Day 1 Intro to Zoology
This is an optional video if you are interested in the origin of the DIY Textbook
Since Zoology is the study of animals you are required to spend 3 weeks taking care of a class pet. Each of the 3 weeks is worth 10 points. You have until the end of the semester to complete your 3 weeks.
Zoology
Zoology is the study of animals!
Animalia is a Eukaryotic kingdom
Some animal characteristics
-Multicellular
-Have muscles and the ability to move (motile)
-Are heterotrophic (Cannot make their own food. Have to eat other organisms)
-Carnivore, Ditritivore, insectivore, Herbivore, Omnivore, etc.
Watch this short video on what is an animal. Create a box in your sketchbook, title it "What is an Animal?" and take notes. Include an image in your sketchbook.
Class Activity: (In Classroom)
Get into groups. We are going to do a little activity about animals
In your group you are going to write down the name of an animal on a post-it note
-Do this for 16 animals
-Once every group is done come place each of your post-its under the group the animal belongs to.
-Now looking at our distribution of animals we are going to estimate how many species exist in each of the groups
-Time for the answers
-By the end of this semester you will be experts on all of these groups of animals
(Online)
In your breakout rooms you are going to create a collaborative poster. On that poster I want you to write down the names of 16 animals. Then we will come back to the main room and look at each poster. Together we will categorize the animals.