As given in class, the chapters on the mid-term exam are: 1,5,7,9,10,13-15, as well as fruit flies and other material covered in class (articles, case studies).
Optional: you may bring a 8.5″ X 11″ NOTES PAGE to the exam, ONE-SIDED, hand-written, not machine printed or photocopied.
Finish the Elephant Evolution worksheet and hand in. Read the two articles (rove beetles and corn evolution) and do a “close reading” according to the instructions given on the article handout. Be prepared to discuss the articles. They will be included on the mid-year exam.
Complete the “little mito” case study and answer all the questions.
Study for mid-year exam, which will be on 25 and 26 January, depending on the block. It will cover all the sections we have done in the course.
You are allowed an optional, one-page, single-sided notes page to bring with you to the exam. It must be 8.5″ X 11″ or smaller, hand-written, not machine printed or photocopied.
Happy new year! Welcome back, everyone.
Please review the evolution notes and chapters 13 and 14 (covered before the break).
Study for the classification test (next week, Monday and Tuesday, depending on the block): chapter 15 and notes, dichotomous keys, and problems we worked on together.
Read chapter 13 and complete sections A – E on the evolution handout (A-C can be completed with the help of section 13-4).
Watch the Bozeman videos playlist on evolution.
Read section 13-4 in the text and use the information to complete parts A – C on the handout (evolution). Begin reading chapter 13 (evolution).
Study for classification test next Thursday/Friday (depending on the block).
Please watch the video Bozeman Natural Selection (5 minutes)
Finish reading chapter 15 (classification) and the matching questions on taxonomy.
Read chapter 15 (classification) and work on the classification handouts (primate and salamander dichotomous keys).
Complete the grasshopper lab and submit at the beginning of next class. Be sure you have written the name of your group member whose lab has the grasshopper parts attached. Write “please see ____________ (name)_______’s lab” in the tables 1 and 2.
Be ready for a quiz on Thursday. It may include our lab procedures with Drosophila done in class, the two articles/readings given earlier, arthropod unifying characteristics and arthropod subphyla unifying characteristics.
Finish Drosophila diagram and label it. Be sure it is detailed and of high quality.
Label the head, thorax, abdomen, compound eye, wing, sex comb (if present), bristles, any other anatomy that is visible and that you can recognize.
Title the drawing and underline the title. Indicate whether the specimen is a male or female. Include your name, block, and the date.