Bi1MK_ChVS Keeping, breeding and management of collections

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. RNDr. Boris Rychnovský, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Robert Vlk, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Robert Vlk, Ph.D.
Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Robert Vlk, Ph.D.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: (1.) interpret basic knowledge about breeding of animals - vertebrates; as well as (2.) invertebrates; (3.) demonstrate acquiring of basic skills of preparation of animals - especially insects; (4.) founding and (5.) managing of zoological collections; (6.) creating of basic positive attitude towards refering this knowledge and these skills to pupils is of the major importance.
Syllabus
  • 1. Breedings invertebrates 1: insects (cockroaches, mantids, grass-hoppers, stick insects; beetles, butterflies, etc.) 2. Breedings invertebrates 2: spiders, scorpions, crabs; slugs, snails, earthworms, etc. 3. Picking (sampling), fixation and preparation of insects 4. Founding of insect collections, basic methods of regular desinsection of collections 5. Fundamentals of aquaristics and terraristics 6. Fundamentals of breedings of small (ornamental) birds and small mammals (rabbits and rodents) 7. Visiting selected sections of the Zoological garden in Brno 8. Fundamentals of fixation and preparation of vertebrates
Literature
  • BOHUŠ, Mirko. Velká kniha živočichů : hmyz, ryby, obojživelníci, plazi, ptáci, savci. Edited by Ladislav Korbel, Illustrated by Jindřich Krejča - Veronika Topercero. 4., upr. vyd. Bratislava: Príroda, 2009, 344 s. ISBN 9788007013339. info
  • BRUINS, Eugene. Encyklopedie teraristiky. 2. vyd. Čestlice: Rebo, 2001, 317 s. ISBN 8072341685. info
  • Velká kniha živočichů :hmyz - ryby - obojživelníci - plazi - ptáci - savci. 3. vyd. Bratislava: Príroda, 2001, 344 s.: 15. ISBN 80-07-00863-2. info
  • WINKLER, Josef Rudolf. Sbíráme hmyz a zakládáme entomologickou sbírku. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní zemědělské nakladatelství, 1974, 211 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Teaching methods: - presentations by professional. - presentations by students (PPT) of individual project. - fixation and preparation of insects. Group discussion.
Assessment methods
Completion of a course: - credit - presentations, preparations of insects.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: předmět je povinný pro specializaci Environmentální vzdělávání a pěstitelství, pro ostatní je volitelný.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2010, recent)
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