BIOLOGY 151 - FALL 1998

BOTANY AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY

INSTRUCTOR: DR. E. S. McCloud

OFFICE: SA-12U

PHONE: 465-1228

Email: emccloud@deepcnet.usi.edu

WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW) SITES

http://deepcnet.usi.edu/biology/emccloud/erichome.html

http://deepcnet.usi.edu/biology/sgordon/homepage.html

TEXTS: REQUIRED

- INTRODUCTORY PLANT BIOLOGY, Stern, 7th Edition

- A LABORATORY GUIDE TO PLANTS, D.Dicecco

RECOMMENDED

- A PHOTOGRAPHIC ATLAS FOR THE BOTANY LABORATORY,

Van De Graaff, et. al, 3rd Edition

NETQUEST: EXPLORING BOTANY, Dardis and Pendarvis

COURSE OBJECTIVES

This course is designed to introduce the student to fundamental structures and functions of plants stressing morphological, anatomical, and taxonomic relationships of the major groups of plants. Students will also be introduced to ecological factors affecting plant growth, survival, and nutrition, as well as the role evolution has played in development of life on earth. Basic plant cell biology including cell structure, function, and basic metabolism will be used in these analyses.

This course is the first course required by biology majors. This course satisfies 4 credit hours in the University Core Curriculum (UCC) category C3 - Science.

Tentative Lecture Schedule

9/2 - Introduction, Nature of Life (Chs. 1, 2, pp 1-26) and Chemical and Physical Bases of Life

9/3 - Chemical and Physical Bases of Life (Ch. 2, pp 16-26) - cont. and Intro. to Eukaryotic Cells, Cellular Organelles (Ch. 3, pp 27-40)

9/9 - Intro. to Eukaryotic Cells, Cellular Organelles (Ch. 3, pp 27-40) cont. and - The Cell Cycle, Mitosis (Ch. 3, pp 40-48)

9/10 - The Cell Cycle, Mitosis - (Ch. 3, pp 40-48) cont. and Plant Tissues (Ch. 4)

9/16 - Plant Tissues - cont. and Roots (Ch. 5)

9/17 - Roots - cont. and Stems (Ch. 6)

9/23 - Stems - cont. and Leaves - Arrangements, Types, Internal Structure (Ch. 7)

9/24 - Leaves - Internal Structure, Specialized types (Ch. 7) cont.

9/30 - LECTURE EXAM (CHS. 1-7) (100 pts) Flowers (Ch. 8, pp 121-125)

10/1 - Flowers (Ch. 8, pp 121-125) - cont. and Fruit types, Fruit and Seed Dispersal (Ch. 8, pp 125-136)

10/7 - Seeds and Seed Germination (Ch. 8, pp 136-142) Water Movement in Plants (Ch. 9)

10/8 - Water Movement in Plants ) - cont. and Nutrition and Soils (Ch. 9)

10/14 - Introduction to Photosynthesis (Ch. 10, pp 160-171)

10/15 - Photosynthesis Major Steps - (Ch. 10, pp 165-171) and Intro to Respiration (Ch. 10, pp 171-179)

10/21 - Respiration Major Steps (Ch. 10, pp 171-179)

10/22 - Plant Growth and Hormone Regulation (Ch. 11)

10/28 - Hormone Regulation cont. and Introduction to Meiosis (Ch. 12)

10/29 - Meiosis cont.

11/4 - LECTURE EXAM (CHS. 8-12) (100 pts) Evolution - Darwin, Natural Selection, Rates of Evolution (Ch. 15)

11/5 - Classification of Living Things, Nomenclature (Ch. 16) Kingdom Fungi and Lichens (Ch. 19)

11/11 - Fungi and Lichens - cont. and Kingdom Protista - Algae (Ch. 18) Algae, Cont., Non-Vascular Plants: Mosses (Bryophytes) (Ch. 20)

11/12 - Mosses - cont. and Non-Seed Vascular Plants: Ferns (Pteridophytes) (Ch. 21)

11/18 - Pteridophytes - cont. and Introduction to Seed Plants: Gymnosperms (Ch. 22)

11/19 - Gymnosperms - cont. and Flowering Plants: Angiosperms (Ch. 23)

12/2 - Angiosperms, - cont. and Communities and Ecosystems (Ch. 25)

12/3 - Communities and Ecosystems

12/9 - Humans and Biosphere Plants and People (Ch. 24)

12/10 - Course Wrap-up

12/17 - 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM - FINAL EXAM (120 pts) - COMPREHENSIVE BUT FOCUSING ON CHS. 15, 16, 18-25

LABORATORY SCHEDULE

WEEK OF:

8/31 - The Microscope: Ex. 1, pp 1-8

9/7 - Structure of Plant Cells: Ex. 3, pp 14-18

Plant Cell Types - Ex. 4, pp 19-28

9/14 - Roots - Ex. 11, pp 63-73

Stem Origin - Ex. 8, pp 45-47

9/21 - Herbaceous Stems - Ex. 9, pp 48-52

Woody Stems - Ex. 10, pp 53-62

9/28 - Leaves - Morphology and Microscopic Structure

Ex. 5 and 6, pp 29-41

Ex. 25, pp 186

Leaf Pigments - Ex. 7, pp 42-44

10/5 - LAB EXAM (90 pts)

10/12 - Flowers and Fruits - Ex. 12, 13, pp 74-86

Seeds and Seed Germination - Ex. 14, pp 87-92

10/19 - Transpiration and Photosynthesis

Exs. 15 and 16, pp 94-102

Photosynthesis Project with Lab Report (50 pts) (due the week of11/16)

10/26 - Movement in Plants - Ex. 17, pp 103-105

Diffusion and Osmosis: Ex. 18 pp 106-110

11/2 - Survey of the Fungi - Exs. 20-21, pp 120-143

Survey of the Algae - Ex 22, pp 144 - 161

11/9 - Plant Diversity: Mosses and Ferns

Ex. 23, pp 168-171: Mosses

Ex. 24, pp 176-179: Ferns

11/16 - Plant Diversity: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms

Ex. 25, pp 182-186: Gymnosperms

Ex. 26, pp 189-195: Angiosperms

11/23 - No Labs

11/30 - LAB EXAM (90 pts)

12/7 - Hormone Presentations (50 pts)

Allocation of Points

Lecture Exams (3) = 320

Lab Exams (2) = 180

Photosynthesis Project / Report = 50

Hormone Project / Presentation = 50

Quizes = 35

Total Points = 635

There are 635 total points in this course. Your grade will be derived from the percentage of the total points that you earn. I reserve the right to lower the A, B, C, D grade cutoffs from the traditional 90, 80, 70, 60 % levels at the end of the semester. The grade cutoffs will not be raised.

ATTENDANCE

Course attendance is your responsibility and you are expected to attend every class/lab. No makeup exams can be given; no makeups of laboratories can be allowed without prior consent of the instructor of the lab section missed and the lab section in which you propose to make up your work. If you must miss an exam, you must obtain prior permission of the instructor and provide written documentation of an acceptable excuse. In such a case, grades will be prorated. A grade of zero will be assigned for exams missed without the instructor's permission.

Special notes:

1) Plagiarism is a serious offense that can result in dismissal from the University.

2) Students are expected to arrive on time for class and maintain proper classroom decorum at all times.