Date
|
Lecture |
Lecture Powerpoints |
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Aug. 24, 2009 |
Course Information
and
LEC 1: Introduction
Chapter 1 & 2 |
|

Week 1: Comparative Study
of Body Plans: I
&
Set up Infusion cultures. .
|
Aug. 26, 2009 |
LEC 2: Introduction to the Invertebrates
Chapter 3 |
|
Aug. 28, 2009 |
LEC 3: Introduction to the Invertebrates I
Chapter 3 |
|
| QUIZ ONE |
Aug. 31, 2009 |
LEC 4: Animal Development, Life Histories and Origins Chapter 4
|
|

Week 2: Comparative Study
of Body Plans: II
|
Sept. 2, 2009 |
LEC 5: Protista I
Chapter 5 |
|
Sept. 4, 2009 |
NO CLASS |
Sept. 7, 2009 |
NO CLASS |
Week 3: Protistan Diversity |
Sept. 9, 2009 |
LEC 6: Protista II
Chapter 5
|
|
Sept. 11, 2009 |
QUIZ TWO & Student Presentations
|
J. Whelan
AUDIO LINK |
|
Sept. 14, 2009 |
LEC 7: Ph. Porifera
Chapter 6
|
|
Week 4: Field trip -
Collection at Middle Creek |
Sept. 16, 2009 |
LEC 8: Ph. Cnidaria
Chapter 8 |
|
Sept. 18, 2009 |
QUIZ THREE & Student Presentations |
E. Anguiano
AUDIO LINK |
|
Sept. 21, 2009 |
LEC 8: Ph. Cnidaria (cont.)
Chapter 8 |
|
Week 5: Parasites of Fishes |
Sept. 23, 2009 |
LEC 9: Platyhelminthes - Intro
Chapter 10 |
|
Sept. 25, 2009 |
QUIZ FOUR & Student Presentations |
J. Mayne
AUDIO LINK |
|
| Sept. 28, 2009 |
LEC 10: Platyhelminthes - Parasitic
(Lecture by
Terry Haverkost, Ph.D.)
Chapter 10 |
|

Week 6: Infusion Cultures –
"Succession in a Jar”
|
Sept. 30, 2009 |
LEC 11: Blastocoelomates –
Ph. Rotifera & Ph. Gastrotricha
Chapter 12 |
|
Oct. 2,
2009 |
QUIZ FIVE & Student Presentations |
E. Price
AUDIO LINK |
|
Oct. 5,
2009 |
LEC 12: Blastocoelomates II –
Ph. Acanthocephala &
Ph. Entoprocta
Chapter 12 |
|
Week 7: Field trip –
Collection at Holmes Lake |
Oct. 7,
2009 |
LEC 13: Blastocoelomates III – Ph. Nemata
Chapter 12 |
|
|
QUIZ SIX & Student Presentations |
W. Steinbach
AUDIO LINK |
|
Oct. 12, 2009 |
LEC 14: The Coelomates:
Ph. Onychophora &
Ph. Tardigrada
Chapter 15 |
|
LAB EXAM I – NOTEBOOKS DUE |
| Oct. 14, 2009 |
LEC 15: Ph. Annelida
Chapter 13
|
|
Oct. 16, 2009 |
QUIZ SEVEN &
Student Presentations |
|
Oct. 19, 2009 |
NO CLASS |
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Week 8: Intestinal Parasites of Ducks! |
Oct. 21, 2009 |
LEC 16: Ph. Mollusca
Chapter 20
|
|
Oct. 23, 2009 |
QUIZ EIGHT & Student Presentations |
K. Spencer
|
|
| Oct. 26, 2009 |
LEC 17: Ph. Mollusca – Diversity
Chapter 20 |
|

Week 9: Kelp holdfast: Polychaetes |
| Oct. 28, 2009 |
LEC 18: Marine Kelp Shipment - Introduction
(Lecture by
John Janovy, Jr. Ph.D.)
Chapter 16 |
|
Oct. 30, 2009 |
QUIZ NINE & Student Presentations |
| K. Hoelting
|
Nov. 2, 2009 |
LEC 19: Ph. Sipuncula &
LEC 20: Ph. Arthropoda - Crustacea
Chapter 14 & 16
|
|

Week 10: Kelp holdfast:
|
Nov. 4, 2009 |
LEC 20: Ph. Arthropoda - Crustacea (cont.)
Chapter 16 |
|
Nov. 6, 2009 |
LEC 21: Amphibian parasite lifecycles & host specificity
(Lecture by Gabriel Langford)
|
 |
|
Sunday
Nov. 8, 2009 |
Week 11: Henry Doorly Zoo Field Trip |
Nov. 9, 2009 |
QUIZ TEN & Student Presentations
|
No Lab |
| E. Dougherty |
M. Sackett |
Nov. 11, 2009 |
LEC 22: Ph. Arthopoda -
The Cheliceriformes
Chapter 19 |
|
Nov. 13, 2009 |
QUIZ ELEVEN &
Student Presentations
Week Eleven Review Questions |
| J. Mayne |
K. Spencer |
Nov. 16, 2009 |
LEC 23: Spider Communication & Behavior
(Lecture by Dustin Wilgers) |
|
Week 12 Field Trip: University of Nebraska State Museum |
Nov. 18, 2009 |
LEC 24: Ph. Arthropoda - Myriapoda
Chapter 18 |
|
Nov. 20, 2009 |
QUIZ TWELVE &
Student Presentations
|
| W. Steinbach |
E. Price |
Nov. 23, 2009 |
LEC 25: Ph. Echinodermata
Chapter 22 |
|
NO LAB |
Nov. 25, 2009 |
NO CLASS |
Nov. 27, 2009 |
NO CLASS |
Nov. 30,
2009 |
LEC 26: Plant/Insect Interactions
(Lecture by Natalie West)
|
|
Week 13: Ph. Echinodermata |
Dec. 2,
2009 |
LEC 27: Insecta
(Lecture by Laura Campbell )
|
|
Dec. 4,
2009 |
QUIZ THIRTEEN& Student Presentations |
| S. Nelsen |
A. Garza |
|
LEC 28: Insect Ecology
(Lecture by
Laura Beckers, Ph.D) |
|
LAB FINAL EXAM – NOTEBOOKS DUE |
Dec. 9,
2009 |
LEC 29: Cricket Biology (Lecture by
Chandreyee Mitra)
Chapter 21
|
|
Dec. 11, 2009 |
QUIZ FOURTEEN &
Student Presentations |
| E. Anguiano |
J. Walrath |