Life comes in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Life exists in a simple one-celled- organism such as a bacteria to a highly complex form of life such as a human being. Whatever form it takes, each organism has to face the same challenges: the challenge of getting energy, the challenge of reproducing, and the challenge of maintaining structure. This course looks at these challenges: What is the chemical process that allows each organism to get the necessary energy and why carbon is so important? What is the organization of the cell and its structures? How are mitosis and meiosis different? What are dominant and recessive traits. The lessons includes classification of species, photosynthesis, and cellular reproduction, DNA, RNA and man's relationship to the environment.
