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BSC 2011C SCHEDULE FOR _____TERM 200_

 For your schedule check your specific BSC 2011C coarse in Blackboard courseware at http://bb6.fccj.edu .

(Information listed in this matrix could change so stay advised.) Email jaires@fccj.edu with questions.

week- date/day

LECTURE TOPICS & ACTIVITIES

 

Read Chap.

LAB TOPICS

For Wednesday Lab

QUIZZES/TESTS

Points Possible

wk.1

8-29

Monday

 Evidence of Evolution

 

21

 

 

wk.1

8-31

Wed.

Natural Selection

Changes in genes, Agents of change, Forms of  Selection

22

Evidence of Evolution Lab (E215)

 

Evidence Lab Quiz

9-7 (At the end of lab)

20 pt.

wk.2

9-5 Monday

Labor Day – no classes

21 & 22

Email instructor in Webct

Post short “bio” to discussion board

 

wk.2

9-7

Wed.

Speciation

(Species, Isolating mechanisms, Speciation)

23

Taxonomy Lab

Taxonomy Lab Answers  Due 9-13

20 pt.

wk.3

9-12

Monday

 

Origins of Life

4

 

 

wk.3

9-13

Wed.

 Classification

(Taxonomic Hierarchy and Cladistics)

25

Ex.22 Monera Lab

(Do Ex. A and E, read B, C, D)

 

Ex 22 Monera & Protista Lab Practical @ 20 pt.

 9-28 Wednesday

wk.4

9-19

Monday

Classification

(mono, para, & polyphyletic taxons)

26

 

 

wk.4

9-21

Wed.

 Viruses

(characteristics, life cycles, diseases, importance)

27

Ex.22 Protista Lab

(Do Ex. F, J, K, read G, H, I) TEST 1 @100 pt. today

Ex 22 Monera & Protista Lab Practical @ 20 pt.

9-28 Wednesday

 

wk.5

9-26

Monday

 Bacteria

(characteristics, classification criteria)

27

 

 

wk.5

9-28

Wed.

 Bacteria

(life cycles, adaptations, importance)

28

Ex 231 Fungi Lab

(Ex. A, B, C, D, E, F, G)

Ex 231 Fungi Lab Quiz

@ 20 pt.

10-5 Wednesday

wk.6

10-3

Monday

 Protista

(characteristics, classification criteria)

28

 

 

wk.6

10-5

Wed.

 Protista

(food-getting, life cycles, adaptations, importance)

36

Ex 232  & 241 (A, B-1 only) Bryophytes & Ferns Lab

 

Ex 232 & 241 Bryophytes/ Ferns Quiz @ 20 pt.

10-12 Wednesday

wk.7

10-10

Monday

 Fungi

(characteristics, classification criteria, food-getting)

36

 

TEST 2 @100 pt. today

 

wk.7

10-12

Wed.

 Fungi   

(life cycles, adaptations, importance)

 

37

Ex 24(B, C)

Gymno/Angio/ Fruits

 

 

Ex 242 /  

1 slide Power Point Pres.

@ 20 pt.

10-19 Wednesday

wk.8

10-17

Monday

 Intro to Plants   

(Introduction, Evolutionary trends)

29

 

 

wk.8

10-19

Wed.

Mosses, Liverworts, Hornworts

 

29

Ex 25 (A, B, C) Porifera, Cnidaria, & Round Worms Lab

Ex 25 Porifera, Cnidaria & Round Worms Quiz

@ 20 pt.

10-26 Wednesday

wk.9

10-24

Monday

 Ferns and Allies  (characteristics, classification criteria, life cycles, importance)

29

 

 

wk.9

10-26

Wed.

 Gymnosperms & Angiosperm  (characteristics, classification criteria, life cycles, importance)

29

Ex 26 (A, B, D) Annelids and Mollusks

 

Ex 26 Annelids and Mollusks Quiz @20 pt.

11-2 Wednesday

wk.10

10-31

Monday

Seeds, Fruit types and Seed dispersal Adaptations to life on land

 

Read

840-

849

 

 

wk.10

11-2

Wed.

Animal Introduction

31

Ex.26 Arthropods

Arthropod Lab Quiz @20 pt.

11-9 Wednesday

wk.11

11-7

Monday

Porifera and Cnidaria

32

 

 

wk.11

11-9

 Wed.

 Platyhelminthes and Nematoda

 

32

Ex 27, (A, B, C, D, E, F)

Echinoderms & Chordates

TEST 3 @100 pt. today

Ex 27 Echinoderms and Chordates Quiz

@ 20 pt. 11-16 Wed.

wk.12

11-14

Monday

 Mollusks and Annelids

 

 

33

 

 

wk.12

11-16

Wed.

Arthropods

33

Begin Fetal Pig Dissection    

 

 

Pig Dissection Presentation

12-2 @ 40 pt.

wk.13

11-21

Monday

 Echinoderms

 

33

 

 

wk.13

11-23

Wed.

 Jawless , Cartilaginous, & Boney fishes

 

34

Fetal Pig  dissections completed, meet with groups and plan presentations

Pig Dissection  Quiz

@ 60 pt.

Mon. or Wed. Exam wk.

wk.14

11-28

Monday

 Amphibians and Reptiles 

 

 

34

 

 

wk.14

11-30

Wed.

Birds and Mammals

 

34

Prepare, practice, and polish presentations.

 

Pig Dissection  Presentation & Quiz

@ 40 pt. + 60 pt.

wk.15

12-5

Monday

 Evolutionary Trends of Vertebrates,

 Comparison of systems  of Animals

 

31

 

 

wk.15

12-7

Wed.

Pig Presentations today

During class and lab

 

Pig Presentations today

During class and lab

 

wk.16

12-12

Monday

Quiz on pig dissection

@ 60 pt.

Test IV @ 100 pt. 

 

Quiz on pig dissection

@ 60 pt.

Test IV @ 100 pt. 

 

wk.16

12-14

Wed.

Quiz on pig dissection

@ 60 pt.

Test IV @ 100 pt. 

 

 

 

 

Labs quiz points and presentations points may be earned only by  students who attend the lab session

and participate in the lab activity.