BIOLOGY 220  Laboratory                                                 Spring 2006
Tuesday 1:30 – 4:50, Room 352

Date                                       Laboratory Assignment
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January 10                                 1.  Plant Propagation –seeds, spores,
                                                                cuttings -  Metabolism During
                                                                Seed Germination (report 1)
January 17                                 2.  Plant Cell Structure and Tissues
                                                               Seed Dispersal in Nature
January  24                                3.  Root Structure and Function
                                                               Osmosis/Root Pressure
                                                               R:S ratio (quiz 1)
January  31                                4.  Shoot Structure and Function
                                                              Mineral Uptake and Nutrition (report 2)
February 7                                 5. Leaves  and Woody Stems
                                                                  Transpiration (quiz 2)
February 14                               6. Flowers; Angiosperm Life Cycle
                                                         Pollination
February 21                               7. Fruits; Dispersal (quiz 3)

February 28                               8.  Plant Evolution and phylogenetics;
                                                          DNA separation  (lab midterm)
March 6/12                                 SPRING BREAK

March 14                                    9.   Diversity: Mosses, Liverworts,
                                                           Hornworts
March 21                                  10.  Diversity: Ferns and Lycopods
                                                          (quiz 4)
March 25                                  11. Field Trip to NBG (write/up)

March 28                                  12.  Gymnosperms

April 4                                      13.  Growth Regulators (quiz 5; report 3)

April 11                                    14.  Photosynthesis (report 4;
                                                          Laboratory Notebook

April 18                                    15.  Laboratory Final

The in-class assignments, article summaries and class presentations will be assigned during various class times.
Each group of four students will perform two presentations involving Genus of the Week. (Example: Pinus, Quercus, Magnolia)

BIOLOGY 220                        GRADING SCALE
 

1100   -----------   1002 --    A

1001  -----------      990 --    A-

 989   -----------     968   --    B+

 967   -----------     902   --    B

 801   -----------     880   --    B-

 879   -----------     858   --    C+

 857   -----------     792   --    C

 791   -----------     770   --    C-

 769   -----------     741   --    D+

 740   -----------     675   --    D

 674   -----------     654   --    D-

 653   -----------     0       --    F