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Below are a series of lesson outlines in Portable Document Format (pdf). Each lesson consists of a series of overheads. You will also want to download the "Notes" files. These files contain supplementary information, as available. All of these plans are "works-in-progress" and new outlines are being developed, so you may want to check back every so often.

1. Biosphere, ecological terms, faunal zones. [Overheads] [Notes]
2. Cycles, homeostasis, biogeochemical cycling. [Overheads] [Notes]
3. Biologic energy flows, primary production, secondary production. [Overheads] [Notes]
4. Food web, part 1. [Overheads] [Notes]
5. Food web, part 2. [Overheads] [Notes]
6. Evolution, part 1. [Overheads] [Notes]
7. Evolution, part 2. [Overheads] [Notes]
8. History of the biosphere. [Overheads] [Notes]
9. Functional morphology of crayfish. [Overheads] [Notes]
10. The Biosphere. [Overheads] [Notes]
11. The crayfish and its environment. [Overheads] [Notes]
12. The behavior of crayfish - avoiding predators, foraging, and habitat selection. [Overheads] [Notes]
13. The behavior of crayfish - social interactions. [Overheads] [Notes]