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INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
SYLLABUS
MRS. HARE
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Zoology is offered to give high school students the chance
to experience the classification system of animals.
Students will explore the Kingdom Animalia while
concentrating on invertebrate phyla- sponges, jellyfish,
worms, snails, starfish and insects (to name a few!) Lab
dissections and live animal studies will be included.
COURSE OUTLINE:
Qtr. 1
Classification, animal characteristics and
development, symmetry, Porifera, Cnidaria,
Platyhelminth
Qtr 2
Nematode, Annelid, Mollusk, Echinoderm, Arthropod
SUPPLIES:
1. Textbook
2. Notebook, paper, pens, colored pencils, markers
ASSESSMENTS:
1. Lab reports, activities, projects
2. Quizzes, tests
3. Article critiques
GRADING
1. Grades are based on total points, see handbook for
grading scale