Date

Day

Lecture Topic

Textbook Chapter

Laboratory

1/17

T

Introduction
Classification

4
(pages 87-94)

1/19

R

Evolution
Dobzhansky article
protists

1

Light Microscopy
Termite flagellates
Live protozoans

1/24

T

5

1/26

R

Live protozoans (continued)
Dr. Tatiana (Ch 1)

2/2

R

Introduction to Animals

Cladistics
Live protozoans (continued)
Dr. Tatiana (Ch 2)

2/7

T

6

2/9

R

Sponges
Dr. Tatiana (Ch 3)
Student Talks

2/14

T

Lecture Exam 1
Practice Exam

2/16

R

Dr. Tatiana (Ch 4)
Live Hydra
Student Talks

2/21

T

Coral Reefs
Ctenophora

2/23

R

Platyhelminthes

Cnidarians
Live Planaria
(Bring dissection kit and hardboined egg to class)
Dr. Tatiana (Ch 5)
Student Talks

2/28

T

Platyhelminthes

3/2

R

Embryology
Rotifera

3/7

T

Mollusca

 10

3/9

R

Mollusca

Molluscs
Squid dissection (Bring dissection kit to class)
Dr. Tatiana (Ch 7)
Molluscs (cont)
Student talks

3/14

T

Mollusca

Bring clothes for sampling in Cherry Creek
Please read before class: Aquatic Insects

4/4

T

Nematoda

12

4/6

R

Nematoda

Nematodes
Ascaris dissection
(bring dissection kit)
Live vinegar eels
Dr. Tatiana (Ch 9)
Student talks

4/11

T

Nematoda

4/13

R

No lecture
Meet at the Butterfly Pavilion
TBA

Lecture and lab at the Butterfly Pavilion

4/18

T

4/20

R

Arthropoda

Arthropods
Dr. Tatiana (Ch 10)
Student talks

4/25

T

Arthropoda
Echinodermata

4/27

R

Lecture Exam 3
Practice Exam

Echinoderms
Dr. Tatiana (Ch 11)
review for final

5/2

T

Echinodermata

5/4

R

Field Trip to the Aquarium
(meet at 9:30 at the Ballroom entrance)

14

week of
5/8

TBA