Practical

Paper Code: 
ZOL 424
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

Course objectives:

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 Outcomes (COs):

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

 

 

Course objectives:

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 Outcomes (COs):

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

 

 

  • 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.

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Animal behaviour- ReenaMathur, Rastogi Publications MeerutAn introduction to behaviour; Manning, A & Dawkins, M. S.; Cambridge Low Price Edition. UK.
  • Shrivastava: Test book of Applied Entomology, Vol. I &II (Kalyani Publishers, 1991)
  • Text Book of Applied Zoology: Vermiculture, Apiculture, Sericulture, Lac-Culture, Agricultural Pests and their Control by Pradip V. Jabde, 2005 Publisher Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd. New Delhi
  • Absan and Sinha: A handbook of Economic Zoology (S. Chand and Company, 2009)
  • Animal behaviour,Hindi,R.A. Publication McGraw Hill Co.New York.
  • Animal Societies and Evolution : Scientific Ameridan Publications

 

References: 

SUGGESTED READINGS:

  •  Animal behaviour- ReenaMathur, Rastogi Publications MeerutAn introduction to behaviour; Manning, A & Dawkins, M. S.; Cambridge Low Price Edition. UK.
  • Shrivastava: Test book of Applied Entomology, Vol. I &II (Kalyani Publishers, 1991)
  • Text Book of Applied Zoology: Vermiculture, Apiculture, Sericulture, Lac-Culture, Agricultural Pests and their Control by Pradip V. Jabde, 2005 Publisher Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd. New Delhi
  • Absan and Sinha: A handbook of Economic Zoology (S. Chand and Company, 2009)
  • Animal behaviour,Hindi,R.A. Publication McGraw Hill Co.New York.
  • Animal Societies and Evolution : Scientific Ameridan Publications

 

e-RESOURCES:

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/9-20-animal-behavior-fall-2013/pages/lecture-notes/

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/9-20-animal-behavior-fall-2013/resources/mit9_20f13_lec4/

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/guide-to-ethology-exploring-the-study-of-animal-behavior#why-is-the-study-of-ethology-important

 

e-Journal:  

https://www.JOURNALS:.elsevier.com/animal-behaviour

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/animal-behaviour

 

Academic Year: 
2022-2023
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