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Text Book:
Biology by Miller R. Kenneth and Levine Joseph
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Remark
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UNIT 5.
Vertebrates
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Pages in Text
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Date
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Skill/ Products
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Fish and Amphibians (Chp. 31)
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678-705
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April 3-7
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Fishes; What is Fish? Evolution
of Fish.
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Form and function in Fishes,
Feeding, Internal transport, Response, Reproduction
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Variety of Fishes
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Amphibians; What is an
Amphibian? Evolution of Amphibians.
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Form and Function in
Amphibians, Feeding, Respiration, Internal transport, Excretion,
Response, Reproduction
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Overview of
representative Amphibians
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Review
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Quiz
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Lab activities/ Dissection
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Identification of organs
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Reptiles and Birds (Chp. 32)
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707-735
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April 10-14
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Reptiles; What is a Reptile?
Evolution of Reptiles
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Form and function in Reptiles,
Feeding, Respiration, Internal Transport, Excretion, Response,
Movement, Reproduction
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Overview representative
Reptiles, Marine Reptiles
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References
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The evolution of temperature
control
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Birds; What is a Bird?
Evolution of birds
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Form and Function in Birds,
Feeding, Respiration, Internal transport, Excretion, Response,
Movement, Reproduction. How birds fit in to the world?
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Review
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Assignment
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Lab activities/ Dissection
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Identification of organs
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Mammals (Chp.
33)
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736-755
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April 17-21
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Mammals; What is a Mammal?
Evolution of Mammals
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Form and Function in Mammals,
Feeding, Respiration, Internal transport, Excretion, Response,
Movement, Reproduction
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Important Orders of Living
Mammals
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Evolution of early mammals
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References
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The rise of placental mammals
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References
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How mammals Fit in to the world?
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Review
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Project
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Phylogenetic tree
(CM)*
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Humans (Chp. 34)
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756-769
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April 24-28
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Primates and Human Origins;
What are primates?
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757-759
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Hominid evolution: their
ancestors and relatives
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759-765
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Review
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Reading assignment
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Visiting museums/ Zoos
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Observation/ data
collection
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Animal Behavior (Chp. 35)
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770-783
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May 1-5
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Elements of behavior
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Communication signals for
survival
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The evolution of behavior
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Review
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Quiz
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Comparing vertebrates (Chp. 36)
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784-803
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May 8-12
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Drawing from web sites
(AEA)*
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Evolution of the vertebrates
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785-789
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Form and function in
vertebrates
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789-799
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Review
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Exam on the unit
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Carriers in Biology
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804
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Reading by students
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