Unit 1: Introductory Concepts and Skills

Exercise 1: The Microscope and Scientific Method

The Compound Microscope (1 1/2 hours)
The Dissecting Microscope (1/2 hour)
An Introduction to Scientific Method (1 hour)

Exercise 2: Cells and Tissues

A. Cell Structure
   Animal Cells-Light Microscope (1 1/2 hours)
   Animal Cells- Electron Microscope (1 hour)
B. Histology: Epithelial and Connective Tissues

Exercise 3: Aspects of Cell Function

A. Transport Into and Out of Cells (1 1/2 hours)
B. Aerobic Cellular Respiration (2-3 hours)
C. Cell Division (1 1/2 hours)

Exercise 4: Genetics (3 hours)

Exercise 5: Embryology (3 hours)

Exercise 6: Adaptations of Stream Invertebrates- A Scavenger Hunt (3 hours)

Unit II: An Evolutionary Approach to the Animal Phyla

Exercise 7: The Classification of Organisms (2 hours)

Exercise 8: Animal-like Protists (2 hours)

Exercise 9: Porifera (2 hours)

Exercise 10: Cnidaria (2 hours)

Exercise 11: Platyhelminthes (2 hours)

Exercise 12: The Pseudocoelomates (2 hours)

Exercise 13: Mollusca (2 hours)

Exercise 14: Annelida (2 hours)

Exercise 15: Arthropoda (3 hours)

Exercise 16: Echinodermata (1 1/2 hours)

Exercise 17: Chordata (1 1/2 hours)

Unit III: An Evolutionary Approach to Vertebrate Structure and Function

Exercise 18: Vertebrate Musculoskeletal Systems (2 hours)

Bone Structure (1/2 hour)
The Skeleton (1 1/2 hours)
The Muscular System (1 hour)

Exercise 19: Vertebrate Nervous Regulation(3 hours)

Exercise 20: Vertebrate Circulation

Formed Elements (1/2 hour)
Microcirculation (1/2 hour)
Systemic Circulation-The Shark (1 hour)
The Mammalian Heart (1/2 hour)
Systemic Circulation-The Rat (2 hours)
Comparative Heart Structure (1/2 hour)
Circulatory Physiology-The Electrocardiogram (1/2 hour)
Circulatory Physiology-Antibody Action (1/2 hour)

Exercise 21: Vertebrate Respiration (1 1/2 hours)

Exercise 22: Vertebrate Digestion (3 hours)

Exercise 23: Vertebrate Excretion (2 hours)

Exercise 24: Vertebrate Reproduction (2 hours)