Date

Day

Lecture Topic

Textbook Chapter

Laboratory

1/16

T

Introduction
Classification

4
(pages 87-94)

1/18

R

Evolution
Dobzhansky article
protists

1

Light Microscopy
Termite flagellates
Live protozoans

1/23

T

5

1/25

R

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

2/1

R

Introduction to Animals

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

2/6

T

6

2/8

R

Sponges
Dr. Tatiana (Ch 3)
Student Talks

2/13

T

Lecture Exam 1
Practice Exam

2/15

R

Dr. Tatiana (Ch 4)
Live Hydra
Student Talks

2/20

T

Coral Reefs
Ctenophora

2/22

R

Platyhelminthes

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

2/27

T

Platyhelminthes

2/29

R

Embryology
Rotifera

3/5

T

Mollusca

 10

3/7

R

Mollusca

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

3/12

T

Mollusca

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

Lecture Exam 2
Practice Exam
Annelids
Dr. Tatiana (Ch 8)

4/2

T

Nematoda

12

4/4

R

Nematoda

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

4/9

T

Nematoda

4/11

R

Arthropoda

Arthropods
Dr. Tatiana (Ch 10)
Student talks

4/16

T

4/18

R

No lecture
Meet at the Butterfly Pavilion
10:00 AM

Lecture and lab at the Butterfly Pavilion

4/23

T

Arthropoda
Echinodermata

14

4/25

R

Echinodermata

4/30

T

Lecture Exam 3
Practice Exam

5/2

R

Catch up day

Lab practical
Echinoderms
Dr. Tatiana (Ch 11)
review for final

week of
5/6

TBA