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生物学実験 [Fundamental Experiment on Biology] | |||||
Course category | Requirement | Credit | 1 | ||
Department | Year | 2~ | Semester | 1st | |
Course type | 1st | Course code | 01bo1005e | ||
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岩井 紀子 [IWAI Noriko] | |||||
Facility affiliation | Faculty of Agriculture | Office | afjgxte/L1151 | Email address |
Course description |
Learn about 1) ecology, morphology, and structure of animals and plants, 2) biological experimental method, and 3) how to write a scientific report. |
Expected Learning |
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to practice the basics of biology by training. |
Course schedule |
#0. Guidance on 14th April #1. Animal-plant interaction. (Yoshida T.) Purpose: Understand an animal-plant interaction by investigating insect damage to acorns of oak species. Contents: Collect and assess the acorns of six oak species in Fuchu campus, and then compare them as insect microhabitats. #2. Ecology of insects. (Iwai N.) Purpose: Understand difference in ecological niche among ant species. Contents: Collect multiple species of ants and compare the preference of food items. #3. Animal Body (Watanabe G.) Purpose: Using frogs as a model, students will learn the fundamental structure of animals. Contents: Students will observe body structure of the frog, and make a perfusion model of the frog heart. They will observe heart beats and conduct an experiment to test effects of temperature and some chemicals. #4. Morphology of Mammals (Kaneko Y. & Suzuki K.) Purpose: Examine general skeletal differences among mammalian species, learn how to do sex and age identification, and growth. Contents: Observe wild boar skulls of a regional population, and identify those age by measuring mandible bone length. Based on the measured data, discuss about growth and sexual dimorphism. #5. Morphology of Vascular Plants (Akasaka M.) Purpose: Understand basic physical structure of vascular plants. Contents: Observe and sketch several types of leaves. |
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Last update |
12/26/2019 11:38:49 AM |