PRACTICAL

Paper Code: 
ZOL-424
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
This course will enable the students to –
 
1. Design and conduct experiments, using a broad variety of experimental techniques, and interpret the data obtained to draw conclusions about whether the results do or do not support a hypothesis being tested and whether the experimental design was appropriate.
2. Work collaboratively with other students and with faculty, understanding that most scientific knowledge/conclusions draw(s) on multiple sources of data and multiple experimental approaches.
3. Appraise “best approaches” for conducting experiments including laboratory safety, data replication and quality control, record keeping, and other aspects of “responsible conduct of research”.
4. Examine and evaluate  familiarity with an area of science such that the students can present their work to a professional audience and also discuss their work with a general audience.
5. Investigate new problem solving skills and analytical thinking skills.
 
 

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

ZOL 424

Practical

The students will be able to –

CO150: Design and conduct experiments, using a broad variety of experimental techniques, and interpret the data obtained to conclude whether the results do or do not support a hypothesis being tested and whether the experimental design was appropriate.

CO151: Work collaboratively with other students and with faculty, understanding that most scientific knowledge/conclusions draw(s) on multiple sources of data and multiple experimental approaches.

CO152: Appraise“best approaches” for conducting experiments including laboratory safety, data replication and quality control, record keeping, and other aspects of “responsible conduct of research”.

CO153:Examine and evaluate  familiarity with an area of science such that the students can present their work to a professional audience and also discuss their work with a general audience.

CO154:Investigate new problem solving skills and analytical thinking skills.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Demonstration, Team teaching

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Conduction of experiments, Giving tasks, Field practical

 

Class test

Semester end examinations,

Viva voce

Evaluation by the performance of students

 

 

Gene and differentiation
 
Study of development of Frog
● Preserved Materialavailable:
● Egg, Cleavage, Blastula, Gastrula, Neurula, Tail bud, Hatching, Mature tadpole larva, Metamorphic stages, Froglet
● Histological slides: Cleavage, Blastula, Gastrula, Neurula, Tail bud stage
Study of development of Chick
● Whole mounts: 18, 21, 24, 33, 72 & 96 hrs of incubation period embryos
● Study of the embryo at various stages of incubation in vivo by making a window in the eggshell
● Exercise to demonstrate developmental stages of living embryo after removal of blastoderm from the egg
● Study of various Foetal envelopes in a 10-12 day old chick embryo(Amnion, Chorion, Allantois,Yolksac)
 
 
Ethology
 
● To study the food preference and feeding behaviour ofTribolium.
● To study the light response ofTribolium.
● To study the process of learning in rats with the help of animal maze and analyze the result of the experiment.
● To study general behavior of mice using open field maze, hole board maze,social interaction
● To study anxiety behavior of mice using elevated maze and light dark test.
● To study the communication in Earthworm by chemical stimuli i.e. extruding a substance called “Pheromone” that can transmit message.
● To study imprinting during critical period.
● Study of social organization of Rhesus (Macaca Mulatta) and Langurs (Presbytis entellus).
● A visit to Zoo: To study the behaviour
 
Applied Zoology
A visit to:
● Poultry Farm
● Dairy Industry/Distilleryplant
 
Essential Readings: 
● A manual of Zoology Part I and II EkambarnathAyyar and Ananthakrishnan.
● Viswanathan Pvt. Ltd, Madras.
● Carlson, R. F. Patten's Foundations of Embryology.
● Biology of Animals. C.P. Hickmann, L.S. Roberts and A. Larson. McGraw Hill Company, New York.
● A manual of practical zoology: chordates.P.S.Verma. S Chand publishers.
● Animal behaviour- ReenaMathur, Rastogi Publications MeerutAn introduction to behaviour; Manning, A & Dawkins, M. S.; Cambridge Low Price Edition. UK
 
Academic Year: 
2021-2022
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