Animal biology
- Overview
- Assessment methods
- Learning objectives
- Contents
- Bibliography
- Teaching methods
- Contacts/Info
Curriculum Topics Covered in High School Science
The knowledge, identified in the Animal Biology course, will be verified with two types of test. The first type is multiple choice, whereby students select
the correct answer from four choices.
The second type is open question whereby students respond by writing a detailed explanation.
Test in itinere is provided.
The course introduces the diversity of animals, their form and function. The student will study how animals have evolved and adapted to different environments. The main purpose of the course is to provide the student with in-depth knowledge of the organization and basic functions of animal organisms. The program in Animal Biology includes both invertebrate and vertebrate animals. Summarizing this program addresses three general questions about animals:
1. How do they work (morphofunctional aspects)?
2. How do they develop (gene expression, cell biology, morphogenesis)? and
3. How do they evolve (genetics, diversity, phylogeny)?
PART 1: BODY ORGANIZATION AN FUNCTIONS
1. Axes and planes of symmetry
2. The animal and the environment
2. Power supply
3. Distribution equipment
4. Excretion
5. Breathing
6. Locomotion
7. The nervous system and sense organs
8. Playback
9. Embryonic development, celoma formation, metamorphosis, and organogenesis.
Part 2: THE EVOLUTION OF ANIMAL DIVERSITY. Organization, morphology, physiology and classification of the following Phyla:
1. Protozoa
2. Placozoa, brief notes and hypothesis about the transition to pluricellularity
3. Poriferi
4. Cnidarians
5. Flatworms
6. Nematodes and Rotifers
7. Anellids
8. Mollusks
9. Arthropods
10. Echinodermi
11. Chordates
12. Vertebrates: major morphological and taxonomic features
Zoologia - L.G. Mitchel ZANICHELLI ED.
• Zoologia - C. Hickman ZANICHELLI ED.
• Zoologia Sistematica- W. WESTHEIDE, R. RIEGER-ZANICHELLI
• D. Sadava et al.,-La Biologia degli animali” volume 5 estratto da BIOLOGIA, ZANICHELLI ED.
The courses consists of 40 hours of frontal lessons and 16 hours of laboratory
Office hours: Upon appointment via e-mail.
Schedule of educational activities: Hyperlink to the CdS webpage
Exam sessions: Hyperlink to the Esse3 webpage