| WEEK | DATE | LECTURE TOPIC | ASSIGNMENT |
| 1 | Aug 20 Aug 22 |
Introduction to Animal Body Plans Patterns and Processes: Phylogeny of Animals |
Ch. 9 Ch. 10 |
| 2 | Aug 27 Aug 29 |
Animals with Skeletons - Cambrian "Explosion" Animal Support and Locomotion |
Ch. 6 Ch. 31, handout |
| 3 | Sep
3 Sep 5 |
Labor Day: No Class
Asexual amd Sexual Reproduction (also pp. 307-308) |
Ch. 7 |
| 4 | Sep 10 Sep 12 |
Animal Development: Embryos, Larvae, and Metamorphosis Eukaryotic Diversity (Emphasizing "protists") |
Ch. 8 Ch. 11 |
| 5 | Sep 17 Sep 19 |
Metazoan Origins: Sponges and Cnidarians Life Cycles and Coloniality in Cnidarians, Review |
Chs. 12-13 Ch. 13 |
| 6 | Sep
24 Sep 26 |
Exam 1 Flatworms: Free Living and Parasites (also pp. 314-316) |
Chs. 6-13, 31 Ch. 14 |
| 7 | Oct 1 Oct 3 |
Molluscan Diversity (Chitons, Snails, Squids, Clams) Molluscan Reproduction |
Ch. 16 Ch. 16 |
| 8 | Oct 8 Oct 10 |
Segmentation (Polychaetes, Earthworms and Leeches) Jointed Chitinous Exoskeletons (Arthropoda) |
Ch. 17 Ch. 18 |
| 9 | Oct 15 Oct 17 |
Aquatic Arthropods (Crustaceans) Terrestrial Arthropods (Centipedes, Spiders, Insects) |
Ch. 19 Ch. 20 |
| 10 | Oct 22 Oct 24 |
Specialization and Speciation (Insects), Review Exam 2 |
Ch. 20 Ch. 14,16-20 |
| 11 | Oct 29 Oct 31 |
Deuterostomes (Echinoderms, Hemichordates, Chordates) Our Relatives Who Resemble Us Little (Echinoderms) |
Chs. 23-25 Ch. 23 |
| 12 | Nov 5 Nov 7 |
Ancient Chordate Ancestry (also pp. 115-116, 169-172) Aquatic Vertebrates (Fishes) |
Ch. 25 Ch. 26 |
| 13 | Nov 12
Nov 14 |
Early Tetrapods and Living Amphibians Chordates on Dry Land (Tetrapods) |
Ch. 27 Ch. 28 |
| 14 | Nov 19
Nov 21 |
Fall Break - No Classes | -- |
| 15 | Nov 26 Nov 28 |
Birds
are Dinosaurs,
Dinosaurs are Reptiles Mammalian Diversity |
Ch. 28 (29) Ch. 30 |
| 16 | Dec 3 Dec 5 |
Mammalian Feeding, Limbs, and Reproduction Overview of Deuterostomes, Unit 3 |
Ch. 30 Chs. 23-30 |
| Friday | Dec 14 | Final Exam 9:30-11:20 MH121 (1/3 Units 1-2; 2/3 Unit 3) | Chs. 23-30 |