University of Idaho Organisms and Environments  
Precambrian Times, Hadean - Proterozoic Eons Cambrian - Ordovician Periods Silurian - Permian Periods Triassic - Cretaceous Periods Tertiary - Quaternary Periods Evolutionary Timeline

Biol116 Schedule - Spring 2008
Textbook: Biology 7th Ed., Campbell & Reece Schedule subject to change
 
Week 1
Mon 1/7
Oasis History of Life
Lecture no class
Reading  
Wed 1/9
Oasis History of Life
Lecture Introduction to Biology 116, The history of life on Earth, & Timeline
Reading Review BioNET Site
Fri 1/11
Oasis History of Life
Lecture Principles of Evolution, Fossil Record, & Classification of Organisms
Reading Pgs. 439-446, 491-508
Matching Fossil Record
Matching Classification of Organisms
Presentation Principles of Evolution
Week 2
Mon 1/14
Oasis History of Life
Lecture Principles of Evolution, Fossil Record, & Classification of Organisms
Reading Pgs. 439-446, 491-508
Matching Fossil Record
Matching Classification of Organisms
Presentation Principles of Evolution
Wed 1/16
Oasis History of Life
Lecture Precambrian Era: Conditions on Early Earth
Reading Pgs. 512-531
Quiz Quiz 1 opens Saturday 12:00pm
Image Gallery Precambrian Era
Fri 1/18
Oasis Precambrian
Lecture Precambrian Era: Conditions on Early Earth, cont.
Reading Pgs. 512-531
Matching Precambrian Era
Presentation Conditions on Early Earth
Week 3
Mon 1/21
Oasis History of Life
Lecture Martin Luther King Day- no class
Reading  
Wed 1/23
Oasis Precambrian
Lecture Prokaryotes
Reading 534-545
Quiz Quiz 2 opens Wed 12:00pm
Fri 1/25
Oasis Precambrian
Lecture Prokaryotes, cont.
Reading 534-545
Labeling Structures of a Prokaryotic Cell
Matching Prokaryotes
Presentation Prokaryotes
Quiz Quiz 1 closes midnight Sunday 1/27/2008
WEEK 4
Mon 1/28
Oasis Precambrian
Lecture To Be Announced
Reading Movie & Notes
Crossword Precambrian
Labeling Photosynthesis General Formulas
Wed 1/30
Oasis Precambrian
Lecture Early Eukaryotes
Reading Pgs. 549-569
Matching Early Eukaryotes
Labeling Structures of a Eukaryotic Cell (Non-Photosynthetic)
Labeling Structures of a Eukaryotic Cell (Photosynthetic)
Fri 2/1
Oasis Precambrian
Assignment Snow day- classes canceled
Reading Pgs. 549-569
WEEK 5
Mon 2/4
Oasis History of Life & Precambrian
Lecture Protists
Reading Pgs. 549-569
Matching Protists
Labeling Parts of a Brown Alga (Fucus)
Wed 2/6
Exam History of Life & Precambrian
Lecture Exam #1 Review
Study Questions History of Life
Study Questions Precambrian
Quiz Quiz 2 closes midnight Wednesday, 2/6/2008
Fri 2/8
Oasis Cambrian - Ordovician
Exam Exam #1
Quiz Quiz 3 opens Friday 12:00am
Crossword Cambrian - Ordovician Periods
WEEK 6
Mon 2/11
Oasis Cambrian - Ordovician
Lecture Fungi
Reading Pgs. 608-623
Image Gallery Cambrian - Ordovician
Wed 2/13
Oasis Cambrian - Ordovician
Lecture Fungi, cont.
Reading  Pgs. 608-623
Fri 2/15
Oasis Cambrian - Ordovician
Lecture Ordovician Period: Bryophytes
Reading Pgs. 573-583
Labeling Alternation of Generations Life Cycle
Labeling Sphagnum Moss
Quiz Quiz 4 opens Friday, Quiz 3 closes midnight Sunday 2/17
WEEK 7
Mon 2/18
Oasis Precambrian
Lecture No Class - President's Day
Wed 2/20
Oasis Cambrian - Ordovician
Lecture Devonian Period: Early Vascular Plants
Reading Pgs. 584-588
Fri 2/22
Oasis Silurian - Permian
Lecture Carboniferous/Permian: Gymnosperms
Reading Pgs. 591-597
Quiz Quiz 5 opens Friday 12:00pm, Quiz 4 closes midnight Sunday 2/24
Matching  
WEEK 8
Mon 2/25
Oasis Silurian - Permian
Lecture Jurassic: Flowering Plants
Reading Pgs. 598-605
Wed 2/27
Oasis Silurian - Permian
Lecture Animal body plans & diversity
Reading Pgs. 626-637
Fri 2/29
Oasis Silurian - Permian
Lecture Animal diversity, Sponges, & Cnidarians
Reading Pgs. 638-645
Quiz Quiz 5 closes Sunday 3/2/2008 midnight
WEEK 9
Mon 3/3
Oasis Silurian - Permian
Lecture Exam #2 Review
Reading Pgs. 646-653
Wed 3/5
Oasis Silurian - Permian
Lecture Exam #2
Reading Pgs. 648, 653-656 & 665-668
Fri 3/7
Oasis Silurian - Permian
Lecture Platyhelminthes, Lophophorates, & Molluscs
Quiz Quiz 6 opens Friday 12:00pm
March 10-14  Have a Nice Spring Break!
  
WEEK 10
Mon 3/17
Exam Cambrian - Ordovician & Silurian - Permian
Exam Arthropods
Wed 3/19
Oasis Silurian - Permian
Lecture To be announced
Reading Pgs. 656-665
Fri 3/21
Oasis Silurian - Permian
Lecture Annelids, Rotifers, Nematodes, Echinoderms, & Chordates
Quiz Quiz 6 closes Sunday midnight
WEEK 11
Mon 3/24
Oasis Triassic - Tertiary
Lecture Cambrian: Chordates & Vertebrates
Reading Pgs. 671-678
Quiz Quiz 7 opens Monday 12:00pm
Wed 3/26
Oasis Triassic - Tertiary
Lecture Devonian: Fishes & Tetrapods
Reading Pgs. 678-686
Fri 3/28
Oasis Triassic - Tertiary
Lecture Carboniferous: Amniotes, Dinosaurs, etc.
Reading Pgs. 687-694
Quiz Quiz 8 opens Sunday 6:00pm
WEEK 12
Mon 3/31
Oasis Triassic - Tertiary
Lecture Jurassic: Birds & Cretaceous: Mammals
Reading Pgs. 687-706
Wed 4/2
Oasis Triassic - Tertiary
Lecture Mammals, Primates, & Humans
Reading Pgs. 694-706
Fri 4/4
Oasis Triassic - Tertiary
Quiz Quiz 7 closes Sunday 4/6/08 midnight
Lecture Exam #3 Review
WEEK 13
Mon 4/7
Exam Silurian - Permian, Triassic - Tertiary
EXam Exam #3
Wed 4/9
Oasis Ecosystems
Lecture Introduction to Ecosystems and the Biosphere
Reading Pgs. 1080-1087
Quiz Quiz 8 opens Wednesday 12:00pm
Fri 4/11
Oasis Ecosystems
Lecture Distribution of Organisms
Reading Pgs. 1087-1103
WEEK 14
Mon 4/14
Oasis Ecosystems
Lecture Animal Behavior
Reading Pgs. 1107-1128
Wed 4/16
Oasis Ecosystems
Lecture Animal Behavior, cont.
Reading Pgs. 1107-1128
Fri 45/18
Oasis Ecosystems
Lecture Population Ecology
Reading Pgs. 1136-1145
Quiz Quiz 8 closes Sunday midnight April 20
WEEK 15
Mon 4/21
Oasis Ecosystems
Lecture Population Ecology, cont.
Reading Pgs. 1145-1156
Quiz Quiz 9 opens Sunday at 6:00pm
Wed 4/23
Oasis Ecosystems
Lecture Ecology of Communities
Reading Pgs. 1159-1180
Fri 4/25
Oasis Ecosystems
Lecture Ecology of Communities, cont. and Dynamics of Ecosystems
Reading Pgs. 1159-1180, 1184-1194
Quiz Quiz 9 closes midnight April 27
WEEK 16
Mon 4/28
Oasis Quaternary
Lecture Dynamics of Ecosystems, cont.
Reading Pgs. 1194-1206
Quiz Quiz 10 opens April 27 at 6:00pm
Wed 4/30
Oasis Quaternary
Lecture Conservation Biology & Restoration Ecology
Reading Pgs. 1209-1229
Fri 5/2
Oasis Quaternary
Lecture Exam #4 Review & Comprehensive Exam Review
Quiz Quiz 10 closes midnight Monday May 5
FINALS WEEK
Tues 5/6
Exam Ecosystems & Quaternary, Comprehensive Exam
Exam Exam #4 10-11am
Exam Comprehensive Exam  11-noon
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