Study Assignment | TO P I C | DETAIL | |
| PART I | Biotic Communities, Climate, and Organisms | ||
| August 25 | SA #1 | "People Matters" -- Because People Do Matter | |
| August 26 | SA #2 | Course Introduction | |
| August 29 | SA #3 | Botany / Ecology & Human Culture: Roundup... | |
| August 30 | SA #4 | Earthkeeping: The First Commandment | |
| Aug. 30, 31,Sep. 1 | LAB #1 | Field Biology Inquiry Laboratory | Manual, Lab #1 |
| September 1 | SA #5 | Science of Ecology ? Diversity of Approaches | |
| September 2 | SA #6 | Ecology: Study of Distribution and Abundance | |
| September 5 | No Classes | Labor Day | |
| September 6 | SA #7 | Characterizing Biotic Communities | |
| Sept. 6, 7, 8 | LAB #2 | Prairie Community Structure and Diversity | Manual, Lab #2 |
| September 8 | SA #8 | Global Climate Factors | |
| September 9 | SA #9 | Climate and Microclimates | |
| September 10 | SA #10 | Prairie Community Data Analysis and Discussion | |
| September 13 | SA #11 | Experimental Design of Microclimate Study | |
| Sept. 13, 14, 15 | LAB #3 | Environmental Measurement I ?Terrestrial Environ. | Manual, Lab #3 |
| September 15 | SA #12 | Thermoregulation | |
| September 16 | SA #13 | Statistical Comparisons of Data | |
| September 19 | SA #14 | Discussion of Data and Review of Unit I | |
| September 20 | EXAM I | [Ch 1,2,16; excerpts of Ch. 4, 22, 23; Labs #1,2,3] | |
| PART II | Food Webs, Energy Flow and Nutrient Cycling | ||
| Sept. 20, 21, 22 | LAB #4 | Environmental Measurement II ? Aquatic Environment | Manual, Lab #4 |
| September 22, 23 | SA #16-17 | Food Webs: Biotic Community "Portraits" | |
| September 26 | SA #18 | Energy 'Flows' and Nutrients 'Cycle' | |
| September 27 | SA #19 | Soil and Water Relationships | |
| Sept. 27, 28, 29 | LAB #5 | Soil Properties and Soil-Water Conservation | Manual, Lab #5 |
| September 29 | SA #20 | Decomposition and Nutrient Cycling | |
| Suppliment: | Water Conservation Tips for Home and Lifestyle | ||
| Sep. 30, Oct. 3, 4 | SA #21-22 | Nutrient Cycling and Human Stewardship | Quiz 10-3 or 4 |
| October 4, 5, 6 | LAB #6 | Stream Ecology | Manual, Lab #6 |
| October 6 | SA #23 | Case Study: Tangier - Ecology, Ethics, Praxis | New Tangier |
| October 7 | Released Time | No Class - Analyze Stream Data | Bring Lab Data |
| October 10 | SA #24-25 | Aquatic Ecosystems -- Streams, Rivers, Lakes | Bring Lab Data |
| October 11 | SA #26 | Applications to "Our Backyard" and Review | |
| October 11, 12, 13 | LAB #7 | Cyanobacteria and Autotrophic Protista | Manual, Lab #7 |
| October 13 | EXAM II | Midterm Exam (Comprehensive to SA #26 & Lab #6) | |
| October 14 | SA #28** | Return/Discussion of Exam II (** Begin PET Discussion) | |
| PART III | Survey of Plants and Plant-Like Organisms | ||
| October 17 | #SA 29 | Economic Botany (Agricult., Food, and Missions) | Finish PET's |
| October 18 | #SA 30 (Pt I) | Plant Origins and Classification | . |
| October 18,19 | Inquiry Lab | BLIP Consultations & Group Progress | Manual, Lab #15 |
| October 20 - 21 | No Class | Fall Break | . |
| October 24 | #SA 30 (Pt II) | Plant Origins and Classification (see Oct 18) | . |
| October 25 | #SA 31-32 (Pt I) | Autotrophic Prokaryotes: Cyanobacteria et al. | . |
| October 25, 26, 27 | LAB #8 | Bryophytes and Seedless Vascular Plants | Manual, Lab #8 |
| October 27, 28 | #SA 33-34 | Autotrophic Protists -- Algae | . |
| October 31 | #SA 35 | Plant Cells, Cell Walls, and Cytokinesis | |
| November 1 | #SA 36 | Bryophytes and Origin of Land Plants | |
| November 1, 2, 3 | LAB #9,10 | Gymnosperms and Angiosperms | Manual, #9, 10 |
| November 3, 4 | #SA 37-38 | Ferns and Other Seedless Vascular Plants | |
| November 7 | #SA 39-40 | Gymnosperms: Origin of Seed Plants | |
| November 8 | #SA 41 | Plant Tissue Types | |
| Nov. 8, 9, 10 | LAB #11 | Plant Cells, Roots and Water Relations | Manual, #11, 12 |
| November 10 | #SA 42 | Angiosperms -- Flower to Fruit and Seeds | |
| November 11 | #SA 43 | Plant Growth: Apical and Lateral Meristems | |
| November 14 | #SA 44 | Completion and Review -- Review Strategies | |
| November 15 | Exam III | SA #29 to SA #40; and #42, 44; Lab Ex. 7 thru #11. | |
| PART IV | Plant Anatomy and Physiology | ||
| Nov. 15, 16, 17 | LAB #12 | Stems and Histology | Manual, #13 |
| November 17, 18 | #SA 46 | Introduction to Plant Water Relations | |
| November 21 | #SA 45 | Stems | |
| November 22 | Lab Work Sess. | BLIP Groups from Wed and Thu. Labs Meet 9:00 am | ENS 106 |
| November 22 | Lab Work Sess. | BLIP Groups from Tue. Lab Meet, ENS 106 | ENS 106 |
| Nov. 23 (1pm) - 28 | No Classes | Thanksgiving Vacation | |
| November 29 | #SA 47 | Movement of Water in Plants - "SPAC" | |
| Nov. 29, 30, Dec. 1 | LAB #13 | Leaves and Leaf Adaptations to Environment | Manual, #14 |
| December 1, 2 | #SA 48-49 | Photosynthesis I -- Photochemistry | |
| December 5, 6 | #SA 50 | Photosynthesis II -- Biochemical Reactions | |
| Dec. 6, 7, 8 | LAB #14 | BLIP Completion (25-min. interviews for each group) | Manual, #15 |
| Dec. 8, 9, 12 | Oral Reports | BLIP Oral Presentations (See Manual, page 15.3) | |
| Dec. 14, 8 am | Exam IV | Plant Anatomy & Physiology (Review Suggestions) |
*Subject to change in the event of unforseen conflicts; study assignments may be revised up to within 3 class
days ahead of the scheduled date so it is best not to print Study Assignments too far ahead of the scheduled date.
Internet Links in Botany: Illustrations, Tutorials, and Discoveries in Plant Science
Development and Importance of Botany
Botanical Society of America
American Society of Plant Biologists
New Topics in Botany - Weekly -- Bryan Ness
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center-- USDA Research near Washington, DC.
Plant Cells and Reproduction
Mitosis -- Tutorial (Cornell University)
Mitosis - DNA Coiling into Chromosomes -- Animation (W.H. Freeman Co.)
Mitosis and Cytokinesis - McGraw Hill Animation
Plant Origins and Diversity
Answers in Genesis
Institute for Creation Research -- Publishers of "Impact" articles, with searchable by Subject Index
Creation Research Society -- Creation Research; Journal: Creation Research Society Quarterly
An Evolution Perspective: The Tree of Life -- David R. Maddison and Wayne P. Maddison.
Access Research Network: Origins Articles from Intelligent Design Scholars -- e.g. Michael Behe, Jonathan Wells
Hugh Ross' Reasons to Believe -- Example of a "Day-Age' approach to Genesis 1-2
Systems of Classification
Baraminology Study Group -- Applications of Discontinuity Systematics
Discontinuity Systematics and Walter ReMine's Biotic Message
The Origin of Biological Information and the Higher Taxonomic Categories -- by Stephen C. Meyer
PhyloCode Home Page -- An Alternative to the Linnaean Classification
"Tree of Life" Web Project -- Internet project in phylogeny and biodiversity
What Is Plant Systematics and Why Is It Important? -- Dr. John Freudenstein, The OSU Herbarium
Bacteria and Beginnings
New Classification of Archaea and Eubacteria
The Archaea - Lifes Extremists
The Eubacteria
The Cyanoacteria
Video of Cyanobacterium Escaping a Ciliate
Algae: Autotrophic Protists
Images of Chlorophyta -- e.g. Spirogyra, Oedogonium, Chara, Clamydomonas, Ulva, Ulothrix
Euglenophyta -- e.g. Euglena
Dinophyta (or Pyrrophyta) -- Dinoflagellates
Chromophyta (or Phaeophyta) -- Brown Algae -- e.g. Nereocystis
Rhodophyta -- Red Algae e.g. Porphyra (Yum! used in flavoring soups, wrapping around rolls of rice)
More Rhodophyta images
Kingdom Fungi and Lichens
Myxomycota -- Slime Molds
Chytrids (Chytridomycota) -- What are Chytrids anyway?
Dr. Ross Koning's Summary Table -- Including Diagrams of Life Cycles of Fungi (Scroll Down for Table)
Zygomycota -- Links to Image Files of Rhizopus and others
Ascomycota -- Links to Image Files of Sac Fungi
Basidiomycota -- Links to Image Files of Club Fungi
Deuteromycota -- Links to Image Files of Imperfect Fungi
Lichen -- Image Files
Introduction to Plant Kingdom - Bryophytes
Bryophytes -- Lots of links to photos of Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts (University of Wisconsin)
Seedless Vascular Plants -- Ferns, Clubmosses, Horsetails, Whisk Ferns
Psilotophyta -- Psilotum or Whisk Fern
Lycopodophyta -- Clubmosses, Spike Mosses
Equisetophyta(Sphenophyta) -- Horsetails
Equisetum Spores -- mechanism for dispersal
Polypodiophyta (Pteridophyta)-- Ferns
?Lower Vascular Plants? -- Summary Table by Ross Koning
Introduction to Seed Plants -- Gymnosperms
Pinophyta(Coniferophyta) Pines, Spruces, Firs, Hemlocks, Cedars
Cycadophyta -- the Cycads
Ginkgophyta -- represented by Ginkgo biloba as the only species!
Gnetophyta-- including Ephedra (photo) and Welwitschia
Gymnosperm Characteristics: OvuleFemale Cones Male Cones Pollen Tube
Angiosperms -- Fruit-bearing Plants
Anthophyta -- Life Cycle Overview
Fruit Key: California State University-Stanislaus
Fruits -- Slide Collection (University of Wisconsin)
Early Stages of Development -- Capsella
Economic Botany
Nikolai Vavilov Institute -- A New Threat from the Kremlin
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service
Rational Phytotherapy: A Physicians Guide to Herbal Medicine (Centennial Library)
Herb World News Online
Plant Cells
Nucleus, Chloroplasts, Mitochondria, Vacuole-- Electron Micrograph
Chloroplasts -- in Moss Protonema
Chloroplast-- EM view of grana and stroma thylakoids
Amyloplasts-- with starch grains in potato
Chromoplasts -- in Marigold flower petals
Nuclei of Elodea Cells-- light microscope view
Endoplasmic Reticulum and Polysomes
Microtubules-- associated with Cell Wall
Middle Lamella and Plasmodesmata -- Persimmon (Diospyros) endosperm at ~1000x.
Plant Tissues -- Slides from Botany Department, University of Wisconsin
Parenchyma -- pith in Coleus stem x-section; starch grains (stained)
Collenchyma -- in Coleus stem x-section
Sclerenchyma -- fibers of Tilia americana stem
Sclerenchyma -- sclerids (stone cells) in Pear Fruit
Early Stages of Development -- Capsella
Slides at Botany Home Page -- click HERE
Leaves --
Dicot Leaf Venation -- net, palmate, pinnate
Monocot Leaf Form -- with blade and sheath
Slides from Botany Department, University of Wisconsin:
Lilac (Syringa) leaf -- cross section
Upper Epidermis and Palisade Mesophyll -- Syringa leaf
Corn (Zea mays) Leaf -- cross section
Pine (Pinus sp.) Leaf -- cross section
Pine (Pinus sp.) -- sunken stomata
Stems -- Slides from Botany Department, University of Wisconsin
Coleus Shoot -- apical region with leaf primordia
Alfalfa (Medicago) Stem -- cross section
Potato (Solanum) Tuber-- modified stem with nodes (see "eyes")
Corn (Zea) Stem -- cross section
