Zoology Syllabus Week of September 2, 2003

Tuesday:

            Student Information Sheets (Friday)

            Cover Books (Friday)

            Course Rules  (Friday)

Wednesday:

            How are fossils formed?

            What evolutionary processes exist?

            What was evolutionary thought pre 1800s?

            Homework:

                        Student Information Sheets (Friday)

                        Cover Books (Friday)

                        Course Rules  (Friday)

Thursday:

            Junior Assembly (no class)

Friday:

            Computer Lab research: fossilization

            Where do fossils come from, what are they.

            Homework:

                        Finish research online (Monday)

Vert. Zoology Syllabus Week of September 8, 2003

Monday:

            Notes: Fossilization.

                        What are the types of fossils formed?

                        Where do they form?

                        What are the processes that form fossils?

            Homework:

                        None

Tuesday:

            Notes: What is zoology?

                        Why Study Zoology

                        What principles does Zoology Follow?

Wednesday:

            Notes: History of Evolutionary thought

                        Buffon

                        Lemarck

                        Lyell

                        Darwin

            Homework:

                        None

Thursday:

Activity: Darwin Story book.  What did he do on his journey and why was it so significant?

Homework:

            Finish book (Monday)

Friday:

            Filmstrip: Fossil Evidence of Life

            Homework:

                        Finish book (Monday)

                        Read Chapter 1 pgs TBA