The Weeks of 9/21-10/2

• Tues 9/22:  Questions?  Take Ecology Test.  Do Fish Dichotomous Key in pairs. Observe mesocosms.
• Thurs 9/24:  Finish Fish Dichotomous Key.  Make your own dichotomous key separating at least 10 items of your choice for Wed 9/30.  Classification Hierarchy.  Observe mesocosms.
• Mon 9/28:   Main categories of animals and plants. Finish mesocosm observations.  Summarize for Friday 10/2.  
• Wed 9/30:  Exchange dichotomous keys and do them.  Animal Phyla Classification Lab.  Introduce cladograms.
• Fri 10/2:  Notes on cladistics and cladograms.  Hand out Animal Poster Project.  Work time to finish animal classification lab and start animal poster project.  Mesocosm write-up due by 11:59 tonight through turnitin.com