Course title
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
Instructor(s)
小池 伸介   [KOIKE Shinsuke]
Facility affiliation Institute of Global Innovation Research Office   Email address

Course description
Learn about 1) ecology, morphology, and structure of animals, plants and microorganisms, 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 12nd April


#1. Morphology of Mammals (Kaneko Y. & Suzuki K.) April 19, 26
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.

#2. Ecology of Plants (Yoshikawa M.) May 10, 17
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#3. Morphology of Vascular Plants (Choi D.) May 24,31
Purpose: Understand ants’ strategy against predators.
Contents: Collect multiple species of ants and compare the amount of formic acid.

#4. Ecology of Insects (Koike S.) June 7,14
Purpose: Understanding the relationship between insect fauna and environment characteristics.
Contents: Collect carabid beetles by pot fall traps.

#5. Animal Body (Sato T.) June 21, 28
Purpose:
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Lecture Language
Japanese
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2/2/2022 11:02:26 AM