| Week of | Lecture | Lab |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 8 | READ CHAPTER 1 AND COMPLETE YOUR - TO BE HANDED IN AT OUR FIRST LAB PERIOD NEXT WEEK. No lecture this week | |
| Jan 13 | Chapter 1: Introduction to ecology and ecological concepts; Terminology and definitions | , discussion and submission of first-day assignments, catch-up on lecture notes; Laboratory check-in, safety, laboratory policies and procedures |
| Jan 21 (Extended Weekend Jan 18 - 20; Wed = Mon) | Classification of organisms | Microbiological techniques, observation of microorganisms; Microbial ecology - population growth, growth of overnight cultures, isolation of bacterial colonies |
| Jan 27 | Living vs. non-living components of the environment | Microbial ecology - selective growth of bacterial species and strains |
| Feb 3 | Chapter 2: How a plant works: Water, carbondioxide, light, and nutrients. | |
| Feb 10 | Chapter 3, How Animals Work: Different Flows | Introduction to keying and identification of microorganisms |
| Feb 19 (Extended Weekend Feb 15 - 18; Wed = Mon, Thurs = Tues) | Chapter 4: Biological molecules | Identifiction of unknowns |
| Feb 24 | Chapter 5: Population Dynamics | Microbial ecology - population growth, growth of overnight cultures, bacterial enumeration |
| Mar 3 | Chapter 6: Population Genetics | Start population genetics experiment |
| Mar 17 (Spring Break Mar 8 - 16) | Chapter 7: Natural Selection in Ecological Settings | TBA (To Be Announced) |
| Mar 24 | Chapter 8: Social Behavior in Animals | Population genetics - observations |
| Apr 2 (Extended Weekend Mar 29 - Apr 1; Wed = Mon) | Chapter 9: The Ecology of Sex | TBA |
| Apr 7 | Chapter 10: Mating Systems | Anatomy terminology and observations; sporogenesis and gametogenesis; Microbial mating systems |
| Apr 14 | Chapter 15: Ecological Concept of Communities | Field trip: observation of community dominants |
| Apr 22 (Extended Weekend Apr 19 -21) | Chapter 16: Food-limited Guilds | TBA |
| Apr 28 | Chapter 16: Coexistence and Niches | ;Field trip: observation of dominants |
| May 4 | Chapter 17: Coexistence and disturbance. | Coexistence and disturbance |
| May 13 (Extended Weekend May 10 - 12) | Chapter 18: Aquatic and terrestrial communities | TBA |
| May 19 | Chapters 19 and 20: Biomes, Terrestrial communities, Oklahoma plant communities, geomorphic provinces, and land resource areas. | Field trip: observation of dominants |
Final Exam Week: May 23 and 27 - 30 (Extended Weekend May 24 - 26); exact time and location of Ecology Final Exam TBA
Professor: Dr. Joe Shellhammer (jshellha@bashful.ossm.edu)