The life process is totally awe inspiring! It is with deep humility that I look around at our natural world and wonder, "How did this all come to be?".  I hope you will share the same sense of awe as I have.

On this page are links to a growing series of PowerPoint lectures that provide a good background on the life process.

Genetics, Evolution and Ecology

Lecture 1 (Time, Chance and Change: A Scientific Overivew of the Awe Inspiring Life Process)

Lecture 2 (Ever Deeping Understanding: The Scientific Method, Hypotheses, Facts, Laws and Theories)

Lecture 3 (Charles Darwin's On Origin of Species)

Lecture 4 (Replicator Systems & Mendelian Genetics)

Lecture 5 (The Molecular Basis of Life: Carbon Based Biomolecules - The Quartet)

Lecture 6 (Cell Theory)

Lecture 7 (From Gene to Protein : The Central Dogma)

Lecture 8 (The Central Role of Proteins: Information made Manifest)

Lecture 9 (Genetics: Genotype determines Phenotype)

Lecture 10 (DNA, Chromosomes, Genes and Alleles)

Lecture 11 (The Central Concept of Genome)

Lecture 12 (Cell Cycle)

Lecture 13 (Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction)

Lecture 14 (Population, Variation and Selection)

Lecture 15 (Positive and Negative Selection)

Lecture 16 (Molecular Basis of Genetic Variation)

Lecture 17 (The Hardy-Weinberg Principle)

Lecture 18 (Origin of Life and the RNA World Hypothesis)

Lecture 19 (Last Universal Common Ancestor and the Three Domains of Life)

Lecture 20 (Evolution of Eukaryotes)

Lecture 21 (Evolution and Diversity of Protists)

Lecture 22 (Evolution and Diversity of Fungi)

Lecture 23 (Evolution and Diversity of Plants)

Lecture 24 (Evolution and Diversity of Vertebrates)

Lecture 25 (Hominins and the Evolution of Humans)

Lecture 26 (Homo sapiens and  the Unprecedented Development of Tools/Technologies)

Lecture 27 (Viruses and Other Non-Cellular Replication Elements in Evolution)

Lecture 28 (Ecology)

Lecture 29 (Introduction to Ecology)

Lecture 30 (Population Ecology)

Lecture 31 (Community Ecology)

Lecture 32 (Ecosystems and Restoration Ecology)

Lecture 33 (Conservation Ecology and Global Change)

Lecture 34 (Impact of Biotechnology and High Technology on Human Evolution & The Biosphere)

ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY

Chapter 16 - Part A (Endocine System)

Chapter 16 - Part B (Endocine System)

Chapter 18 - Part A (Heart)

Chapter 18 - Part B (Heart)

Chapter 18 - Quiz (Heart)

Chapter 19 (Circulatory System)

Chapter 17 (Blood)

Chapter 20 (The Lymphatic System)

Chapter 20 - Quiz (The Lymphatic System)

Chapter 21 - Part A (The Immune System)

Chapter 21 - Part B (The Immune System)

Chapter 21 - Quiz (The Immune System)

Chapter 22 - Part A (The Respiratory System

Chapter 22 - Part B (The Respiratory System)

Chapter 22 - Quiz (The Respiratory System)

Chapter 23 - Part A (The Digestive System)

Chapter 23 - Part B (The Digestive System)

Chapter 23 - Part C (The Digestive System)

Chapter 23 - Quiz (The Digestive System)

Chapter 24 -  Part A (Nutrition)

Chapter 25 - Part A (The Urinary System)

Chapter 25 - Part B (The Urinary System)

Chapter 25 - Quiz (The Urinary System)

Chapter 27 - Part A (The Reproductive System)

Chapter 27 - Part B (The Reproductive System)

Chapter 27 - Part C (The Reproductive System)

Chapter 27 - Quiz (The Reproductive System)

TESTS

TEST 1 - Endocine

TEST 2 - Heart & Circulation

TEST 3 - Blood

TEST 4 - Immune System

TEST 5 - Respiratory System