Concepts of Biology I — Cells and Energy

The first non-majors course adapted from Fowler, Roush, and Wise’s Concepts of Biology, connecting scientific reasoning and life’s molecular building blocks to cell organization, membrane exchange, respiration, and photosynthesis.

3 sections · 9 lessons

Course outline

Molecules and Evidence

  1. What Biology Can Test
  2. Molecules Build Living Systems

Cellular Organization

  1. Cells and Cell Theory
  2. Two Cellular Designs
  3. Organelles Divide the Work
  4. Enzymes and ATP
  5. Membranes Control Exchange

Energy Transformations

  1. Respiration and Fermentation
  2. Photosynthesis Feeds Life

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