City of Ants

Insect Worlds: Them and Us

The Arthropod Story

Link to Website

Ancient Bloodsuckers - Leech Therapy

Kingdom of the Leeches (a hirudin annelid)

Giant Earthworm (An oligochaete annelid)

Green Bomber Worms (A polycheate annelid)

Mollusca Research

Choose a mollusc species you are interested in and find answers to the following research questions:

This research should be completed by the end of class on Monday November 11.  

1.     What is the name of the animal you researched?

2.     What class of mollusca is it in?

3.     What role does it play in an ecosystem?  What does it eat?  Who are its predators?

4.     What special adaptations has it evolved for survival?

Apple Snail

Killer Cone Snails

Leopard Slug Mating

Squid Radula from Dissection

Inside Nature's Giants - Giant Squid

Watch the video about Giant Squid and learn how their unique biology allows them to exist and survive in the open ocean.

Kings of Camoflage

How do cephalopods (octopus, cuttlefish, squid) change color?

Cuttlefish Mating Trick

Octopus Hiding

Indonesian Mimic Octopus

Flatworm Reproduction

How to Treat a Jellyfish Sting

Jellyfish Invasion

hydra catches water flea

This is the same animal we are looking at in the lab.

Lampart's Classes:

How can we keep them alive? 

What will we need to figure out to set up an aquarium they can live in?

After completing the lab... Set up a simple experiment to help determine their tolerance range for...temperature, turbidity, salinity, or some other factor

Submit a hypothesis and procedure to answer one of these questions and get extra credit if you can carry out the experiment and reach a conclusion about your hypothesis.

Box Jellyfish - Irukandji

Box Jellyfish - Chironex Fleckeri

Format For Bug Labels

Each of your insects need to have their own label, typed!! All labels should be 9 point font and preferably a normal font like Times New Roman or Helvetica. You should format your labels using the example below:

Common Name 

Order 

Date Caught 

Location

And it looks nice when you center the text as well.  As for a specific example, I have a European Honeybee in my collection and the label would look like this:

European Honeybee

Order Hymenoptera

9/2/13

MHS Land Lab

If you have any questions, feel free to ask us.  Let's get these beautiful collections finished up!!

Sponge Reproduction

Sponge Feeding

Wolf Proposal - Cole's Classes

Objective
 Propose a potential solution to the issue of wolf populations being so successful out West.

Procedure

• Do some online research about the topic. Read others opinions on it. Read the article Wolf Wars from National Geographic that is posted on our blog page. It will be a valuable resource for scientific data. 
• Form an opinion on what you think should be done about wolves! Exterminate them? Hunt them? No management? You need to develop a solution that will appease all parties here: conservationists, cattle ranchers, government officials, and the general public. 
• Finally, create your proposal. It can be an essay, a poster, a pamphlet, etc. There is no length requirement and I don’t care what form your proposal takes as long as the quality is there. 

Grading

• This proposal will be out of 20 points. An “project would include the following:
• Background on the gray wolf and the justification for the 1995 reintroduction. It should be clear you understand how the YNP ecosystem changed with/without wolves. 
• A proposed solution to the issue outlined in detail. It should be FEASIBLE! How will your idea be implemented? Who will pay for it? How will your idea satisfy all concerned parties? All of these questions should be addressed. 
• More than anything, your proposal should be backed up by evidence as much as possible!!!! Do some research!! 

Due
October 8th, 2013

Rewilding

Answer the following questions for extra credit. Turn in before you take the Ecology Test.
What is rewilding?
Why does the speaker want to rewild the earth?
What would you do if it were up to you?  Why?

Wolf Wars Article

Below is a link that will allow you to download/view a PDF of the article Wolf Wars from National Geographic.  This article should be very useful when it comes to writing your conservation proposal this week:

Wolf Wars

TC

What Darwin Never Knew

Viruses, Bacteria, and Evolution

Watch the flu video and answer the questions below:

1. How does variation in influenza arise?
2. How does this variation increase the chances of a flu population’s survival in changing environments?  

Read the article on bacteria resistance and answer the questions below:


Bacteria Reading

1. On the cellular level, how do antibiotics work to stop the growth of bacteria?

2. What are some ways that bacteria work to stop the effectiveness of antibiotics?

3. Since bacteria reproduce asexually, how do they diversify their gene pool?

4. What are some ways that we contribute to the ineffectiveness of antibiotics?

5. How does this all tie in with what we’ve talking about in class (evolution, natural selection, survival of the fittest, etc.)?

Cheetah Speed

How are cheetahs adapted for speed?

Click on the cheetah survival link and read to find out what the "bottleneck" problem is for the cheetah.

Cheetah Survival

Lamarke vs. Darwin Two Theories of Change

I think you will find the following links useful in answering the writing prompts.  The assignment is due Friday 9/13.

Evolution writing prompt!

Respond to the following writing prompts.   Be sure to include supporting details.  Be specific.  You need to write between a half a page and a page to answer this.  You may use the textbook CH 4 and/or the internet as a resource. 

1.     Who would have agreed with the following statement? “Elephants stretched their noses and passed on the long nose trait until their descendants had a long nose called a trunk.”

2.     Who would have agreed with the following statement?  “Elephants with longer noses were able to survive and have more offspring than elephants with shorter noses.”

3.     Who would have agreed with the following statement?  “Elephants’ noses have changed over time.”

4.     Compare and Contrast Lamarke’s Theory and Darwin’s Theory

Links:

Lamarke:

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/history_09

http://necsi.edu/projects/evolution/lamarck/lamarck/lamarck_lamarck.html

Darwin:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/course/session2/explain_c_pop2.html

http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/history_14

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/curiosity/topics/10-examples-natural-selection.htm

Whale Kiosk - Evolution of Whales

Follow the link below:

http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/lessons/whalekiosk.html

Great Transformations EP2

This is a 6 part episode featuring whales and other animals and how they changed over time.  Feel free to watch again.  Enjoy!

Mitosis in a Newt Lung Cell

See how it works on Cells Alive!

Monkey Insect Repellent - BBC

Be Smart, Be Safe

Welcome!

Welcome to Zoology!  It is going to be a great year!

Hominid Information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_ergaster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_heidelbergensis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_neanderthalensis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_habilis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_erectus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_rudolfensis

Moment of Impact

Watch Moment of Impact: Hunters & Herds on PBS. See more from Nature.

Inside Nature's Giants - Camel

Watch Camel on PBS. See more from Inside Nature's Giants.

Watch and tell how a camel is physically adapted to survive!

Fox Hunting in Snow (Just because it is cute)

In the Valley of the Wolves

Puggle (Monotreme)

Giraffe Birth (Placental)

Kangaroo Birth (Marsupial)

Racoon Nation

Watch Raccoon Nation on PBS. See more from Nature.

A Murder of Crows

Watch A Murder of Crows on PBS. See more from Nature.

Feathers under 4x Magnification

Primary (flight feather) You can see the shaft down the middle and that the vanes hook together to create a smooth surface so the bird's wing will generate lift.

Down (under feather)  You can see the shaft down the middle and that the vanes do not hook together, so the feather remains soft and fluffy.  This makes it really good for trapping air and insulating the bird.

Adaptations for Flight in Birds

Hummingbird Flight - Hovering

Macaws Flapping and Gliding

Peregrine Falcon - Diving

Condor Flight School - Soaring Flight

How Do Birds Fly

All About Birds Website

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/

Inside Nature's Giants - Monster Python

Watch Monster Python on PBS. See more from Inside Nature's Giants.

Lonesome George the Galapagos Tortoise

Mother Sea Turtle Lays Her Eggs

Cole Honors - Procedure Submissions

I need your research procedures submitted by Friday.  It should be typed, 12 point font, Times New Roman.  It should include the following information.  Feel free to copy the formatting below exactly.  It will make it much easier on me to read through.

Topic: What are you researching? (Ex: "Amphibian response to pesticides")

Question: What is the question your experiment is going to attempt to answer?  This should be very specific.  ("How will the presence of Atrazine impact leopard frog tadpole development?"

Background: This is where you tell me a little about what research has already been done on the topic.  You should reference, but do not have to cite, research articles you have read.  Don't tell me there is no background research.  Even if there isn't anything exactly like what you are doing, you should have already found some relevant articles.  So, just briefly tell me what the research has focused on, why it's important, etc.

Procedure: Explain how you are going to answer your question.  This should be a step by step process.  This is also where you should detail any materials you are going to need for your experiment.

Results: What do you expect will happen with your experiment?  And explain how your results will fit into the body of research that's already done.  How will your experiment help others better understand your chosen topic of study?

Email me with any questions: tbcole@middletowncityschools.com

TC

Group Photo

Link to full-size image

Oops!

Attention students in Mr. Lampart's class and parents: 

I made a mistake on the midterm grades.  It is now fixed, but the mail was already sent.  Please disregard the Zoology grade that was mailed out.  I am sorry.  You can check Progress Book for the corrected grade or e-mail me if you have any questions. 

The Thin Green Line

Watch Frogs: The Thin Green Line on PBS. See more from Nature.

Seahorse Dads

River Monsters: Bathing with Piranhas

Inside Nature's Giants: Great White

Sea Lampreys Flee Death Scent

Paddlefish Parasites - Lamprey

Eddie and the Hagfish

Echinoderms

Sea Cucumber