Week 2
Lecture — Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Laboratory — Field Trip to Water Treatment Plant
Lecture — Light, Heat and Stratification

Week 3
Lecture — Lake Mixing and Classification
Laboratory — Lab Demonstration:  Light and Stratification
Lecture — Oxygen and HOD's

Week 4
Lecture — Phosphorus Cycle and Microzone
Laboratory — Field Trip to Sewage Treatment Plant
Lecture — Eutrophication and Lake Washington

Week 5
Lecture — Nutrients and Phytoplankton Productivity
Laboratory — Chlorophyll and Phytoplankton Identification
Lecture — Eutrophication, Diatoms and Lake Michigan

Week 6
Lecture — Zooplankton
Laboratory — Lecture Exam 1 (15%)
Lecture — Zooplankton Analysis

Week 7
Lecture — N, P and Blue-green Dominance
Laboratory — Field Trip to Nature Center
Lecture — Nutrients and Predicting Phytoplankton Biomass

Seasonal Succession of Phytoplankton

Week 8
Lecture — Herbivorous Zooplankton and Phytoplankton
Laboratory — Zooplankton Analyses
Lecture — Competition, Predation and Zooplankton Communities

Week 9
Lecture — Planktivorous Fish and Lake Systems
Laboratory — Lab Exam 1 (15%)
Lecture — Benthivorous Fish and Nutrient Cycles

Week 10
Spring Break

Week 11
Lecture — Piscivores and Trophic Cascades
Laboratory — Fish Identification

Week 12
Lecture — Biomanipulation
Laboratory — Field Trip to Ponds
Lecture — Lecture Exam II (15%)

Week 13
Lecture — Macrophytes, Nutrients and Wetlands
Laboratory — Identification of Pond Organisms
Lecture — Constructed Wetlands for Nutrient Removal

Week 14
Lecture — Rivers, Streams and Longitudinal Succession
Laboratory — Field Trip to Man-Made Wetlands
Lecture — Engineers and Riverine Ecosystems

Week 15
Lecture — Toxicants and Freshwater Systems
Laboratory — Lab Exams II (10%)
Lecture — Environmental Effects of Acid Rain

Week 16
Lecture — Global Warming and Freshwater Systems
Laboratory — Lecture Exam III (15%)
Lecture — Review for Final Exam

Finals Week
Comprehensive Final Exam (lecture and lab) (15%)