FUNDAMENTALS OF BOTANY - 120

Spring Semester 20051  

Lecture: 10:10-11:00 MWF, Walters Life Sciences M309.

Lab: Tues., Wed. (see Schedule) White Ave. Biology Annex 116

Text: Biology of Plants, Raven et al., 6th Edition, 1999. Lab Book: Botany 120 Lab Book, by McFarland and Cook.

Web Site: http://fp.bio.utk.edu/botany/

Week

Day

Topic2

Text

Chapter

Lab Book Unit

Lab Quiz3 & Reports

Jan. 12-14

W

F

Introduction to the Angiosperms

Early Development of the Plant Body

Cells and Tissue of the Plant Body

21

23

24

1 & 2

No Quiz

Jan. 17-21

M

W

F

Martin Luther King Holiday -- (no class)

Cells and Tissue of the Plant Body The Root Structure & Development

Quiz 10 points

23

24

3

Quiz 10 points

Jan. 24-28

M

W

F

The Root Structure & Development

Shoot Primary Structure & Development Shoot Primary Structure & Development

Quiz 10 points

25

26

26

4

Quiz 10 points

Jan. 31-

Feb. 4

M

W

F

Secondary Growth in Stems

Secondary Growth in Stems

Test I – 50 Points

27

27

5

Quiz 10 points

Feb. 7-11

M

W

F

Plant Hormones

Plant Hormones

Plant Hormones

Quiz 10 points

28

28

28

6

No Quiz. Term Project Outline Due.

Start Lab Experiment.

Feb. 14-18

M

W

F

External Factors and Plant Growth

External Factors and Plant Growth

Plant Nutrition and Soils

29

29

30

7

Quiz 10 points Finish Lab Experiment

Feb. 21-25

M

W

F

Movement of Water and Solutes in Plants

Movement of Water and Solutes in Plants

Movement of Water and Solutes in Plants

31

31

31

8 & 9

Quiz 10 points

Lab Rep. Due4

30 points

Feb. 28-Mar. 4

M

W

F

Test II – 50 Points

The Process of Evolution

The Process of Evolution

(text pages 2-6, 239, 282, 312, 339, 344, 348, 354, 403, 424-64, 468-94, 517-22)

and Chapter 12

10

No Quiz

On-Campus Timeline Walk

Mar. 7-11

M

W

F

The Process of Evolution

Evolution of Angiosperms (Pollination) Evolution of Angiosperms (Pollination)

Quiz 10 points

12

22

22

11

Quiz 10 points

Plant Sleuth Due

20 points

Mar. 14-18

M

W

F

Dynamics of Communities & Ecosystems

Dynamics of Communities & Ecosystems Dynamics of Communities & Ecosystems

Quiz 10 points

32

32

32

12

No Quiz

Field Trip to Dean’s Woods

Mar. 21-25

M-F

SPRING BREAK/SPRING RECESS (no classes)      
Mar. 28-

Apr. 1

M

W

F

Global Ecology

Global Ecology

Test III – 50 points

Biome Map, 20 points

Lab Book Appendix C

33

33

13/15

No Quiz

Term Project5

Oral Report.

Lab Report6

Due, 20 points

April 4-8

M

W

F

The Human Prospect

The Human Prospect

The Human Prospect

34

34

14/15

No Quiz

Term Project

Oral Report

April 9

S

SMOKY MOUNTAINS FIELD TRIP - 20 Pts7  

16

 
April 11-15

M

W

F

Humans and Biosphere

Humans and Biosphere

Humans and Biosphere

Quiz 10 points

34

--

15

No Quiz

Term Project

Oral Report

April 18-22

M

W

F

Tree Identification (on-campus walk)

Tree Identification (on-campus walk)

Tree Identification (on-campus walk)

Text 26

(622-27)

Lab App. A

Appendix A

No Quiz

Tree ID On-Campus Walk

April 25-27

M

W

Review Day

Tree Quiz – 20 points (during lecture time)

 

No labs

 
April 28-29

R-F

Study Days      
Final Exam   Final Exam Cumulative - 100 points

May 6, Friday, 10:15-12:15

All the above

Lab Exam 50 points

Scheduled on back

1Schedule subject to change with notice.

2No makeup quizzes.

3Lab Quizzes = 60 points. Drop one 10-point quiz = 50. No makeup quizzes.

4Plant hormone lab report. Each student is responsible for their own report—30 points.

5Term Project 80 points written, 20 points oral = 100 pts. See lab book, Unit 15.

6Dean’s Wood lab report. Each group will submit one report—20 points/student. See lab book, Unit 12.

7No makeup for failure to attend on day of trip. If you know you cannot go, 20 points = write a 1200-word paper with 3 (non-web) references, topic will be selected by your lab instructor before Mar. 4 and due April 8.

  Points Grade Level
Lecture: Tests, quizzes, field trip, biomap, tree quiz 370  640-576 = A
Lab: Exam, quizzes, lab report, term project, plant sleuth 270  575-512 = B
       Total  640   511-448 = C
    447-384 = D
    383-0 = F