Biology 211 – Principles of Biology
Fall 2016
Tentative Schedule
Week: Date Topics R&J Readings Lab (T&R)Assignments & Tests
1 – 9/26 / IntroductionsPhylogeny & Systematics / Ch 1
Ch 23
Except sec 23.2 / Taxonomy, Dichotomous Keys, Intro to Phylogengy / MH – Connect
2 chapters LS*
& Quiz
Extended date to 10/2 Sunday noon
2 – 10/3 / Origins of life
Prokaryotes
Intro to Eukaryotes
Protista Diversity / Ch 26, sec1,2 & 3
Ch 4,Sec 1 2
Ch 28, except 28.3
Ch 29:
Except sec 5 & 8 / Prokaryotes
& select Protista
Bring Photo
Atlas / MH – Connect
LS & Quiz
3 – 10/10 / Plant origins & Seedless Plants
Bring Photo Atlas to lectures on W & F / Ch 29, Sec 5
Ch 30
Ch 23, Sec 2 / Seedless plants / Exam #1 (M)
MH – Connect
2 LS & Quiz
4 – 10/17 / Angiosperms & Fungi / Ch 31 & Ch 32
Except sec 32.2 / Seed plants & Fungi / MH – Connect
2 LS & Quiz
5 – 10/24 / Intro to Animals / Ch 33 / Plant Practicum
Sponges & CnidariansVGs / MH – Connect
LS & Quiz
6 – 10/31 / Protostomes
Bilateral animals / Ch 34
Sec 1,2,5,6,8 / Worms
VGs / MH – Connect
LS & Quiz
7 – 11/7 / Higher invertebrates I
-Lophotrochozoans
-Lophophorans
-Echinoderms / Ch 34 cont.
sec 4 & 7
Ch 35 sec 1 / Mollusks & Echinoderms
VGs / Exam #2 (M)
All material Wk 3-6
MH – Connect
LS & Quiz
8 – 11/14 / Higher invertz II
-Insects
-Crustaceans
-Arachnids / Ch 34 Sec 9
Article on Moodle / Barnacle expt
Arthropods / MH – Connect
LS & Quiz
9 – 11/21 / Deuterostomes
Review on Wed for Invertz Practical in Wk 10 / Ch 35,
Sec 35.1, 2 3 / No labs because of holiday / Barnacle Lab report due 11/23*
MH – Connect
10- 11/28 / Vertebrate animals / Ch 35 complete
Sec 4-9 / Invertz Practicum
Chordates &
Vertebrates / MH – Connect
LS & Quiz
Campus Closure Days: November 11 (F)* Barnacle experiment lab report November 24 & 25 (R & F) due one week after data collection.
Final Exams (based on your lecture time): 11:00 am class - Wed 12/7 (10-11:50 am)
1:00 pm class – Wed 12/7 (1-2:50 pm)
All lab quizzes will be given on Friday, during lecture, in the last 10 minutes of class.
A student must attend lab to be eligible to take the Friday quiz – no exceptions.
Your sign in on lab day will verify your eligibility to take 8 pt qz.
Note: No lab quiz week 9 due to holiday.