Zoology is the study of animals and animal behavior in response to environment and survival. In this course, we are attempting to understand how animals are classified and why that classification helps us understand the evolutionary relationships between different animals and groups.
It is a semester course, lasting only two marking periods.
Successful completion of the course enables student to go on a Spring Field Trip to Turtle-back Zoo in West Orange.
We will cover this semester:
- Classification Review
- Introduction to Animals and their characteristics
- Porifera/Cnideria
- Platyhelminthes and other worms
- Mollusca
- Arthropods
- Fish
- Amphibians
- Reptiles
- Dinosaurs
- Birds
- Mammals
It is a semester course, lasting only two marking periods.
Successful completion of the course enables student to go on a Spring Field Trip to Turtle-back Zoo in West Orange.
We will cover this semester:
- Classification Review
- Introduction to Animals and their characteristics
- Porifera/Cnideria
- Platyhelminthes and other worms
- Mollusca
- Arthropods
- Fish
- Amphibians
- Reptiles
- Dinosaurs
- Birds
- Mammals