Unit LABORATORY OF NATURAL SCIENCES 2 (INTEGRATED COURSE)
- Course
- Biological sciences
- Study-unit Code
- GP003064
- Curriculum
- Ambientale - naturalistico
- Teacher
- Silvana Piersanti
- Teachers
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- Silvana Piersanti
- Hours
- 24 ore - Silvana Piersanti
- CFU
- 2
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2022/23
- Learning activities
- Altro
- Area
- Altre conoscenze utili per l'inserimento nel mondo del lavoro
- Academic discipline
- BIO/05
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian
- Contents
- Exercises aimed at understanding morphology, evolution,
classification and taxonomy of plants and animals. - Reference texts
- The exercises refer to texts and teaching material used in the course
of the study of the teachings of Botany, Zoology, Plant Biodiversity e
Animal biodiversity. - Educational objectives
- The exercises aim to transmit direct knowledge to the student
of the world of plants and animals - Prerequisites
- Good knowledge of botany, zoology, plant biodiversity and animal biodiversity.
- Teaching methods
- laboratory and field experiences.
- Learning verification modality
- The verification of learning will be carried out during the exercises themselves, therefore attendance at the laboratories (mandatory for a minimum of 75%) is the requisite required for the acquisition of credits.
- Extended program
- Use of analytical keys for the identification of plant and animal species.
Observation and use of the zoological collections of the Casalina Natural History Gallery. Birdwatching and observation of the birds of Trasimeno at the Oasi La Valle. Naturalistic transept for the observation of amphibians and reptiles and the evaluation of the signs of presence of wild mammals. All the planned activities will be carried out compatibly with any anti covid-19 restrictions or replaced with other laboratory activities such as: - observation of zoological preparations under the microscope and stereomicroscope
- calculation of BEI and insects as bioindicators
-use of dichotomous keys and forensic applications of entomology
- Morphological analysis of bryophytes, pteridophytes and gymnosperms under optical and binocular microscopy.