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Dates |
Course Topics |
Chapter(s) |
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August 23 and 25 |
Course requirements; Introduction to Botany |
1 |
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August 28 and 30, September 1 |
Plant Cells, Tissues, and Organs |
2 4, 24 |
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September 6 |
Leaves |
26 |
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September 8 |
Quiz 1 and Reading Discussion on Greenhouse Effect |
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Sept. 11 and 13 |
Photosynthesis |
7 |
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September 15 |
No Class |
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September 18 |
Mitosis; Growth and Metabolism |
8; 27 29 |
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September 20 |
Lecture Exam |
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September 22 |
Cellular Respiration |
6 |
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Sept. 25 and 27 |
Cellular Respiration contd; Roots and Soils |
25 and 30 |
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September 29 |
Quiz 2 and Reading Discussion on Plant Conservation |
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October 2, 4, and 6 |
Stems; Water in Plants |
26 27; 31 |
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October 9 and 11 |
Plant Hormones |
28 29 |
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October 13 |
Lecture Exam |
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October 16 |
Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds |
6; 22; 23 |
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October 18 |
Quiz 3 and Reading Discussion on Biomes and Vegetation Associations of North America |
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October 19-22 |
Fall Break |
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Oct. 23, 25, and 27 |
Pollination Biology; Meiosis and Fertilization |
22; 9 |
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October 30 and November 1 |
Plant Genetics and Biotechnology |
10 11 |
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November 3 |
Quiz 4 and Reading Discussion on Uses of Plants in Technology |
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Nov. 6, 8, and 10 |
Plant Evolution; Plant Names and Classification; Kingdom Monera: Cyanobacteria |
13 14 |
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November 13 |
Lecture Exam |
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Nov. 15 and 17 |
Kingdom Protista: Algae and Slime and Water Molds |
16 17 |
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Nov. 20 and 22 |
Kingdom Fungi |
15 |
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November 23-26 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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November 27 |
Kingdom Plantae: Nonvascular Plants |
18 |
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November 29 |
Quiz 5 and Reading Discussion on Plant Evolution |
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December 1 |
Seedless Vascular Plants |
19 |
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Dec. 4, 6, and 8 |
Gymnosperms and Angiosperms |
20 22 |
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December 13 (9:00 a.m.) |
Final Examination |
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General Botany --- LS 2414 |
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Date |
Topic |
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Aug. 28 |
Plant Cells, Tissues, and Organs |
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Sept. 4 |
Labor Day |
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Sept. 11 |
Field Trip; Recognition Taxa |
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Sept. 18 |
Leaves; Photosynthesis |
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Sept. 25 |
Lab Practical ; Plant Propagation |
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Oct. 2 |
Field Trip; Recognition Taxa |
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Oct. 9 |
Recognition Exam; Stems; Water in Plants; Roots |
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Oct. 16 |
Field Trip; Recognition Taxa |
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Oct. 23 |
Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds; Pollination Biology |
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Oct. 30 |
Field Trip; Recognition Taxa |
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Nov. 6 |
Recognition Exam; Meiosis; Fertilization |
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Nov. 13 |
Cyanobacteria; Algae and Slime and Water Molds |
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Nov. 20 |
Fungi; Nonvascular Plants |
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Nov. 27 |
Vascular Plants |
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Dec. 4 |
Lab Practical |
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