Invert Zoo Description:

COURSE MATERIALS: Required: Quadrille-ruled NON-WIRE BOUND lab notebook. Preferred: Available at the Cook/Douglass Co-op bookstore: No. DL-1, 100 sheet, Quadrille ruled lab notebook. It says Douglass College Cook College on the cover. Staples and I am sure other suppliers carry acceptable substitutes.

Websites: www.rutgersonline.net, http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course examines the diversity of non-vertebrate animals from evolutionary, ecological, and physiological perspectives.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

q       Express understanding of the fundamental differences among invertebrate taxa.

q       Demonstrate knowledge of the relationships among taxa.

q       Demonstrate the ability to make careful observations of specimens.

q       Demonstrate skills in identifying invertebrate animals.

q       Gain an appreciation for the diversity of animals.

COURSE POLICIES:

Attendance:  Lecture and lab attendance will be taken into account in final grade.  Prior arrangement must be made for absence from an exam.

Grading: 90-100%: A. 86.7-90%: B+. 80-86.6%: B 76.7-80%: C+. 70-76.6%: C.

Projected assignments and their valuation:  (subject to revision)

q       3 exams: 100 pts. each.  Will be held in lab and will cover material from lecture, lab, and reading. Third exam is not cumulative.

q       Weekly quizzes, total 50 pts: 2 lowest scores will be dropped.

q       Group project: 2 species pages to be contributed to Animal Diversity Web: 50 pts.

q       Lab: 100 pts.— notebook, other assignments, and as determined by the TA.

q       Discretionary: 25 pts. — Participation, group activities, attendance, attitude

Late Assignment Policy: 5% will be deducted for each day an assignment is late.

Invertebrate Zoology, Fall 2006

Labs:    6             7           8            9

Instructor: Howe

Here is the syllabus

Lecture notes:
The first few will be available here, but get others from www.rutgersonline.net.

First lecture:
Here is lecture 1, as a pdf, one slide per page.   lecture, 1 slide per page (.pdf)  Note:  you can download it, open with Adobe Reader, select print, and go to PROPERTIES to change the number of slides per page. 

Here is lecture 1 with 3 slides per page and room for notes:  lecture 1, 3 slides per page (.pdf)

Here is a slide show of lecture 1.  Requires Java to be installed, but no plug-ins or Powerpoint: slide show

Second Lecture:
major divisions of animals lecture:  metazoa --> parazoa, mesozoa, eumetazoa
     Slides (1per page; larger file)
     Handouts (3 per page; smaller file)
     Slide show

Porifera:
     Slides (1per page; larger file)
     Handouts (3 per page; smaller file)

porifera lab:
     guide (for use to prepare for lab
     exercise (print out and bring to lab)

Radiata:
     Slides (1per page; larger file)
     Handouts (3 per page; smaller file)