Course Syllabus
Course Title: NATURAL HISTORY OF VERTEBRATES/LAB
BIO 6322, Spring 2015, LSW 403; TTH 6:30 – 7:45 pm
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Instructor: Dr. Stan Trauth
Office: LSW 146 (Electron Microscope Facility); MTWTh 3-4 pm; F 8-9 am.
Laboratory Activities:
Jan 13 –
Jan 15 –
Jan 20 –
Jan 22 –
Jan 27 –
Jan 29 –
Feb 3 –
Feb 5 –
Feb 10 –
Feb 12 –
Feb 17 –
Feb 19 –
Feb 24 –
Feb 26 –
Mar 3 –
Mar 5 –
Mar 10 –
Mar 12 Mar 17 –
Mar 19 Mar 23-28
Mar 30 –
Apr 2 –
Apr 7 –
Apr 9 –
Apr 14 –
Apr 16 –
Apr 17-19 –
Apr 21 –
Apr 23 –
- Introduction/Natural History Journals; Class Discussion (CD)
- Natural History Reports; Class Fish and/or Amphibian Project*
- Fish Identification; Fish Life History Reports
- Fish Identification; Growth in Fishes
- Fish and Amphibian Identification; CD
- Fish and Amphibian Identification; CD
- Larval Amphibian Identification; CD
- Field Investigations
- Analysis of Ozark Fish Collections; CD
- Amphibian Breeding Sites; “Sylamore District Field Trip”
- Amphibian Breeding Sites; CD
- Wood Frog Communal Breeding
- Ambystomatid Salamander Breeding
- Reproductive Strategies in Amphibians
- Illinois Chorus Frog Breeding Sites; CD
- Avian Taxonomy and Common Arkansas Birds
- Common Arkansas Birds; CD
- Fish and Amphibian Identification Test
- Review of Arkansas Birds
- Open
- Spring Break
- Mammal Identification
- Mammal Identification; CD
- Arkansas Reptiles
- Arkansas Reptiles; CD
- Life History Strategies in Reptiles
- Preparation for Ozark/Ouachita Mtns. Field Trip
- Ozark/Ouachita Mtns. Field Trip
- Analysis of Ozark/Ouachita Mtns. Field Trip
- Reptile, Bird, and Mammal Identification Test
Laboratory Grading System:
Lab Practical (Fish)
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(Amphibians)
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(Reptiles)
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(Birds)
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(Mammals)
Class Team Project (Jane's Creek)
Vertebrate Collection and Field Book
- 50 pts.
- 50 pts.
- 50 pts.
- 50 pts.
- 50 pts.
- 100 pts.
- 100 pts.
450 pts.
- 10 pt. percentage grade scale *Saturday field trips will be scheduled based upon weather conditions