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Tentative Course Outline:
BOTANY 212 TENTATIVE SYLLABUS
SPRING 2017
Date
Topic
Reading Assign.
Jan 11-13
Introduction to plant cell chemistry, structure, function
Chapter 1,2,3
Jan 16-20
Monday January 16, Martin Luther King Day
Photosynthesis
7
Lab:
Plant Cell Structure and Function
Jan 23-27
Plant cells and tissues, Translocation & Transpiration
23,30
Lab:
Primary Tissues of Stems and Roots
Jan 30-Feb 3
Roots, Stems, Leaves
24,25
FIRST HOUR EXAM, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3
Lab:
Leaf Structure and Function
Feb 6-10
Secondary Growth, Growth and Development
26,27,28
Lab:
Secondary Growth and Wood Anatomy
Feb 13-17
Reproduction, Flowers, Fruits, Seeds
19
Lab:
Plant Form, Function, Diversity “Greenhouse Lab”
Feb 20-24
Monday February 20, President’s Day
Early development of the Plant Body
22
SECOND HOUR EXAM, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24
Lab:
Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds
Feb 27-Mar 3
Domain Archaea & Bacteria, Viruses, Viroids, Prions
13
Lab:
Domain Bacteria
Mar 6-10
Kingdom Fungi: Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota, Ascomycota
14
L
ab:
Fungi I: Ascomycota and Lichens
Mar 13-17
SPRING BREAK
Mar 20-24
Basidiomycota, Deuteromycetes
14
Lab:
Fungi II: Basidiomycota, Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota
Mar 27-31
Deuteromycetes continued, review
14
Lab:
Protista I: Myxomycota, Euglenophyta, Rhodophyta,
Dinophyta, Oomycota, Chrysophyta
Apr 3-7
Kingdom Protista: Myxomycota, Oomycota, Euglenophyta,
Rhodophyta, Dinophyta,Chrysophyta, Bacillariophyta
15
THIRD HOUR EXAM, FRIDAY APRIL 7
Lab:
Protista II: Bacillariophyta, Phaeophyta, Chlorophyta
Apr 10-14
Phaeophyta, Chlorophyta, Kingdom Plantae: Bryophyta, Hepatophyta 15,16,17
Friday April 14-Easter Break
Lab:
Plantae I: Hepatophyta, Bryophyta, Psilotophyta, Lycophyta