Cedarville University

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Cedarville University

BIO 3520 – LECTURE AND LABORATORY SCHEDULE

 

Spring, 2007

 

DATE

Format - Location

   TO P I C

Study Assign.**

January 9

Lec. – TYL 202

Introduction

 

January 11

Lec. – TYL 202

Activities and Importance of Plant Taxonomy

02 WKM Ch. 1

January 16

Lec. – TYL 202

What is in a Name? Plant Taxonomy & Stewardship

03 WKM Ch. 2

January 16

Indoor Lab ENS 106

Woody Plant Morphology – I.D.& Classification

Bring WKM & BW

January 18

Lec. – TYL 202

Botanical Nomenclature

04 WKM Ch. 2

January 23

Lec. – ENS 106

Field Journaling Approaches

05

January 23

Fld. Lab ENS 106

Woody Plants - I Field I.D. and Collecting

Bring WKM & BW

January 25

Lec-Lab – ENS 106

Collecting and Preserving Plant Specimens

06 WKM Ch. 7

January 30

Lec-Lab – ENS 106

Mounting & Preserving Plant Specimens

(see Jan 25 link -- Continued)

07 WKM Ch. 7

January 30

Fld. Lab ENS 106

Woody Plants - II Field I.D./ Collect./ Lab Practical

Bring WKM & BW

Feb. 1, 6

Lec. – TYL 202

Plant Classification: Approaches & Challenges

08 Ch 4, 6,17

February 6

Indoor Lab ENS 106

Vegetative Morphology; Twig I.D. Lab Practical

Bring WKM & BW

February 8

Lec-Lab – ENS 106

Ferns and Their Allies

09 Ch 9

February 13

Lec-Lab – ENS 106

Gymnosperms – Conifers and Others

10 Ch 10

February 13

Un-S Lab ENS 106

Unstructured Lab – Project Work & Rev. Session

[1stJour. grading]

February 15 Exam –TYL 202 Exam I See Review Guide  

February 20

Lec. – TYL 202

Introduction to the Flowering Plants

11 Ch 11

February 20

Indoor Lab ENS 106

Angiosperms: Floral Morphology, Floral Diagrams

Bring WKM

Feb 22, 27

Lec. – TYL 202

Angiosperm Morphology and Classification

Ch 12-16 Overview

February 27

Un-S Lab ENS 106

Unstructured Lab – Project Work or Released Time

[ PC-W due]

March 1

Lec-Lab – ENS 106

Angiosperm Floral Morphology: Inflorescences

WKM Ch. 11  

Mar. 3 -12

No Class or Lab

Spring Break

 

Mar. 13

Lec. – TYL 202

Angiosperms -- Classification (continued)

WKM Ch 12-16

Mar. 13

Indoor Lab ENS 106

Angiosperms -- Fruit Classification; Family Survey

WKM Ch. 11  

Mar. 15, 20

Lec. – TYL 202

Baraminology: Discontinuity Systematics

Read (*) Articles

March 20

Indoor Lab ENS 106

Grasses, Sedges, and Rushes

 

Mar. 22

Lec. – TYL 202 – DMC 102

Completion and Exam Review (No Lec. Mar. 27am)

Ch 12-16

March 27

Afternoon Fld. Trip

Trip to Miami U of Ohio - Herbarium and Labs

PDF for Printing 

March 29

Lec. – TYL 202 DMC 102

Exam II

[2nd Jour. grading]

April 3, 5

Lec. – TYL 202 DMC 102

Spring Planning and Exam Discussion

 

April 3

Fld. Lab ENS 106

Early Spring Flora of Cedarville Area

 

April 6 - 9

No Classes

Easter Break

 

April 10

No Lab

Released Time for Spring Trip

 

April 12 -15

Lab – ENS 106

 Southern Trip into Spring (Ap 12, noon - Ap 15)

Alt. Date Apr. 19-22

April 17

Lec. – TYL 202

Discussion/Debriefing from Trip

 

April 17

Un-S Lab ENS 106

Unstructured Lab: Collecting, Drying, Mounting

 

April 19, 24

Lec. – TYL 202

Distinguishing Selected Angiosperm Families

Chapters 11 - 20

April 24

Fld. Lab ENS 106

Lab Practical - In-Field and Herbarium Specimens

Collection Check-up

April 26

Lec. – TYL 202

Concluding Topics; Work in Field and Herbarium

[ PC-S, P Due 4-27]

May1, 10:30a

Exam TYL 202

Exam III

 

May 3

Project Completion

Botany Laboratory Open

[3rd Jour. grading]

* Subject to change in the event of unforseen conflicts; changes be announced and will appear in BIO 3520 Home Page version of this schedule.

 ** Study Assignment to complete before this lecture