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Students will:
- Appreciate the diversity of invertebrate life;
- Recognise diagnostic characters of major groups of invertebrates;
- Describe mechanisms underlying their basic function, movement, feeding and reproduction;
- Recognise some of their ecological roles, economic significance and conservation status;
- Dissect and make scientific drawings of invertebrate specimens;
- Describe, identify and classify unknown invertebrate specimens.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 22 |
Practical | 16 |
Field Trip/External Visits | 4 |
Specified Learning Activities | 10 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 73 |
Total | 125 |
Life on Earth (currently BIOL10140) OR Biology in Action (currently BIOL10130) OR Animal Biology and Evolution (BAgSc) (currently BIOL10010)
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Examination: 2 hr examination consisting of short answer and essay style questions. | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Graded | No | 60 |
Fieldwork: Report on field excursion | Week 10 | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Practical Examination: Practical quizzes based on lab sessions | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% | No | 30 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.
Name | Role |
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Dr Marcin Penk | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Mon 10:00 - 10:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - Autumn: All Weeks | Tues 13:00 - 13:50 |
Practical | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | Tues 15:00 - 16:50 |
Practical | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | Tues 15:00 - 16:50 |