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BOTY 1052 |
Intro to Botany Laboratory |
Spring 2009 |
Instructor: Ms. Tommi Lou Carosella
Office: N257, 667-3596
tcarosella@csustan.edu
Office hours: Mon 11:15-12:00, Wed 10:10 -
11:08, Fri 1:30 - 2:20
Lab starts first day of the semester! Purchase
the lab manual as soon as it is available and bring it to class every time. You should also bring the Raven
text to lab.
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Week |
Dates |
Topics |
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1 |
2/16 – 2/19 |
What is a
Plant?; Scientific Method |
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2 |
2/23 – 2/26 |
Microscope and
Plant Cells; Cell Division
Collect Data
for Scientific Method |
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3 |
3/2 – 3/5 |
Collect Data;
Sexual Reproduction, Meiosis, Genetics |
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4 |
3/9 – 3/12 |
Collate and
analyze Data for Scientific method;
Monera;
Protista; Pond Water Extra Credit
(5 pts) |
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5 |
3/16 – 3/19 |
Evolution exercise. Dress for
Outdoors |
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6 |
3/23 – 3/26 |
Understanding
Life Cycles; Scientific Method Report Due (20pts) Fungi;
Supermarket Botany |
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7 |
3/30, 4/1, 4/2 |
No Tuesday Lab;
other sections will meet.
Microclimate
and Plant Adaptations (not in manual) |
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8 |
4/6 – 4/9 |
Bryophyta;
Lower Vascular Plants |
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9 |
4/13 – 4/16 |
No classes:
Spring Break |
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10 |
4/20 – 4/23 |
Gymnosperms;
Leaf Size, Shape and Arrangement |
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11 |
4/27 – 4/30 |
Angiosperm Life
Cycle; Flowers, Fruit, and Pollination |
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12 |
5/4 – 5/7 |
Roots; Primary
Stems Tree ID Extra Credit due (10pts) |
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13 |
5/11 – 5/14 |
Secondary
Growth and Woody stems; Internal Anatomy of Leaves |
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14 |
5/18 – 5/21 |
Photosynthesis;
Respiration; Osmosis Turn in 2 graphs (10 points)
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15 |
5/26 |
Tuesday lab
Section only: Microclimates and Plant Adaptations |
No food or drink in Lab. No open toe shoes. Quiz every week!
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