Gilad: BIOL 1409 Schedule, Spring 2011

Date / Lecture Topic / Lab Topic / Readings
Jan 19 / Introduction & Syllabus
Nature of Science / Lab 1: Safety Training / Chapter 1
Jan 24 / Evolution and Natural Selection / Lab 3: Natural Selection Game / Chapter 16
Jan 26 / Evidence of Evolution / Lab 2: Fossils and Evidence of Evolution / Chapter 16
Jan 31 / Microevolution: Mechanisms of Speciation / Lab 4: Evolutionary History / Chapter 17
Feb 2 / Macroevolution: How New Species Arise / Independent Work on Research Project / Chapter 17
Feb 7 / Macroevolution: How New Species Arise / Lab 5: Microscope / Chapter 17
Feb 9 / Origins of Life on Earth, Classification / Lab 6: Bacterial Sampling & Exam Review / Chapters 18, 1
Feb 14 / EXAM 1 (Lecture & Lab) / Independent Work on Research Project / Chapters 1, 16, 17, 18
Feb 16 / Viruses &
Prokaryotes (Bacteria & Archaea) / Lab 7: Bacteria 2: Bacteria in our Environment / Chapter 19
Feb 21 / Bacteria & Archaea / Lab 8: Protists 1: The Algea / Chapter 19
Feb 23 / Protists Kingdom
Algae – Plant-like Protists / Lab 9: Protists 2: Protozoans & Fungal-like Protists / Chapters 19 & 20
Feb 28 / Protists Kingdom
Protozoans & Fungal-like Protists / Lab 10: Fungi Body and Diversity / Chapter 20
Mar 2 / Fungi Kingdom / Lab 11: Symbiotic Fungi & EXAM Review / Chapter 22
Mar 7 / EXAM 2 (Lecture & Lab) / Independent Work on Research Project / Chapters 19, 20, 22
Mar 9 / Plants: Non-Vascular Bryophytes / Lab 12: Mosses, ferns, horsetails / Chapter 21
Mar 14 -16 / Spring Break
Mar 21 / Plants: Seedless Vascular & Seed Gymnosperms / Lab 13: Gymnosperms / Chapter 21
Mar 23 / Plants: Anigiosperms / Lab 14: Anigiosperms / Chapter 21
Mar 28 / Plants: Anigiosperm Reproduction & Development / Lab 15: Flowers, fruits, seeds / Chapter 27
Mar 30 / Plant Tissues
Plant Nutrition & Transport / Lab 16: The Plant Body
EXAM Review / Chapters 25 & 26
Apr 4 / EXAM 3 (Lecture & Lab) / Independent Work on Research Project / Chapters 21, 25, 26, 27
Apr 6 / Student Project Presentation / Student Project Presentation / Chapter 44
Apr 11 / Animals: Placozoans & Sponges / Lab 17: Introduction to Animal Bodies / Chapter 23
Apr 13 / Invertebrates: Cnidarians, Mullusks, Annelids / Lab 18: Porifera, Cnidaria, Platyheminthes / Chapter 23
Apr 18 / Invertebrates: Nematodes, Arthropods, Echnoderms / Lab 19: Nematodes, Annelids, Mollusks / Chapter 23
Apr 20 / Vertebrates: Tunicates to Fishes / Lab 20: Arthropods & Echinoderms / Chapter 24
Apr 25 / Vertebrates: Tetrapods to Birds / Lab 21: Vertebrates 1
* Field Trip Report Due / Chapter 24
Apr 27 / Vertebrates: Mammals & Behavior / Lab 22: Vertebrates 2 / Chapter 24 & 44
May 2 / Vertebrates: Mammals & Behavior / EXAM Review / Chapter 24 & 44
May 4 / Student Project Presentation / Student Project Presentation
May 9 / EXAM 4 (Lecture & Lab) / Chapters 23, 24, 44
May 11 / MAKE UP EXAM