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April 18, 2009 Next field trip will be Saturday April 25 (weather permitting) to Crane Creek, Wire Road Access. Its a beautiful area, good for insects & other arthropods, land mollusks, herps. We'll meet at the loading dock at 9 am, be back by 5. I'll have a van, but you can drive if you wish.

March 30, 2009 Welcome back from break. I spent last week in S California taking pictures of...invertebrates! I hope that you had a good time too. The next test is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday next week. Remind me to comment, if I should forget tomorrow.

March 3, 2009: Well, maybe the weather will be better this weekend. We'll see.

February 21, 2009: Weather is warming up. I'd like to make a field trip to Lake Taneycomo on Saturday morning- this would be lieu of lab on Thursday. I'll mention it next week.

February 9: First exam coming up next week (on Thursday). It will cover through Platyhelminthes. Here is a practice test.

January 26: I'll finish Protista and start Animals on Tuesday, (assuming that we have class!). beware of the ice!

January 20: true to form, I just put the files for today & Thursday lecture up this morning. There is also a revised schedule with the chapter assignments from the Brusca text (instead of the Pechenik text).

January 13: Welcome! Check here for announcements regarding field trips, schedule changes, etc.

Link to reading for lab on Thursday: http://understandingevolution.com/evolibrary/search/topicbrowse2.php?topic_id=55 Please read "similarities and differences"

Regarding the text: We will use "Invertebrates 2nd Edition" by Brusca and Brusca. Most of you have the book already. I checked Amazon.com and there are (used) copies available there for half what you would pay in the bookstore. I've also asked the bookstore to order 3 more copies, but they will be full-price and may take longer to get here.

I will revise the reading list for the syllabus. For the 2 weeks, Chapters 1 & 2 are relevant.