Tentative
Schedule and PowerPoint files
| Date |
Topic |
Chapter |
Pages |
| June 5 |
What is plant
biology
The nature of life |
1
2 |
1-12
13-28 |
| June 6 |
Cells (excluding mitosis)
Tissues |
3
4 |
28-44,
50-52
53-63 |
| June 7 |
Lab 1, Ex. 1 Microscope and Cells |
|
|
| June 8 |
Lab 2, Ex. 4 Tissues |
(hand-out)
|
|
| June 12 |
Plant Metabolism (photosynthesis) |
10 |
165-191 |
| June 13 |
Plant Metabolism (cell
respiration) |
10 (cont.) |
|
| June 14 |
Lab 3, Ex. 8 Photosynthesis, and Ex. 10
Respiration |
(hand-out) |
|
| June 15 |
Mitosis |
3 |
44-50 |
| |
Meiosis |
12 |
216-224 |
| June 19 |
Lab 4, Ex. 3 Mitosis |
(hand-out) |
|
| June
20 |
Genetics |
13 |
225-246 |
| |
Lab 5,
Genetics |
(hand-out) |
|
| June 21 |
Flowers, Fruits and
Seeds |
8 |
127-148 |
| |
Plant breeding and
propagation |
14 |
247-266 |
| June 21 |
Lab 6, Ex. 11 Flowers, and Ex. 12 Fruits and
Seeds |
(hand-out) |
|
| June 22 |
Roots and
soil |
5 |
64-83 |
| June 26 |
Lab 7, Ex. 5 Plant Anatomy -
Roots |
(hand-out) |
|
| June
27 |
Stems |
6 |
84-105 |
| |
Leaves |
7 |
106-126 |
| June 28 |
Lab 8, Ex. 2b Morphology of Plants, |
|
|
| |
Ex. 6 Anatomy of Stems, Ex. 7 Anatomy of
Leaves |
(hand-out) |
|
| June 29 |
Water in
plants |
9 |
149-164 |
| July 3&4 |
Fourth of July Holiday – No Classes |
|
|
| July 5 |
Lab 9, Ex. 9 Water relations and
transpiration |
(hand-out) |
|
| July
6 |
Growth |
11 |
192-215 |
| July 10 |
Plant names and
classification |
16 |
280-292 |
| |
Lab 10, Scientific
names |
(hand-out) |
|
| July 11 |
Domains Bacteria and Archaea, and
viruses |
17 |
293-318 |
| July 12 |
Kingdom
Protista |
18 |
319-347 |
| July 13 |
Kingdom
Fungi |
19 |
348-372 |
| July 17 |
Lab 11, Ex. 13 Monera, Protista and
Fungi |
(hand-out) |
|
| July 18 |
Kingdom Plantae,
Bryophytes |
20 |
373-387 |
| |
Ferns and their
relatives |
21 |
388-410 |
| July 19 |
Lab 12, Ex. 14 Bryophytes, Pteridophytes and
Gymnosperms |
(hand-out) |
|
| July 20 |
Kingdom Plantae,
Gymnosperms |
22 |
411-429 |
| July 24 |
Kingdom Plantae, Flowering
plants |
23 |
430-448 |
| July 25 |
Lab 13,
Keying |
(hand-out) |
|
| July
26 |
Evolution |
15 |
267-292 |
| |
Lab 14, Construction of a phylogenetic
tree and key |
(hand-out) |
|
| July 27 |
Flowering plants and
civilization |
24 |
449-473 |
| July 31 |
Ecology |
25 |
474-494 |
| Aug 1 |
Biomes |
26 |
495-504 |
Your final exam will be another
daily quiz given at the end of the class period.