Biology 202: Zoology

Course Schedule

Monday Activities / Wednesday Activities / Thursday Activities
Week 1 (1/6-1/9) / Lecture: Introduction
Lab: Intro to kingdoms and taxonomy/nomenclature
Homework: Worksheet – Evolution and trends / Lecture: Evolution and Trends worksheet and quiz
Lab: Intro to microscopes and evolutionary trends in animals / Lecture: Evolution and Trends group work
Week 2 (1/13-1/16) / Lecture: Evolution and Trends group work
Lab: Protista/Porifera
Lab Quiz 1
Homework: Worksheet – Hardy Weinberg / Lecture: Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium worksheet and quiz
Lab: Cnidaria/Platyhelminthes
Lab Quiz 2 / Lecture: Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium group work
Week 3 (1/20-1/23) /

Holiday

/ Lecture: Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium group work
Lab: Rotifers/Nematodes/Mollusks
Lab Quiz 3
Homework: Worksheet – Homeostasis, Body organization, and Endocrine system / Lecture: Homeostasis and Endocrine system worksheet and quiz
Turn in Portfolio 1
Homework: Lab Exam
Week 4 (1/27-30) / Lecture: Homeostasis and Endocrine system group work
Lab: Lab Exam 1 / Lecture: Homeostasis and Endocrine system group work
Lab: Annelids and Arthropods
Homework: Exam / Exam 1: Darwinian evolution, evolutionary trends, hardy-weinberg, homeostasis and endocrine system
Homework: Worksheet – skeletal/muscular systems and respiration
Week 5 (2/3-2/6) / Lecture: Skeletal/muscular systems and respiration worksheet and quiz
Lab: Echinoderms and Chordates
Lab Quiz 4 / Lecture: Skeletal/muscular systems and respiration group work
Lab: Tissues
Homework: Case study questions / Lecture: Skeletal/muscular systems and respiration group work
Homework: worksheet - Digestion
Week 6 (2/10-2/13) / Lecture: Digestion worksheet and quiz
Lab: Skin, Skeleton, and External Anatomy
Lab Quiz 5
Homework: Lab exam 2 / Lecture: Digestion group work
Lab: Lab Exam 2 / Lecture: Digestion group work
Homework: Exam
Week 7 (2/17-2/20) /

Holiday

/ Exam 2: (skeletal/muscular, respiration, digestion systems)
Lab: Muscles
Turn in Portfolio 2 / Plan design for the final project board
Homework: Cardiovascular system worksheet
Week 8 (2/24-2/27) / Lecture: Cardiovascular system worksheet and quiz
Lab: Muscles / Lecture: Cardiovascular system group work
Lab: Digestion and respiration
Lab Quiz 6 / Lecture: Cardiovascular system group work
Homework: Osmoregulation worksheet
Week 9 (3/3-3/6) / Lecture: Osmoregulation and reproduction worksheet and quiz
Lab: Circulatory system
Lab quiz 7 / Lecture: Osmoregulation and reproduction group work
Lab: Urogenital system
Lab Quiz 8 / Lecture: Osmoregulation and reproduction group work
Homework: Nervous System worksheet
Week 10 (3/10-3/13) / Lecture: Nervous System worksheet and quiz
Lab: Nervous system
Lab Quiz 9 / Lecture: Nervous System group work
Lab: Lab exam 3 / Lecture: Nervous System group work
Finals Week (3/17-3/20) / Lecture: Exam #3 (cardiovascular system, osmoregulation, and nervous system)
Turn in Portfolio 3 / Final Poster Project Presentations and Set up