Unit 11: Animal Diversity and Function

IF YOU MISS A CLASS OR LAB due to illness or quarantine, you need to make up the work by the Monday following your allowed return. If you do not, you will not get credit. There is NO late work accepted for this class. Plan accordingly. ​

Textbook: Chapter 32: Animal Diversity

Textbook: Chapter 33: Introduction of Invertebrates

Textbook: Chapter 34: Evolution of Vertebrates

Textbook: Chapter 48: Neurons, Synapses, Signaling

Textbook: Chapter 49: Nervous Systems

Date	Activities	Homework/Readings:
Wednesday 23 April	Video: Rise of the Vertebrates
Thursday 24 April	Read and Watch: Animal Diversity Notes (Animal Diversity Notes PDF) Animal Diversity Notes Guide Video: Animal Diversity Notes
Friday 25 April	Finish Animal Diversity Notes	Unit 11: Assignment 1: Animal Diversity Part 1 Unit 11: Assignment 2: Animal Diversity Part 2
Monday 28 April	Video: Challenges of Life
Tuesday 29 April	​ ​Video: Rise of the Vertebrates Mammals
Wednesday 30 April	​Creating Animal Diversity Slideshow
Thursday 1 May	Creating Animal Diversity Slideshow	​
Friday 2 May	Creating Animal Diversity Slideshow
Monday 5 May	Video: Nervous System Crash Course	Value
Tuesday 6 May	Animal Tissues Organs Systems Notes ​(Animal Tissues and Organs Notes PDF) Animal Tissues Organ Systems Notes Guide Video: Animal Tissues Organs Systems	Unit 11: Quiz 1: Animal Diversity Unit 11: Assignment 3: Animal Tissues Organs System ​
Wednesday 7 May	Unit 11: Quiz 2: Animal Tissues Organs Systems Nervous System Notes (Nervous System Notes PDF) ​Nervous System Notes Guide ​Video: Nervous System	Complete and Submit to Instructor on Schoology: Unit 11: Assignment 4: Nervous System Part 1 Unit 11: Assignment 5: Nervous System Part 2​
Thursday 8 May	Finish Nervous System Notes
Monday 12 May	Video: Nervous System Crash Course
Tuesday 13 May	Structure of a Neuron Handout
Wednesday 14 May	Eye Dissection Handout Review of Parts of the Eye
Thursday 15 May	​Pick a Sense Activity​
Friday 16 May	Pick a Sense Activity Presentations
Monday 19 May	Video: Nervous System Crash Course
Tuesday 20 May	Dissections: Finish Missing Labs/Schoology
Wednesday 21 May	Video: Pushing the Limits: Sight
Thursday 22 May	​Review for Final Exam	Last Years Free Response Questions Focus Topics: ​Evolution of and characteristics of an Animal: Embryonic Germ layers Protostome vs deuterosome Characteristics of Invertebrate groups (sponges, cnidarians, flatworms, roundworms, mollusks, annelids, arthropods, echinoderms) Characteristics of Vertebrate groups (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals) Organ systems are interconnected ABO Blood Groups-Circulatory System The breakdown of carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids-Digestive System Neuron Structure, Classes, and Arrangement Action Potentials Synapses Central Nervous System vs Peripheral Nervous System
Friday 23 May	Exam: Animal Diversity and Function	Spreadsheet to calculate your final grades:

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