BIOL 1413:  General Zoology

 

Syllabi

Fall Syllabi

Mrs. Scarlet Estlack’s

Spring Syllabi

Mrs. Scarlet Estlack’s

Mr. Russell Estlack’s

 

 

Lecture Notes

Lab Materials

Exam 1

Ch 30:  The Chemical Basis of Animal Life

Week 1

The Scientific Process

Ch 2:  Cells, Tissues, Organs, and Organ Systems of Animals

Week 2

Human Heredity of Single Gene Traits

Ch 3:  Cell Division and Inheritance

 

Ch 32:  How Animals Harvest Energy Stored in Nutrients

Week 3

Mendelian Genetics

Exam 2

Ch 4:  Evolution:  History and Evidence

 

Ch 5:  Evolution and Gene Frequencies

Week 4

Animal Classification

Construction Dichotomous Key

Ch 7:  Animal Classification, Phylogeny, and Organization

Week 5

The Annelids - dissection

Exam 3

Ch 10:  The Triploblastic, Acoelomate Body Plan

Ch 11:  The Pseudocoelomate Body Plan

Week 6

LAB MIDTERM

Ch 12:  Molluscan Success

Week 7

The Crustacean Arthropods

 

The Fishes - dissections

Exam 4

Ch 13:  Annelida

Week 8

The Amphibians – dissection

 

The Mammals - dissection

Ch 14:  The Arthropods – Arachnids

Exam 5

Ch 14:  The Arthropods – Crustaceans

Week 9

Ecology

Ch 15:  The Hexapods & Myriapods

Exam 6

Ch 18:  Fishes

Week 10

Population Genetics – Natural Selection

Ch 19:  Amphibians

Ch 20:  Reptiles

Week 11

Population Genetics – Bottleneck Effect

Exam 7

(Final)

Ch 21:  Birds

Week 12

LAB FINAL

Ch 22:  Mammals