Sample Lab Syllabus

Week
Date
Day
Topic
Reading
1
27-Aug
Tue
No lab
29-Aug
Thurs.
Evolution Lab
2
3-Sep
Tue
ProtozoaExer. 1
5-Sep
Thurs.
Field Trip
3
10-Sep
Tue
No lab
12-Sep
Thurs.
PoriferaExer. 2
4
17-Sep
Tue
Field Trip
19-Sep
Thurs.
CnidariaExer. 3 a,b
5
24-Sep
Tue
Cnidaria & CtenophoresExer. 3c & Exer. 4
26-Sep
Thurs.
PlatyhelminthesExer. 5a,b
6
1-Oct
Tue
No lab
3-Oct
Thurs.
Platyhelminthes & NermerteansExer. 5c & Exer. 6
7
8-Oct
Tue
PseudocoelomatesExer. 7 & Exer. 8
10-Oct
Thurs.
PseudocoelomatesExer. 9
8
15-Oct
Tue
Lab Practical I
17-Oct
Thurs.
Protostomes & Deuterostomes
9
22-Oct
Tue
AnnelidsExer. 13a,b
24-Oct
Thurs.
Annelids & OnychophoransExer. 13c & Exer. 14
10
29-Oct
Tue
Arthropod diversity
31-Oct
Thurs.
No lab
11
5-Nov
Tue
ArthropodsExer. 15c
7-Nov
Thurs.
Field Trip
12
12-Nov
Tue
ArthropodsExer. 15c
14-Nov
Thurs.
MolluscsExer. 12a,b
13
19-Nov
Tue
MolluscsExer. 12c,d
21-Nov
Thurs.
EchinodermsExer. a-c
14
26-Nov
Tue
EchinodermsExer. d-f
28-Nov
Thurs.
Thanksgiving Holiday
15
3-Dec
Tue
Hemichordates & Lower ChordatesExer. 23 & Exer. 24
5-Dec
Thurs.
Lab Practical II

Lab Text: Beck and Braithwaite's Invertebrate Zoology (4th edition) by Wallace, Taylor, and Litton, 1989. MacMillian Publ.

Lab Grading: Two lab practicals (15% ea.), Note: practicals are NOT cumulative!

Last Update: 2/4/07

Name: Stephen C. Weeks

Email: scweeks@uakron.edu