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Biology of Organisms
LS103Honors
Spring 2006
Dr. Greg Florant: Office Anatomy/Zoology Building E205: Phone- 491-7627; Email:
Florant@lamar.colostate.edu. Office hours: MW 3-5pm and by Appointment.
Dr. June Medford: Office Anatomy/Zoology Building E306. Phone--491-7865, Email:
June.Medford@colostate.edu Office hours Monday 10-11am or by Appointment. Please
call or email so we can find the best time for you!
Teaching Assistant:
CLASS POLICIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
LS103Honors versus LS103: Enrollment in LS103 Honors is a distinction. This course
will be taught be two experience professors and an outstanding teaching assistant. We
are all here to help discover the excitement of biology in the 21st Century. As biology
changes faster than the ability to publish textbooks, we will supplement this class with
material to make it more enriching, not harder. As honors students you will be expected
to come to class prepared and intellectually engaged. It is assumed that you understand
the importance of asking questions, keeping pace with reading assignments, and know
how to study. This course will provide you with the same breadth of biological
knowledge that your peers receive in the regular LS103 sections; the difference is that
LS103H will provide greater depth. Compared to the regular sections, this course will be
more interesting, more interactive and a lot more fun.
We adhere to the University policies on academic dishonesty and classroom behavior
described on pages 32-39 in the General Catalog for 2004-2006.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: This class is designed to provide an overview of life on
Earth. We will discuss relationships among major groups of organisms as well as
structural and functional aspects of the organism. It is primarily intended for Honors
students majoring in any of the biological sciences or life science related fields.
Texts:
1. Biology, Campbell , Reece and Mitchell. 6th addition. With CD.
2. Symbiosis. A custom laboratory program for biology. Pearson Custom Publishing.
Exams: We are testing three types of learning. First, you will be tested on your ability to
learn factual material, such as names, terms and processes. Second, exams will test how
well you understand the concepts that underlie the factual material, such as to which
organisms and concepts names and terms refer, and why processes are organized as they
are. Third, exams will ask you to synthesize material learned in lecture and make
connections across subjects or apply concepts to a new problems or novel biological
situations. The format of the tests will be multiple choice, short answer and essay. We
will have optional review meetings before each exam.
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Make-up Exams: Make-up exams will be allowed ONLY if the instructor is informed in
writing (or e-mail) within 24 hours of the scheduled exam AND the student has a
University approved written documentation as an excuse. All written documents require
verification (e.g., a phone number should be provided).
Grading: Your final grade will be based on your performance in the lecture exams and
laboratory assignments. The total number of points for the course is 650. There will be
three mid-semester exams (100 points each) and a comprehensive final exam (worth 200
points). The laboratory is worth 150 points, which is slightly more than one quarter of
the course grade. Please note that attendance at exams and laboratories is required. If
you do not show up for the first two laboratories of the semester, you will be dropped
from the course. If you miss more than 2 labs, you will receive ZERO points for the
laboratory portion of the course.
Lecture and Readings: Reading assignments should be completed prior to coming to
class. Some supplemental readings will be provided to describe interesting aspects about
the biology and/or real life applications of the material we are discussing. Dr. Florant will
cover the “animal” portions of the class (lecturing until Spring Break) and Dr. Medford
will cover the “plant” portion of the class (lecturing from after Spring Break until the end
of the class).
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EXAM MATERIAL WILL PRIMARILY COME FROM
MATERIAL COVERED IN LECTURE.
Lecture Outline:
Dates Topic Reading Assignments
EARLY LIFE FORMS AND HOW THEY MAY HAVE EVOLVED
Jan. 18 Evolution of Life Chapter 26
Jan. 20 Prokaryote Characteristics pg: 526-537;540-544
Jan. 23 Brief Intro. to Eukaryotes pg. 552-554;pg.1045-1047
THE ANIMALS: ORIGIN AND DIVERSITY
Jan. 25 Introduction to Animals Chapter 32
Jan. 27 The Invertebrates Chapter 33
Jan. 30 The Invertebrates; Chapter. 33
Feb. 1 The Vertebrates; Origins and Chapter 34
Classification
Feb. 3 Field Trip—to Lesher Jr. High School Pg. 842-847; 927-936
Feb. 6 Vertebrate Characteristics I Chapter 40
ANIMAL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION
Feb. 8 Vertebrate Characteristics II readings
Feb. 10 Animal Nutritional Processes Chapter 41
Feb. 13 EXAM 1
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Feb. 15 The Heart: Circulation in Animals Chapter. 42, especially pp.
871-878
Feb. 17 Respiration in Animals Chapter. 42, especially
pp. 886-897
Feb. 20 Internal Homeostasis in Animals Chapter. 44, especially
pp. 936-951
Feb. 22 Internal Homeostasis in Animals Chapter. 44, especially
pp. 936-951
Feb. 24 Excretory Organs in Animals pp.936-952
Feb. 27 The Endocrine System Chapter. 45, especially
Fig. 45.3, Table 45.1, Figure
45.6, protein and steroid
hormones, examples of their
actions
Mar. 1 Hormones and Reproduction pg.980-995
Mar. 3 Nervous Systems pg.1022-1038
Mar. 6 Sensory Processes: Ear and Eye pg: 1063-1073, 1063-1073
Mar. 8 pg. 1075-1084
Motor processes e
Mar. 10 EXAM 2
Mar. 11-19th SPRING BREAK
Eukaryotic Diversity: Protists, Algae and Fungi
Mar. 20 Endosymbiotic Theory, Protists, Slime pp 545-552; 556-572
Molds, Introduction to Algae
Mar. 22 Algae and their applications; Alternation of p. 564; pp 575-583
Use of Algae in Packaging
Generations
Mar. 24 Fungi are FUN or The Fungus among pp. 616-628
us
Land Plants, Seedless Vascular Plants, Gymnosperms
Mar. 27 Origin of Land Plants: Bryophytes- Mosses pp. 578-589
Mar. 29 Seedless Vascular Plants pp. 589-594
Mar. 31 Gymnosperms pp.597-605
Angiosperms
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April 3 Alternation of generations (details) and pp. 606-608; 783-788
origin of Angiosperms
April 5 Basics of Plant Form (Morphology) and pp. 720-728
structure
April 7 EXAM 3
April 10 Primary Plant Growth and Development pp. 728-734
April 12 Secondary Plant Growth pp. 735-740,
April 14 Cellular Mechanisms and the ABC Model pp. 742-744
April 17 Plant Reproduction: sporophyte pp. 783-788; 789-791
gametophyte
April 19 pp. 792-796; 608-610
Seeds, fruits and germination
April 21 Plant Biotechnology: Introduction and pp. 797-799; supplemental
overview
April 24 Plant Biotechnology: “Pharming” and supplemental
plants designed for specific purposes
April 26 Aspects of Plant Transport and Nutrition pp. 756-759, 762-764;
767-770, 778-779
April 28 Types of Hormones; Auxins and Auxin pp. 806-810
responses
May 1 Cytokinins, ABA, GA and Ethylene pp. 810-817
May 3 pp. 817-829
Phytochrome and Light Responses
May 4 Ecological Interactions of Plants and
Animals
FINAL EXAM: Wednesday May 10th 11:20-1:20pm
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