Field course in plant and animal - course description

General information

Course name	Field course in plant and animal
Course ID	13.1-WB-OS2P-Ćw_teren.-S17
Faculty	Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences
Field of study	WNB - oferta ERASMUS
Education profile	-
Level of studies	Erasmus programme
Beginning semester	winter term 2018/2019

Course information

Semester	2
ECTS credits to win	2
Course type	obligatory
Teaching language	polish
Author of syllabus	dr Elżbieta Roland dr Dmytro Iakushenko

Classes forms

The class form	Hours per semester (full-time)	Hours per week (full-time)	Hours per semester (part-time)	Hours per week (part-time)	Form of assignment
Class	30	2	-	-	Credit with grade

Aim of the course

Student gains knowledge about the invertebrate trapping methods, techniques, preservation and conservation of invertebrates, methods of collecting and recording the collected material gain skills in using equipment for field and laboratory research, improve the ability to recognize invertebrate animals with keys for determination, improves the ability to critically analyze, interpret and describe the results of research carried out. improves teamwork. Student acquires knowledge and practical skills in collection and identification of common cental-european bryophyte and vascular plant species.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of invertebrate zoology systematic and systematic botany.

Scope

Qualitative and quantitative methods of trapping invertebrates. Trapping animals with extraction, manual sorting. Sorting and determination of material using optical equipment. Fixation and preservation collected species. Collecting and the record keeping of collected material. Determination of invertebrate animals using keys. Field methods of plants observation and collection. Determination of vascular plants and bryophytes using identification keys.

Teaching methods

explaining (short lecture); practical work (lab work and field classes)

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description	Outcome symbols	Methods of verification	The class form

Assignment conditions

Active participation in classes. Practical skills to recognize specimens. It correctly identified 75% of the specimens. It correctly identified 75% of the specimens. Preparation and presentation of report. Student prepares herbarium with 20 specimens and identifies correctly 75% of the species in it.

Notes

Modified by dr Justyna Mazurek-Popczyk (last modification: 17-06-2018 21:14)

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