Module 1
	Introduction
	What is Life?
	DNA and Life
	Energy Conversion and Life
	On Your Own
	Sensing and Responding to Change
	All Life Forms Reproduce
	On Your Own
	Life's Secret Ingredient
	The Scientific Method
	On Your Own
	Limitations of the Scientific Method
	Spontaneous Generation: The Faithful Still Cling to It!
	Biological Classification
	On Your Own
	Characteristics Used to Separate Organisms into Kingdoms
	On Your Own
	The Definition of Species
	Biological Keys
	EXPERIMENT 1.1
	Naming Organisms Based on Classification
	Alternate Forms of Taxonomy
	The Microscope
	EXPERIMENT 1.2
	The Microscope 2
	ANSWERS TO EXPERIMENT 1.1
	Module Conclusion