Pacing Guide for 7-12 Curriculum Course Title: Zoology Length of Course: 36 Weeks Week Number Week 1 Week 2 Chapter COS Objectives Student Will Be Able To: Biology COS 1- Select Successfully follow appropriate laboratory classroom rules, glassware, balances, time procedures, and measuring equipment, and requirements. Select optical instruments to appropriate lab materials. conduct an experiment. Introduction/Syllabus/Laboratory Safety Chapter 7- Animal Classification, Phylogeny, and Organization Zoology COS 1- Define basic anatomical terminology associated with the study of animals. Define and understand basic anatomical terms associated with Zoology Strategies / Materials Needed Syllabus/ Classroom Rules/ Lab equipment/safety Symbols/ Lab visit/lab Safety Video and Test Vocabulary Quadrant Cards, List-Group-Label activity Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Dichotomous Keys Ch. 7- Animal Classification, Phylogeny, and Organization Zoology COS 4 and 5- Use taxonomic groupings to differentiate the structure and physiology of invertebrates and vertebrates with dichotomous keys. Zoology COS 2- Distinguish among the acoelomate, pseudocoelomate, and coelomate body plans. COS 3- Identify the body symmetry of animals as radial, bilateral or asymmetrical. Zoology ZOS 4.1- Identify examples and characteristics of Porifera Zoology ZOS 4.1- Identify examples and characteristics of Porifera Use dichotomous keys to determine where organisms fit into the classification system Understand and differentiate between the 3 types of animal body plans and the 3 types of symmetry found in the animal kingdom. porifera porifera Jelly Belly Dichotomous Key activity Make your own dichotomous key activity Invertebrate and Vertebrate Study Set Activities Classification practice activities
Week 7 ZoologyCOS 4.1- Identify examples and characteristics of Cnidaria cnidaria Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Ch. 10- The tripoblastic, Acoelomate Body Plan. Ch. 11- The Pseudocoelomate Body Plan: Aschelminths and Ch. 13 Annelida: The Metameric Body Form Ch. 10- The tripoblastic, Acoelomate Body Plan. Ch. 11- The Pseudocoelomate Body Plan: Aschelminths and Ch. 13 Annelida: The Metameric Body Form Zoology COS 4.1- Identify examples and Cnidaria Zoology COS 4.4- Identify examples and worms, including Platyhelminthes, Nematoda and Annelida Zoology COS 4.4- Identify examples and worms, including Platyhelminthes, Nematoda and Annelida Week 11 Ch. 12- Molluscan Success Zoology COS 4.3- Mollusca Ch. 12- Molluscan Success Zoology COS 4.3- cnidaria nematode and annelida nematode and annelida mollusca
Week 12 Mollusca mollusca Week 13 Week 14 Ch. 14- The Arthropods: Blueprint for Success Ch. 14- The Arthropods: Blueprint for Success Zoology COS 4.3- Identifying examples, life cycles, and characteristics of Arthropoda Zoology COS 4.3- Identifying examples, life cycles, and characteristics of Arthropoda arthropoda arthropoda Week 15 Week 16 Ch. 16- The Echinoderms Zoology COS 4.3- Echinodermata Ch. 16- The Echinoderms Zoology COS 4.3- Echinodermata echinodermata echinodermata Week 17 Midterm Review and Exam n/a n/a Review Guides Week 18 Midterm Review and Exam n/a n/a Review Guides and Mid- Term Exam Ch. 18- The Fishes: Vertebrate Zoology COS 5.1- Planet Earth Videos- Fishes
Week 19 Success in Water the three classes of fish organisms in the fish classes (Deep Ocean, Shallow Seas and Freshwater) Week 20 Week 21 Ch. 18- The Fishes: Vertebrate Success in Water Ch. 19- Amphibians: The First Terrestrial Vertebrates Zoology COS 5.1- the three classes of fish Zoology COS 5.2- Amphibia organisms in the fish classes amphibia Week 22 Week 23 Week 24 Ch. 19- Amphibians: The First Terrestrial Vertebrates Ch. 20- Reptiles: The First Amniotes Ch. 20- Reptiles: The First Amniotes Zoology COS 5.2- Amphibia Zoology COS 5.3- Reptilia Zoology COS 5.3- Reptilia in the phylum amphibia in the phylum reptilia in the phylum reptilia labeling activity Week 25 Ch. 21- Birds: Feathers, Flight and Endothermy Zoology Cos 5.4-
Week 26 Ch. 21- Birds: Feathers, Flight and Endothermy Aves in aves Zoology Cos 5.4- Aves in aves labeling activity Week 27 Week 28 Ch. 22- Mammals: Specialized Teeth, Hair, Endothermy and Viviparity Ch. 22- Mammals: Specialized Teeth, Hair, Endothermy and Viviparity Zoology COS 5.5- Mammalia Zoology COS 5.5- Mammalia in the phylum mammalia in the phylum mammalia labeling activity Week 29 Week 30 Distinguishing Species Ch. 6- Ecology: Zoology COS 6- Identify factors used to distinguish species, including behavioral difference and reproductive isolation. Zoology Cos 7- Explain how species adapt to changing environments to enhance survival and reproductive success, including changes in structure, behavior, or physiology. Zoology COS 8- Differentiate among organisms that are threatened, endangered, and extinct. Students will be able to understand the different species and what reproductive isolation means how species adapt and what adaptions mean to specific species survival video video Week 31 Ch. 6- Ecology: the difference between threatened, endangered and extinct species and examples of each Week 32 Ch. 6- Ecology: Zoology COS 8- Differentiate among Crossword
Week 33 Week 34 Ch. 6- Ecology: Ch. 34- Animal Behavior organisms that are threatened, endangered, and extinct. Zoology COS 8- Differentiate among organisms that are threatened, endangered, and extinct. Zoology COS 9- Analyze a field study of animal behavior patterns to determine the relationship of these patterns to an animal s niche the difference between threatened, endangered and extinct species and examples of each the difference between threatened, endangered and extinct species and examples of each Students will be able to understand an organisms niche video Week 35 Final Exam Review NA Students will review the organisms and each covered throughout the course Review for Final Exam Materials Week 36 Final Exam Review/Final Exam NA Students will review the organisms and each covered throughout the course Final Exam