FUNDAMENTALS OF BOTANY

FUNDAMENTALS

OF

BOTANY - 120

Spring Semester 1999¹

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Instructor: Edward E. Schilling; e-mail: eschilling@utk.edu

Lecture: 10:10-11:00 MWF, Walters Life Sciences M309. Lab: Tues., Wed., Thurs. (see Schedule) Hesler 233.

Text: Botany, Randy Moore et al., Second Edition, 1998. Lab Book: Botany 120 Lab Book, by McFarland and Cook.

Tree Key: Summer Key to Trees of Tennessee and Great Smokies, by R. E. Shanks and A. J. Sharp. (Needed April 26.)

Week	Day	Topic²		^Slides	Text Chapter	Lab Book Unit	Lab Quiz³ & Reports
Jan. 13-15	W F	Reproductive Morphology: Review of Life Cycle Reproductive Morphology: Embyrogenesis and Seeds			17 (403-407) (84 Box 4.1)	No Lab	No quiz
Jan. 18	M	Martin Luther King, Jr., Day - No Classes
Jan. 19-22	W F	Plant Growth and Development Primary Growth: Cells and Tissues	Quiz 10 pts		12 13	1 and 2	No quiz
Jan. 25-29	M W F	Primary Growth: Stems and Leaves Primary Growth: Stems and Leaves Primary Growth: Stems and Leaves			13 14 14	3	10 pts
Feb. 1-5	M W F	Primary Growth: Stems and Leaves Primary Growth: Roots Secondary Growth	Quiz 10 pts		14 15 16	4 and 5	10 pts
Feb. 8-12	M W F	Secondary Growth Secondary Growth: Reaction Wood and Tree Growth Animation Test I - 50 Points: Sample Questions			16 16 12 thru 17	5	10 pts
Feb. 15-19	M W F	Plant Hormones Plant Hormones Plant Hormones	Quiz 10 pts		18 18 18	6	No quiz
Feb. 22-26	M W F	How Plants Respond to Environ. Stimuli How Plants Respond to Environ. Stimuli Soils and Plant Nutrition			19 19 20	7	10 pts
March 1-5	M W F	Movement of Water and Solutes Movement of Water and Solutes Test II - 50 Points			21 21 18 thru 21	8 and 9	Lab Report due—30 pts Quiz 10 pts
March 8-12	M W F	Fossils - 25(603), 26(627), 27(655-6), 28(680-2), 29(709-14), 30(733-5), 31(742-5) Evolution Evolution	Quiz 10 pts		22 22	10	No quiz
Mar. 15-19	M-F	Spring Break 1998 - No Classes
Mar. 22-26	M W F	Speciation Speciation Pollination Reproductive Morphology			23 23 17 (394-401)	11	10 pts
Mar. 29 - April 1	M W	Pop. Dynamics and Community Ecology Pop. Dynamics and Community Ecology	Quiz 10 pts		32 32	12	No quiz
April 2	F	Good Friday Holiday - No Classes
April 5-9	M W F	Biomes Biomes Test III - 50 Points			33 33 17, 22-3, 32-3	12, 13	Oral Report 20 pts No quiz
April 12-16	M W F	Plants and Society Plants and Society Plants and Society			Epilogue	14	Oral Report cont. No quiz
April 17	S	SMOKY MOUNTAINS FIELD TRIP - 20 Pts⁴				16
April 19-23	M W F	Humans and Biosphere Humans and Biosphere Humans and Biosphere	Quiz 10 pts		-- -- --	15	Oral Report cont. No quiz
April 26-30	M W F	Tree Identification Tree Identification Tree Identification	Quiz 10 pts		14 (313-318)	Appendix A	No quiz
May 3-5	M T W	Tree Quiz - 20 points (during lecture time) Study Day Study Day			--	No lab	No quiz
Final Exam		Final Exam Cumulative - 100 points Friday, May 7, 1999, 2:45 - 4:45 p.m.			All the above	Lab Exam 50 points To be Scheduled

^{1Schedule subject to change with notice.
^{2Lecture quizzes = 90 points. Drop 10 points = 80
points. No makeup quizzes.

3Lab Quizzes + Lab Report + Lab Final = 160
points. Drop 10 points = 150. No makeup quizzes.

4Field Trip, 20 points for going, or term
paper--1200 words, topic selected by teacher by or before Mar. 26, paper due Apr.
16.

Lecture Exams + Quizzes + Field Trip
350 pts

Lab Quizzes, Lab Final Exam, Lab Reports
150

Total
500 pts

Grade Level

500-450 = A
349-300 = D

449-400 = B
299-0 = F

399-350 = C}}

Last Update: 2001-02-14

Lecture Exams + Quizzes + Field Trip	350 pts
Lab Quizzes, Lab Final Exam, Lab Reports	150
Total	500 pts