BIp034 Invertebrate Zoology for Teachers

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Robert Vlk, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Robert Vlk, Ph.D.
Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Robert Vlk, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to interpret (1) taxonomy and (2) phylogenetics information connected with knowledge about (3) ecology and (5) distribution of invertebrate animals; (6) identify the most important representatives.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to interpret (1) taxonomy and (2) phylogenetics information connected with knowledge about (3) ecology and (5) distribution of invertebrate animals; (6) identify the most important representatives.
Syllabus
  • 1. "Protozoa" 2. Porifera 3. Cnidaria 4. Platyhelminthes + Gastrotricha 5. Rotifera, , Acanthocephala; Nematoda, Nematomorpha 6. Arthropoda I - Chelicerata 7. Crustacea I - Entomostraca - Branchiopoda; Malacostraca - Isopoda, Amphipoda, Decapoda 8. Myriapoda + Insecta I - Hemimetabola 9. Insecta = Ectognatha II - Holometabola 10. Mollusca I - Gastropoda) 11. Mollusca II - Bivalvia and Cephalopoda 12. Annelida: Polychaeta, Oligochaeta, Hirudinea 13. Echinodermata (Adriatic Sea)
Literature
  • ANDĚRA, Miloš. Velká kniha živočichů :hmyz, ryby, obojživelníci, plazi, ptáci, savci : [1582 barevných ilustrací]. Edited by Ladislav Korbel, Illustrated by Jindřich Krejča. Vyd. 2. Bratislava: Príroda, 1997, 344 s. ISBN 80-07-00991-4. info
  • HUDEC, Karel. Příroda České republiky : průvodce faunou. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2007, 439 s. ISBN 9788020015693. info
  • BUCHAR, Jan. Klíč k určování bezobratlých. 1. vyd. Praha: Scientia, 1995, 285 s. ISBN 80-85827-81-6. info
  • KUNST M., ZPĚVÁK J.: Atlas bezobratlých, SPN, Praha, l978. 80 s.
  • WALLACE, Robert L. and Walter Kingsley TAYLOR. Invertebrate zoology : a laboratory manual. 6th ed. San Francisco, Calif.: Pearson, 2003, x, 356. ISBN 0130429376. info
Teaching methods
laboratory practices - work with biological material along a work sheet
Assessment methods
Requirements for credit: (1.) active participation on practices and (2.) final presentation of completed exercise book or documents with work sheets, original drawings etc.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Vzhledem k zařazení předmětu do zkráceného období bloková výuka.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2025, recent)
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