ZOOLOGY 101/BIOLOGY 101 - FALL 2009
Section 1: MWF 11:00 - 11:50 am, 6210 Social Science Section 2: MWF 1:20 - 2:10 pm, 6210 Social Science
The number of eggs a female tortoise lays can be affected by population density in the nesting area. If the population density is high (many nests), she may lay one clutch of 4 - 5 eggs every few years; while in lower density areas she can lay several clutches of 15 - 20 eggs each year. The incubation period of the eggs is determined by the temperature, and ranges from 110 days to 250 days. You can see this tortoise and many other animals at Henry Vilas Zoo, Madison (www.vilaszoo.org)
Aldabra tortoise (Geochelone gigantean)
LECTURERS (in order of appearance) Dr. Jenny Boughman jboughman@wisc.edu, 262-2636, 428 Birge, Office Hours: W 12-1, or by appointment Dr. Sharon Thoma (Course Coordinator) slthoma@wisc.edu, 262-0148, 233 Noland, Office Hours: WTh 9-10; or by appointment Dr. Warren Porter wpporter@wisc.edu; 262-1719, 207 Zoology Research , Office Hours: TBA TEACHING ASSISTANTS Grace Lee glee1@wisc.edu, 215 Zoology Research, Office Hour: T 4:30-5:30 pm* Virtual Office Hour: W 4:30- 5:30 pm
*Zoology Research is locked 24 hrs/day. Please call Grace @265-4155 so she can unlock door.
Dan Marschalek marschalek@wisc.edu, 532 Animal Science, Office Hour: M 9:45-10:45 am Virtual Office Hour: M 12:05-1:05 pm Matt Kelly mjkelly@wisc.edu, 5341 Microbial Sciences, Office Hour: Th 12-1pm Virtual Office Hour: T 1:15-2:15 Virtual office: http://extendlms.ics.uwex.edu/uwmadzoobio101s12/ TEXT/READING • • Required Text: Biology, Campbell (8th edition) Reserve copies available for use at the Biology Library (Birge Hall) Supplemental materials will be placed on the course website
TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE AND SCHEDULE
Date Topic Course Logistics Intro to Animal Biology Reading Assignments HOW ANIMALS ADAPT TO THEIR ENVIRONMENTS AND EVOLVE
S T W 9/2 JB F 9/4 JB W 9/9 JB F 9/11 JB M 9/14 JB W 9/16
Chapter 1
Evidence for evolution & historical perspective Ch 22: 452-467 Natural selection & adaptation: microevolution Microevolution & Speciation Speciation & macroevolution Ch 23: 468-486 *Evolution in Action Ch 24: 487-506 Ch 25: 507-531
Sexual selection, Kin selection & The evolution TBA of animal behavior THE INTERACTION OF ANIMALS WITH THEIR ENVIRONMENTS Animal behavior Life history & populations Ch 51: 1120-1145 Ch 53: 1174-1197 Ch 52: 1148-1173 Ch 54: 1198-1221 Ch 55: 1222-1244 CELLULAR ORGANIZATION 46-47; 68-74; 77-85 74-77; 125-136; 138-139 98-122; 556-559 98-122 New Movement in Parkinson’s, TBA 86-89; 308-319 328-344 337-346, The Price of Silent Mutations 228-236 209-210; 238-243 *Chromosomal Chaos and Cancer 248-260; 297
JB F 9/18 JB M 9/21
JB W 9/23 Population dynamics & species interactions JB F 9/25 JB M 9/28
Communities Ecosystems
ST W 9/30 The molecules of cells ST F 10/2 ST M 10/5
Lipids and Membranes End of Material for Exam 1 Prokaryotic Cells; Eukaryotic Organelles
ST W 10/7 Eukaryotic Organelles; Evolution of Cells Th 10/8 EXAM 1, 7:30 pm, Location TBA ST F 10/9
When Good Cells and Proteins Go Bad
HOW GENES CONTROL THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ANIMAL CELL
ST M10/12 DNA Structure and Replication ST W10/14 Transcription, Translation ST F10/16
Translation, Mutations
ST M10/19 Cell Cycle, Mitosis ST W10/21 Cell Cycle Control, Cancer ST F 10/23 Meiosis
THE TRANSMISSION OF GENETIC INFORMATION THROUGH GENERATIONS
ST M10/26 Mendelian Genetics ST W10/28 Mendelian Genetics ST F 10/30
262-279 262-279; 289-292; 320-322 DNA is Not Destiny
Epigenetics End of Material for Exam 2
Date
Topic
Reading Assignments ORGANIZATION OF THE ORGANISM: EXCHANGE
ST M 11/2 ST W 11/4
Cellular Respiration: Providing cells with energy
162; 165-167; 170; 172-178
Nutrition: digestion, absorption and transport of 880-895 nutrients *Concept 44.1 (text) and * Sunshine Vitamin
Th 11/5 EXAM 2, 7:30 pm, Location TBA ST F 11/6 ST M 11/9 ST W 11/11
Nutrition, cont’d Gas exchange Circulation: internal transport of substances Excretion: controlling the internal environment
915-927 898-915 959-970
ORGANIZATION OF THE ORGANISM: COMMUNICATION AND DEVELOPMENT
WP F 11/13 Nerve Anatomy and Function WP M11/16 WP W11/18 WP F 11/20 WP M 11/23 WP W 11/25
1047-1063, 1066-1071 1047-1063, 1066-1071 1105-1113 975-981 981-996 1003-1020
Organization of the nervous system; neurotransmitters Muscles Endocrine system: glands; steroids, and peptide action Regulation of hormone secretion, developmental hormones, transcription factors Reproductive endocrinology End of Material for Exam 3
F 11/27 THANKSGIVING BREAK, NO CLASS WP M 11/30 Development WP W12/2
1021-1046 1021-1046
Development
Th 12/3 EXAM 3, 7:30 pm, Location TBA WP F 12/4 WP M 12/7
Immune system: nonspecific and specific defenses Immune system: health & disease
930-953 *Surprises from Celiac Disease 930-953 Welshons et al, 2003 – an original scientific paper Guillette et al, 1998; Porter et al, 1999 – original scientific papers 162-167, 1229-1233, 1239-1244
WP W 12/9 Assault on the Male WP F 12/11 WP M 12/14
Biological effects of common low-level groundwater contaminant mixtures Synthesis: Basic Thermodynamics, food webs, bioaccumulation
FINAL W 12/23, 7:45 AM, Location TBA EXAM This is a MORNING exam time!
*Reading assignments with an asterisk are readings that contain material that will not be specifically covered in lecture, but that will be covered on exams. All *ed reading assignments have focus questions - if you can answer the focus questions in detail, you should be able to easily answer exam questions on the reading.
DISCUSSION SCHEDULE
Monday 7:45-8:35 8:50-9:40 9:55-10:45 11:00-11:50 12:05-12:55 1:20-2:10 2:25-3:15 3:30-4:20 4:35-5:25 6:00-6:50
Grace Lee 342 Noland Grace Lee 342 Noland Matt Kelly 539 Noland Matt Kelly 350 Birge Grace Lee 342 Noland Grace Lee 342 Noland Dan Marschalek 342 Noland Dan Marschalek 539 Noland Dan Marschalek 539 Noland Dan Marschalek 539 Noland Dan Marschalek 539 Noland Matt Kelly 539 Noland Matt Kelly 539 Noland Matt Kelly 539 Noland Matt Kelly 539 Noland
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
No discussion will be held on the following dates: F, Oct. 9 F, Nov. 6 F, Dec. 4
Dan Marschalek 342 Noland
Grace Lee 342 Noland
Grace Lee 539 Noland
Attendance at discussions is optional, but strongly recommended. You do NOT have to be registered for a discussion section - you may attend any that fit into your schedule. Discussion sections start the week of September 8. Zoology TAs will be on hand to assist you with lecture materials, answer your questions, and help you prepare for lecture exams. EXAMS and GRADING Exam Schedule First midterm exam – Thursday, October 8, 7:30-9 pm Second midterm exam - Thursday, November 5, 7:30-9 pm Third midterm exam – Thursday, December 3; 7:30-9 pm Final Exam –December 23, 7:45-9:45 AM!!! Rooms for exams will be announced during lecture. You are required to bring your UW ID to each exam. Exam Format The format of the exams is objective (multiple-choice, true/false, matching); exams will be computer-graded. The final exam, in addition to containing questions from the final 8 lectures, will also contain questions that are cumulative in nature (roughly 50% new, 50% cumulative). Grading Your final grade will be based on the scores from your two highest two midterm exams and the final exam. Your lowest midterm score will be dropped. The final exam score CANNOT be dropped for any reason - this means you MUST take the final exam. In order to qualify for this grading scheme (lowest score being dropped), the final exam must be completed with a passing grade. If the final exam is not completed with a passing grade, the final grade will be an average of all four exam grades.
Tentative grading scale (based on final percentage):
≥92.00% ≥89.00% ≥82.00% ≥79.00% A AB B BC ≥70.00% ≥60.00% Below 60.00% C D F
Exam results will be available to you on the course web site within one week after each exam. There are no opportunities to do extra credit assignments to raise your grade in this course. Make Up Exams NO LATE MAKE UP EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN FOR ANY MIDTERM EXAMS. ONLY students with academic conflicts (a UW class taken for academic credit at the same time as the exam or another exam at the same time as the exam) or who are traveling for a varsity athletic team will be allowed to take a midterm at an alternate time - 5:00 pm on the day the exam is scheduled. Students with an academic conflict must go to the course learn@uw site, download and fill out an alternate exam request form. The completed forms are due no later than the end of lecture on September 14. Requests should be handed directly to Dr. Thoma. Failure to turn in a request on time means you may not be able to take the alternate exam, even if you have an academic conflict. Work, illness, travel plans, sorority/fraternity/residence hall functions, academic or athletic clubs, personal problems, family activities, birthdays, holiday plans, travel plans, season athletic tickets, plays, volunteer activities, etc., are NOT considered academic conflicts, and will not be considered for a make up exam. If you miss a midterm exam for ANY reason, that will be the dropped midterm score. The final exam is scheduled for Wednesday, December 23 at 7:45 AM. This is arguably the very worst time to have a final exam, however, the University requires us to give the exam at this time. Students with academic conflicts (i.e., another final at that time) may be permitted to take the final on Wednesday, December 23 at 10:05 am. Only students with academic conflicts will be allowed to take the alternate exam. There are NO exceptions for ANY personal reasons (work, vacation, family, holiday, graduations, wanting to get out here early for break, etc.). NO EARLY FINAL EXAMS WILL BE GIVEN. MISCELLANEOUS COURSE INFORMATION Course Web Site There is a Learn@UW site associated with this course. All students registered for this class have been enrolled as users on the site for this class. You can access this site from your MyUW page or by going to uwmad.courses.wisconsin.edu. If you have problems accessing the site, please contact DoIT at 264-HELP Powerpoint slides corresponding to lecture will be posted on the web site no later than 5 pm the day before each lecture. Instructors pace the lectures on the assumption that you have printed out or reviewed lecture notes. Make sure you check the site regularly for lecture notes, as well as important announcements and materials.
Email In addition to the web site, instructors may also be communicating by email. An email list of all students has been prepared. The course list-serve is set up for instructors to communicate with the hundreds of students enrolled in this course. Students are not to post messages using the course list-serve. Laptop Policy You may enjoy the wireless capability of the classroom so long as you stay on task. No e-mail, no facebook, no web-surfing, no games, etc. are allowed. We realize advantages in laptop use in that it facilitates note-taking for some students and students can view lecture notes rather than printing them out. We also realize that computer typing/use is distracting to some students. Any student should feel welcome to make discomfort caused by computer use by others known to the TA or instructor. Students using computers may be directed to change seating so as not to be disturbing to others. Refusal to comply with such directions or continued use of a computer for non-lecture-related activity may result in ejection from class. Honors Credit Students taking this course for honors must attend one of the two honors sessions listed below: • Friday, 9/4, 10:15 am, 6210 Social Science • Friday, 9/4, 12:05 pm, 6210 Social Science OR If you cannot make either of the honors sessions, you must contact Dr. Thoma before September 7 to set up a personal meeting. Failure to attend an honors session or to meet with Dr. Thoma by 9/14 will result in a student being unable to carry out the honors project and receive honors credit for this course. Tutoring The Greater University Tutoring Service (GUTS; www.guts.studentorg.wisc.edu) is a volunteer organization that may be able to provide tutoring to students who desire the service. Students With Disabilities We wish to fully include persons with disabilities in this course. If you have a McBurney Visa listing any accommodations in the curriculum, instruction, or assessments in this course, we will do our best to meet those accommodations. Any student who requires accommodations for exams is required to submit a testing accommodation form to Dr. Thoma no later than September 14, 2009. The form is available on the learn@uw site. If you are granted a Visa after the 9/14 date, please make an appointment with Dr. Thoma to discuss the matter. We will attempt to maintain confidentiality of any information you share with us. Zoology 102 Zoology 102 is a separate course from 101. It is not required that 101 and 102 be taken at the same time. Many students never take 102, and many students who need 102 for their major take it after they have completed 101. Please contact Gale Oakes (goakes@wisc.edu) with any questions about content of or enrollment in Zoo/Bio 102.
Academic Honesty (from the Offices of the Dean of Students; http://www.wisc.edu/students/saja/index.html )
Academic honesty requires that the course work (drafts, reports, examinations, papers) a student presents to an instructor honestly and accurately indicates the student's own academic efforts. UWS 14 is the chapter of the University of Wisconsin System Administrative code that regulates academic misconduct. UW-Madison implements the rules defined in UWS 14 through our own "Student Academic Misconduct Campus Procedures." UWS 14.03 defines academic misconduct as follows: Academic misconduct is an act in which a student: • • • • • • seeks to claim credit for the work or efforts of another without authorization or citation; uses unauthorized materials or fabricated data in any academic exercise; forges or falsifies academic documents or records; intentionally impedes or damages the academic work of others; engages in conduct aimed at making false representation of a student's academic performance; assists other students in any of these acts.
Examples include but are not limited to: cutting and pasting text from the web without quotation marks or proper citation; paraphrasing from the web without crediting the source; using notes or a programmable calculator in an exam when such use is not allowed; using another person's ideas, words, or research and presenting it as one's own by not properly crediting the originator; stealing examinations or course materials; changing or creating data in a lab experiment; altering a transcript; signing another person's name to an attendance sheet; hiding a book knowing that another student needs it to prepare an assignment; collaboration that is contrary to the stated rules of the course, or tampering with a lab experiment or computer program of another student.
We take academic honesty very seriously in Zoology 101. If you engage in academic misconduct in this course, you will be penalized with a failing grade for the course.