Schedule
Schedule and course materials for Animal Physiology (Zool 430/430L Fall 2023).
Assignment Schedule SUBJECT TO CHANGE
| Class Topic | Assignment Due | Lab | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | ||||
| 8/21 | M | Intro to Course | ||
| W | Heavyweight Whale Discussion [html] [paper] | (Reading Assessment) | Lab1: PC1-G-HR/Data analysis [overview] [lab manual] [protocol] | |
| F | Library Day - Meet at Hamilton [html] | |||
| Week 2 | ||||
| 8/28 | M | Metabolism [html] [reading assignment and questions] [HWA readings] | ||
| W | Size and Scaling [podcast] | Lab2: PC2-G-Honolulu Zoo [lab manual] | ||
| F | Adjustments to Metabolism | PS1: Metabolism [pdf] | ||
| Week 3 | ||||
| 9/4 | M | Labor Day Holiday | Choose your Fossil | |
| W | Temperature [html] [discussion] | Lab3:PC3-IWS-Peripheral Circ/Dive Resp [overview] | ||
| F | Iterative Method | |||
| Week 4 | ||||
| 9/11 | M | Heterothermy (see last week)/Cardiac Function [html] | PS2: Temperature [pdf] | |
| W | Cardiac Regulation | Background Design 1 [html] | Lab Practical / Lab4: PC3-G-ECG/Cardiac Function [overview] | |
| F | Design 1 chat | |||
| Week 5 | ||||
| 9/18 | M | Sustained Metabolic Scope Paper [discussion] [Hammond and Diamond 1997], [optional: Peterson et al. 1990] | ||
| W | Feeding [html] [discussion] | Lab5: PC1-IWS-Toad Heart [overview] | ||
| F | Design 1 workshop - bring your draft | |||
| Week 6 | ||||
| 9/25 | M | Digestion [html] [discussion] | Design 1 Due [assignment] [pdf] [turn in] | |
| W | Specialized Digestive Systems | Peer Critique 1 [turn in] | Design Critique Session | |
| F | Max Size Herbivores Paper Claus 2003 | |||
| Week 7 | ||||
| 10/2 | M | Impromptu Design 1 | ||
| W | Max Size Herbivores Paper Claus 2003 | Design 1 Rewrite [Due midnight] | Lab6: PC2-G-Lobster Heart [overview] | |
| F | Neurons [html] [discussion] | |||
| Week 8 | ||||
| 10/9 | M | Synapses/Sensory Receptors | PS3: Feeding & Digestion [pdf] | |
| W | Muscles [html] [discussion] | Lab 7:PC1-G-Vertebrate Action Potential [overview] | ||
| F | Muscles II | |||
| Week 9 | ||||
| 10/16 | M | Motor Control [html] [discussion] | Design 2 Feeding & Digestion [html] [resources] [turn in] | |
| W | Biomechanics | Peer Critique 2 | Design Presentations | |
| F | Biomechanics | |||
| Week 10 | ||||
| 10/23 | M | Locomotion on Land [html] [discussion] | PS4: Neurons [pdf] | |
| W | Locomotion in Fluids | Lab8: PC2-G-Human Muscle [overview] | ||
| F | Blood | Rewrite Design 2 Due [Due midnight] | ||
| Week 11 | ||||
| 10/30 | M | Biomechanics and Locomotion [html] | PS5: Muscles & Biomech [pdf] | |
| W | Finish Locomotion | Lab9: PC3-G-Toad Muscle [overview] | ||
| F | Blood and Respiratory Media | |||
| Week 12 | ||||
| 11/6 | M | Aquatic Respiration [html] | ||
| W | Aerial Respiration | Lab10:PC1-I-Toad Muscle Independent [overview] | ||
| F | Veterans Day Holiday | |||
| Week 13 | ||||
| 11/13 | M | Finish Respiration/Begin Osmoregulation [html] | PS6: Respiration [due at start of class] | |
| W | Symmorphosis: Weibel, Taylor, and Hoppeler (1991) The concept of symmorphosis: A testable hypothesis of structure-function relationship. PNAS 88:10357-61 | Lab 11: PC1-G-Human EEG [overview] | ||
| F | Osmoregulation | Design 3 Resipration, Peer Critique 3 [html] [resources] [turn in] | ||
| Week 14 | ||||
| 11/20 | M | Osmoregulation 2 [html] | ||
| W | Thanksgiving Holiday | No Labs | ||
| F | Thanksgiving Holiday | |||
| Week 15 | ||||
| 11/27 | M | Excretion [html] | ||
| W | Excretion 2 | PS7: Osmoregulation [pdf] | Lab 12: PC2-G-Human Renal [overview] | |
| F | Student Presentations | Design 3 Rewrite | ||
| Week 16 | ||||
| 12/4 | M | Student Presentations | ||
| W | Student Presentations | Design 4: Osmoreg/Own (draft optional) [html] [resources] | Turn in Lab 12 | |
| 12/11 | M | Finals Week | Design 4 Due | |