Topic Name Description
File Tentative BI 232 Course Syllabus - Updated 11/15/22
File Museum Labels for your collection
Folder Handouts for lecture

Here are handouts for figures from lectures that you might want to download and/or print out for your use.  They will be helpful in the first class and many times after as well.  They include a basic Invertebrate Phylogenetic tree that you will find useful for our last week of classes.
Week 1 August 24 - How many invertebrate species are there? Folder Week 1 Lecture Outlines - How many inverts are there? What criteria are used to classify them? What common needs of organisms drive their evolution?
Week 2 - Aug. 29 Folder Week 2 Lecture Outline
Folder Week 1 Lab

Here is the list of specimens we will look at in lab this week.
Week 3 - Sept. 7 Folder Week 3 Lecture Outlines
Week 4 - Sept. 12 Folder Week 4 Lecture Outline
Folder Specimen list for lab - Cnidaria (= Coelenterata) + Ctenophora
Week 5 - Sept. 19 Folder Week 5 Lecture Outlines

We will try to Finish Phylum Cnidaria (Coelenterata) and P. Ctenophora (Chapters 6 & 7 in textbook) on Monday and begin coverage of the flatworms, P. Platyhelminthes (Ch. 8), on Wednesday so please be sure to do your readings before class.  We will have a field trip to Shades Creek on Monday so come dressed to get wet.  Open toed shoes/sandals are not safe. Crocs are not safe and they are a fashion crime, so please don't wear them.

Please bring your Invertebrate Journals on Monday to turn in to me to get feedback.

For Wed. come prepared to discuss what adaptations they have for being successful parasites.  Which ones seem creepy to you?  Which parasite would you hate to be a host for?
Folder Exam 1 review questions

Here are exam review questions for Exam 1.  In class on Wed. we will discuss moving Exam 1 to Sep. 28 (next Wed.) so that we can finish Platyhelminthes.
Week 6 - Sept. 26 Folder Week 6 Lecture Outline
Folder Lab Handouts
Week 7 - Oct. 3 Folder Week 7 Lecture Outlines
Week 8 - Oct. 10 Folder Week 8 Lecture Outlines
File Lab 7 Specimen list
Folder Exam 2 Review Questions
File Squid characteristics board pic - Thanks to Beck
File Are Cephalopods colorblind? Not so fast my friend! Please read abstract before class on Wed.
Week 9 - Oct. 17 Folder Week 9 Lecture Outline
Folder Lab 8 Specimen List - Annelida, Onychophora

Bring any Annelids you have collected so that we can identify them.
Folder Powerpoints on crab research
Week 10 - Oct. 24 Folder Week 10 Lecture Outline
Folder Arthropod and Insect lab including lobster anatomy
Week 11 - Oct. 31 HAPPY HALLOWEN Folder Week 11 Lecture Outlines
Folder Field Insect Ecology Project - Azalea Lace Bug Papers to read
File Tips for Practical Exam Prep
File Annelids and Arthropods and Nematodes Lab Specimen List
Week 12 - Nov. 07 Folder Week 12 Lecture Outline
File Specimen List - Echinoderms
Folder DISL Field Trip things - packing list

Here is the weather forecast for Dauphin Island for this weekend.

Friday Night - Low = 57 F. 3% chance of precipitation

Sat.  Hi - 67 F; sunny.  1% chance of precip. Winds 18 mph - not good
Folder Field Ecology Paper guidelines, grading rubric and oral presentation rubric
Folder Exam 3 Review Questions
Week 13 - Nov. 14 Folder Week 13 Lecture Outlines
Folder Updated lecture and lab schedule and due dates.
File Final Exam Review Questions
File Suggestions for Final Exam prep
Folder Help with writing your lab report

Here are some general instructions on how to write a lab report and the rubric I will use to grade your lab reports.  Remember that this will be a group written report, but you will be responsible for all of the aspects of your teams paper so be sure to go over each other's work and give feedback.  
Week 14 11/21 End of Semester Things Folder Week 14 Lecture Outlines
Folder Invertebrate Collection submission
Folder Final Exam preparation

Here are final exam review questions and suggestions for how to study for the lecture final exam by creating a matrix.
Week 15 - Nov. 28 File Final Lecture Outlines