ECOL 182
INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY
Spring
2009
Dr. Regis
Ferriere
Office
hours : Tue 4-5, Wed 5:30-6:30
Office
located in BioSciences West, 1041 E Lowell St, Room 408.
Email :
regisf@u.arizona.edu (PLEASE always
start the subject line with: ECOL182)
ANNOUNCEMENT
POSTED 5/4
***Special
Help Session : CHANGE IN LOCATION
Tuesday,
May 12, 2pm-3:15pm, ILC
150.
***Extended
Office Hours :
Tuesday, May
12 : 4pm-6pm.
Wednesday, May
13 : 5pm-7pm.
Please
note : No office hours on Tuesday, May 3 and Wednesday, May 4.
***Lecture
on May 5 :
Will be given
by Prof. Schaffer.
***Tough
questions on 3rd Midterm :
Download ToughQmidterm3.pdf
***Getting
ready for Final :
Download StudyGuide182Ferriere.pdf
PAGE
CONTENT
My
lectures : What we will cover and how.
How
to organize your work.
Updated
syllabus.
Links
to Lecture Slides, Practice Worksheet.
MY
LECTURES : WHAT WE WILL COVER AND HOW
My lectures
will cover Animal Physiology and Ecology.
I will be
using the textbook Biological Science/Third Edition, by Scott Freeman, but will always indicate corresponding chapters, and
sections and figures therein, in the bookÕs Second Edition.
My lectures
correspond to Chapters 41 to 55 in the book (either edition). I will stick to the book content very closely, but this altogether represents a huge amount of material to be covered
in my only seven lecture slots ! To make it feasible for me and digestible
for you, we will not try to go through everything, rather we will focus on
what is most important for you (considering what
might be the future of your biology studies, like applying to Med SchoolÉ) and most
exciting for all of us.
HOW TO
ORGANIZE YOUR WORK
* Come to
class !
This is
fascinating biological science, and we will go through it with a
Ç question based È approach : most of my slides will start with
an important Ç master question È, that the content of the slide is
intended to answer in a clear, to-the-point manner.
* After
the lecture :
1) Review
the slides (available through the links Ç Lecture Slides È).
Take each
master question as a Ç practice question È and try to answer it without looking at the details of the slide. If
you do not feel comfortable with the question, then look at the full slide and
try to reconstruct the logic of the answer. If you feel that you still do not
get it, are missing somethingÉ I suggest two fixes :
+ Use your
book to find and read fully expanded explanations (my slides are only
summaries).
+ Talk to
your friends about it ! Work together ! Team effort always pays off.
2) Use
the Practice Worksheet
For each
lecture, i will provide you with a Ç Practice Worksheet È that
includes : (1) the list of corresponding chapters and sections in the book
((third and second edition), (2) a series of open
Ç review questions È to help you review and assimilate the
lecture material, and (3) quiz questions to test your knowledge and practice
for the exam.
Because our
time together in the classroom is so limited, there will be some important
points that we wonÕt have time to cover in class ; these points will be
included in the list of review questions. The bottom line is that if you feel
comfortable with all the review questions and quiz questions, then you match my
questions and you are likely to get a perfect score at the exam!
Beware that I will include most of the practice quiz questions in our mid-term
and final exams. All practice quiz will be answered in class, and i will NOT
answer any of them by email. If you miss a lecture or need help with these
questions, please consider
+ asking
your friends (team effort !),
+ coming to
my office hours.
Indeed you
are most welcome to come talk to me at my Office Hours about these questions,
the review questions, or any issue you may have with the lecture material. I am
looking forward to meeting you in person !
UPDATED
SYLLABUS
I have
updated my initial syllabus to adjust the content of my lectures to what has
been covered by Dr. S and Dr. B.
Last update : April 4, 2009
Lecture 1
Animal Form,
Function, and Regulation
Book : Chapters 41,
44, 47
Lecture 2
Nutrition, Digestion,
Absorption, and Excretion
Book : Chapters 42,
43, 47
Lecture 3
Animal Reproduction
Book : Chapter 48
Lecture 4
Neurons, Nervous
System, and the Brain
Book : Chapters 45,
46
Lecture 5
Animal Communication
and Behavior
Book : Chapters 46,
51
Lecture 6
Ecological
Communities and Conservation Biology
Book : Chapters 50,
51, 52, 53, 54, 55
Lecture 7
Will be
delivered by Prof. Schaffer.
LINKS TO
COURSE MATERIAL
All
documents are posted in PDF format.
Lecture 1
(Tue, April 7)
Lecture 2
(Thu, April 9)
Lecture 3
(Tue, April 14)
Lecture 4
(Thu, April 16)
Lecture 5
(Tue, April 21)
Lecture 6
(Thu, April 23)
Lecture 7
(Tue, May 5)
See Prof.
Schaffer website.