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