Introduction to Chemical Bonding
Covalent Bonds
Noncovalent Bonds
Ionic Bonding
Hydrogen Bonding
Introduction to Water
Properties of Water- Cohesion and Adhesion
Properties of Water- The Universal Solvent
Acids and Bases
pH Scale
Carbon
Functional Groups
Introduction to Biomolecules
Monomers & Polymers
Carbohydrates
Proteins
Lipids
Cell Envelope & Biological Membranes
Introduction to Membrane Transport
Passive vs. Active Transport
Osmosis
Simple and Facilitated Diffusion
Active Transport
Introduction to Bacteria
Introduction to Spontaneous Generation
Needham vs. Spallanzani
Pasteur's Experiments on Spontaneous Generation
Introduction to Microscopes
Light Microscopy: Bright-Field Microscopes
Introduction to Staining
Gram Stain
Bacterial Cell Morphology & Arrangements
Introduction to Bacterial Cell Walls
Gram-Positive Cell Walls
Gram-Negative Cell Walls
Gram-Positive vs. Gram-Negative Cell Walls