Marine Invertebrate Biology
Fall 2000
Lecture Schedule
Date  Topic  Lecture Question  Readings 
Sept. 3 M Intro & Symbiosis Are you an invertebrate? none
Sept. 6 Th Origins Where did invertebrates come from? p. 5-7 & 57-58
Sept. 10 M Porifera I How do you build a sponge? p.73-80, 84-85
Sept. 13 Th Porifera II    
Sept 17 M Cnidaria I Do corals have gluteal muscles? p. 95-120
Sept. 20 Th Cnidaria II    
Sept. 24 M Platyhelminthes Your Momma was a flatworm? p.139-157
Sept. 27 Th  EXAM 1    
Oct. 1 M Mollusca I Snails come from HAM? p. 203-226
Oct. 4 Th Mollusca II    
Oct. 8 M Mid-term Break    
Oct. 11 Th Mollusca III  Who would win Mollusca Smackdown? p.227-259
Oct. 15 M Annelida I You will never go hungry again? p.277-294
Oct. 18 Th Annelida II    
Oct. 22 M Onycophora & 
Tardigrada
Mystery contestants. p. 399-406, 
Oct. 25 Th EXAM II p. 323-335
Oct. 29 M Arthropoda I  What is a horseshoe crab?
Nov. 1 Th  Arthropoda II    
Nov. 5 M Arthropoda III  How can a barnacle be scary?  p.351-376
Nov. 8 Th Echinodermata I How do you do that thing you do? p. 477-500
Nov. 12 M Echinodermata II    
Nov. 15 Th Chordata I Your soul sister is a sea squirt? p. 509-528
Nov. 19 M Chordata II    
Nov. 22 Th
Thanksgiving break
Nov. 26 M Lophophorates Why do lophophorates make me sick? p.452-469
Nov. 29 Th EXAM III    
    ***Week of the 6th***
Final Laboratory Practical Exam
Dec. 3 M Marine Biotechnology    
Dec. 6 Th Misfits and Overview    
Dec. 10M FINAL EXAM 3:30-6:30  


Laboratory Schedule
Week of        Laboratory  Notes
1. Sept 3 No lab Go to EC Pool and take swim test
2. Sept. 10 Set up experiment Must pass swim test,
Must wear shoes
3. Sept 17 *Field Trip* Be prepared to get wet
Must wear shoes 
4. Sept 24 Phylum lab 
5. Oct. 1 Porifera and Cnidaria 
6. Oct. 7 Fall break no labs
7. Oct. 15 *2nd Field trip* Be prepared to get wet
Must wear shoes
8. Oct. 22 Mollusca
9. Oct.29 Cephalopods & Bivalves
10. Nov 5 Dat Collection
11. Nov. 12 Arthropods & Annelids
12. Nov. 19 Finish experiment
13. Nov 26 Echinoderms and Chordata
14. Dec. 3 *Practical Exam*




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