Lecture, Reading and Examination Schedule

Spring 2011 Dr. Callyn. Yorke

ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE General Organismal, Ecological and Evolutionary Biology (Biology 120) Lecture, Reading and Examination Schedule

Required Texts: (1) Sadava, D., D.M. Hillis, H.C. Heller & M.P. Berenbaum, 2011. Life. The Science of Biology (9th edition). (2) SAS (Tues: 1545-1645hrs) Dawkins, Richard, 2009. The Greatest Show on Earth. Free Press, NY. 470 pp. ISBN 978-1-4165-9478-9 Biology Website: http://avconline.avc.edu/cyorke

Week Dates Readings Topic (Lecture and SAS)

1 2/8;1 (1) 44 Introduction; Animal Development (2) Preface & Chpt. 1 SYLLABUS QUIZ (2/10)

2 2/15 (1) 20, 21 ; (2) Chpt. 2 Evolutionary Mechanisms

3 2/22;24 (1) 23; (2) Chpt. 3 The Multiplication of Species

4 3/1;3 (1) 23;54; (2) Chpt. 4 The Multiplication of Species; Biogeography EXAM 1 (3/3)

5 3/9;11 (1) 54:22;30;28 Biogeography; Systematics and Phylogeny; (2) Chpt. 5 Fungi and the First Land Plants

6 3/15;17 (1) 29; (2) Chpt. 6 Tracheophytes

7 3/22;24 (1) 29;31 (2) Chpt. 7 Tracheophytes - continued; Sponges and Cnidarians

8 3/29; 31 (1) 32 (2) Chpt. 8 Protostomes: Flatworms and Roundworms

EXAM 2 (3/31)

------SPRING VACATION: April 4-9, 2011------

9 4/12;14 (1) 32;33 (2) Chpt 9 Protostomes - continued; Deuterostomes

10 4/19;21 (1)33; (2) Chpt. 10 Deuterostomes

11 4/26;28 (1) 34 (2) Chpt. 11 The Flowering Plant Body

12 5/3;5 (1) 35;38;37 (2) Chpt. 12 Plant Physiology, Reproduction, & Development

13 5/10;12 (1) 40;(2) Chpt. 13 Animal Physiology I: Homeostasis EXAM 3 (5/12)

14 5/17;19 (1) 40;41;43 Homeostasis - continued; Animal Physiology II: (2) Appendix Endocrinology and Reproduction

15 5/25;27 (1) 49,50 Animal Physiology III: Gas Exchange and (2) to be announced Internal Transport

16 5/31 (1) 53 Sociobiology and Ecology; Final Exam (6/2) TERM REPORTS DUE (6/2) AT BEGINNING OF CLASS!

Revised 12/1/08