Botany 2104 Course Schedule for Spring 2016 (subject to change) PDF of schedule
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Lecture |
Activity |
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Week 1 |
Introduction to the course |
Examine plant organs and tissues |
Ch 1 What is a plant? Video: Overview of the land plants |
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Jan 13 |
Metric system |
"Metric System" |
inside back cover pp 530-536, 558-562, 563-565, 662-664, 674-676, Figure 28-17 (p. 671) |
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Jan 15 |
Finish "Seed Germination and Root Growth" |
pp 532-536, 558-562, 563-565, 662-664, 674-676, Figure 28-17 (p. 671) | |
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Week 2 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - no classes |
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Jan 20, 22 |
Biomolecules
Cellular Membranes Diffusion and osmosis |
Fundamentals of Chemistry Ch 2, Fig 9-3 (p. 177), pp 497-498 pp 75-85 |
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Week 3 |
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"Storage Polymers of Seeds" |
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Jan 27 |
"Diffusion and Osmosis" |
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Jan 29
Week 4 |
"Microscopy" |
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Light Microscopy
Video: Basic Microscope Setup and Use Animation: Identifying Microscope Parts |
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| Feb 3 | Evolution, adaptation, and phylogenies | "Constructing Phylogenetic Trees" |
pp 209-211, 214-220, 224-225, 234-240 Reading a Phylogenetic Tree Phylogenetic Systematics Evolution 101: Patterns 1 h video: Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life |
| Feb 5 | Exam 1 - through microscopy | ||
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Week 5 Feb 8 |
Library orientation Essay instructions |
Comments sheet for library assignment (includes examples of citations) Instructions for the essay and the scoring rubric are on WSU Online/Canvas. |
Library Research Guide for Botany Links to support materials for the essay are on the BTNY 2014 Home Page Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It |
| Feb 10 | Research Design |
"Research Design" Set up "Roots" Procedure 9
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Go to
WSU Online/Canvas to access a
innstructions on using spreadsheets Videos: Beginner's Guide to Graphing Data Graphing Data By Hand Graphing Data By Spreadsheet |
| Feb 12 | Plant cell | Case Study: Passionflowers and Heliconius butterflies | pp 38-62 |
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Week 6 Feb 15 |
Presidents' Day - no classes | ||
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Feb 17 |
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"Plant Cell" |
pp 38-62 |
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Feb 19 Week 7 |
Plant cells and tissues | "Cells and Tissues" | Ch 23 |
| Feb 24 |
Root anatomy Stem anatomy |
"Roots" |
pp 558-569, 571-578 pp 579-588, 607, 609-613 Go to WSU Online/Canvas to access a innstructions on using spreadsheets |
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Feb 26 |
"Stems" |
pp 579-588, 607, 609-613 pp 437-439, 588-604, 607, 609-613 |
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Week 8
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"Leaves" |
pp 437-439, 588-604, 607, 609-613 Go to WSU Online/Canvas to access a innstructions on using spreadsheets |
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| Mar 4 | Exam 2; evolution through stems | ||
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Mar 7-11 |
Spring Break - no classes | ||
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Week 9 |
"Leaves"
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pp 437-439, 588-604, 607, 609-613 | |
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Mar 16 |
"Secondary Growth" |
pp 569-571, Ch 26 Anomolous Secondary Growth: scroll down to Dracaena |
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Mar 18 |
"Respiration" -- Procedure 1 |
Ch 5, 6 video: cellular respiration |
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Week 10 |
"Respiration" -- Procedure 2 |
Ch 5, 6 | |
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Mar 23 |
Finish Respiration Start Photosynthesis |
Ch 5, 6 video: photosynthesis Go to WSU Online/Canvas to access PDF handouts of the photosynthesis PowerPoint presentations |
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Mar 25 |
"Photosynthesis" -- Procedures 1-3 |
Ch 7 | |
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Week 11 |
"Photosynthesis" -- Procedures 4-6 |
Ch 7 | |
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Mar 30 |
Photosynthesis |
"Photosynthesis" -- Procedures 7-9 |
Ch 7, pp 708-720 |
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Apr 1 |
"Mineral Nutrition"
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pp 683-686, 691-702, 312-315; Table 29-2 |
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Week 11 |
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Apr 6 |
"Mineral Nutrition"
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pp 683-686, 691-702, 312-315; Table 29-2 An Introduction to Biological Soil Crusts Biological Soil Crusts |
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Apr 8 |
Carnivorous plants |
Video: Carnivorous Plants |
p 694 Barry Rice's Carnivorous Plants Page |
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Week 13 |
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"Nuclear Division Processes" |
pp 62-71, 155-159 |
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Apr 13, 15
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"The Flower" |
pp 250-254 pp 460-476 |
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Apr 15
Week 14
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"Pollination and Fertilization" Case Study: Pollination |
pp 485-492 Hawk Moths as Pollinators (video) 1 h video: from The Private Life of Plants - scroll down to Part 3 Flowering |
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| Apr 20 |
"Fruits" |
pp 492-496 1 h video: "The Seedy Side of Plants" |
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| Apr 22 | Asexual Reproduction | Case Study: Dodos and moas | pp 160-171 |
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Week 15 Apr 25 |
Botany
Department Field Trip to Antelope Island State Park class does not meet |
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Apr 27(Wednesday) |
FINAL EXAM, 9:00-10:50 |
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17 April 2016