells. Molecular and cellular biology is a dynamic field. There are thousands of opportunities within the medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, educational, and industrial fields for experts in molecular and cellular processes. This course introduces these topics and provides a deeper understanding of how environmental factors affect and are affected by molecular and cellular processes. It will prepare you for diverse career paths and help you make sound everyday decisions that can improve your diet and health.
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 10 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
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- Unit 1: Introduction to BiologyBiology is the study of life. While biologists have made great strides in discovering things on Earth, there are many new things to learn. What is life? What properties are required to be considered "living"? These questions are essential to discoveries biologists make every day. With such a vast scope of information, biologists must organize and categorize these discoveries to show connections and patterns to known facts. In this unit, we introduce the major topics biologists study and the theories they use and apply to their work. Completing this unit should take you approximately 2 hours.10
- 1.1Unit 1: Introduction to Biology
- 1.21.1: Introduction to Biological Inquiry
- 1.31.2: Biological Systems and Water
- 1.4Unit 2: Basic Chemistry
- 1.52.1: Atoms and Molecules
- 1.62.2: Thermodynamics
- 1.7Unit 3: Biological Molecules
- 1.83.1: Water and Organic Molecules
- 1.93.2: Acids and Bases
- 1.103.3: Biological Macromolecules
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