SC 250 Botany Fall 2000 Syllabus

Date	Pts	Botany Sc 250 Syllabus: Subject/Event
8/21/00		Attendance and introduction to the course: Muddy when wet Botany office hours: MWF 1500 in F105 or by appointment at other times. Textbooks:Botany for Gardeners, Brian Capon ($17.95). A Photographic Atlas for the Botany Laboratory, Kent Van de Graff ($20.95).
8/24/00	10	Balick I
8/23/00		Ethnobotany
8/25/00	5	Quiz 1
8/28/00		Ethnobotany
8/29/00	10	Balick II
8/30/00
9/1/00	5	Quiz 2
9/4/00		Five Kingdoms
9/5/00	10	Video: The Private Life of Plants (power failure)
9/6/00		Duane Nelson: Invasive Plants and Piper auritum
9/8/00	30	Test One
9/11/00		Holiday
9/12/00	10	Lab: Cyanobacteria and algae
9/13/00		Monera: Cyanobacteria
9/15/00	5	Algae:Diatoms and Dinoflagellates
9/18/00		Algae: HABs, Euglenophyta
9/19/00	10	HTML I: Producing a web page with a sketch GIF DA: Spirogyra AB: Spirogyra JG: Spirogyra SG: sketches LJ: Oscillatoria sketch NP: Spirogyra SP: Spirogyra ES: Spirogyra JS: Nostoc sketch NV: sketches DW: Spirogyra sketch
9/20/00		Algae:Chlorophyta and Phaeophyta (Sargassum start)
9/22/00	5	Quiz 3 Phaeophyta and Rhodophyta
9/25/00		Mycorrhizal associations Fungi including Zygomycetes and Ascomycetes
9/26/00	10	Bryophyta, Lycophyta, and Pteriphyta
9/27/00		Basidiomycetes
9/29/00	5	Quiz 4, Bryophyta
10/2/00		Lycophyta
10/3/00	30	Lab practical test
10/4/00		Pterophyta
10/6/00	35	Midterm exam: Comprehensive
10/9/00		Review of the midterm examination
10/10/00	10	Plants of Palikir/Vegetative Character Vegetative Character Laboratory Vegetative Definitions sheet Student Assignments: Vegetative Character BA:Sagittate SG: Orbicular FS: Cordate SJ: Hastate DW: Deltoid RX: Awl
10/11/00		Gymnosperms
10/13/00	5	Quiz 5 Draft of web page (text only) of virtual herbarium page for previously done plant due Refer to http://www.comfsm/~dleeling/botany/virtual_herbarium_page.html for details on contents of this file. BA: Discorea alata RC: Nymphaea PE: Cordyline fruticosa SG: Alpinia purpurata JS: Thelypteris maemonensis
10/16/00		Angiosperms
10/17/00		Inflorescences Floral Lab Walk Floral Definitions
10/18/00		Growth:Cells and Seeds
10/20/00	5	Quiz 6 Draft of web page (text only) of virtual herbarium page for culturally significant plant due
10/23/00		Growth:Roots and shoots
10/24/00		Holiday
10/25/00		Organization: Stems
10/27/00	5	Quiz 7 Draft of web page (text only) of virtual herbarium page for previously undone plant due DW: Clinostigma ponapensis (kotop)
10/28/00		Photography weekend Pictures from Kepar 28 October 2000 1898 1870 Asplenium pellucidum Clinostigma ponapensis Lehnpaippohn Limehrenpong Iuiu Kepar 01 Kepar 02 Kepar 03 Kepar 04 Kidou Lehnpaipohn Madeu (Pohnpei cinnamon) Mibrib sori fern Red Gel Ginger Thelypteris_maemonensis Unknown nut Unknown tree 1 Unknown tree 2 Unknown vine Wildapple
10/30/00		Organization: Roots and leaves
10/31/00		Visit to the Pohnpei Botanical Garden Previous visits: Fall 1998 Fall 1999
11/1/00	30	Test 2
11/3/00		Holiday
11/6/00		Review Test Two.
11/7/00		Pohnpei Botanic Garden Followup Laboratory
11/8/00		Holiday
11/10/00	5	Quiz 8 Adaptation: Protection
11/11/00		Photography weekend Natalia Sharon Shinmaysin
11/13/00		Adaptation: Needs
11/14/00		Invasive Species with Bill Raynor (OUTDOORS!) Walk and Talk 2000 1999
11/15/00
11/17/00	5	Quiz 9
11/18/00		Photography weekend Cacti Campnosperma brevipetiolata (dohng) Magnifera indica (mango) Pangium edule (Duhrien) (Loveleen) Pelsihner's tree Red palmate Unknown sagittate Unknown xerophyte Unknown monocot Unknown yellow tipped bush
11/20/00		Functions: Growth and Dev
11/21/00		Possible Mountain hike (OUTDOORS!) The mountain 1999 The 1999 guidelines Guidelines 2000 Release Alternate assignment
11/22/00
11/24/00	5	Quiz 10
11/25/00		No photographs this weekend: Prior commitment
11/27/00		Functions: Waters, minerals
11/28/00		Possible soil testing laboratory
11/29/00	45	TermProject: Three virtual herbarium pages One plant not previously done (15) One plant that has cultural significance (20) One plant that was previously done (10)
12/1/00	5	Quiz 11
12/4/00		Photosynthesis
12/5/00	30 45	Lab practical test (30) and Live Plant (45) return date LivePlant returned healthy with sketchbook: Sketchbook should include Full life cycle diagram as observed by you Notes how to propagate plant Notes on what the plant needs to grow Notes on its response to fertilizer Notes on whether it prefers sunshine or shade Notes on whether it prefers to be wet or dry Drawings should include measurements of size Identification of the plant (Genus species and local name if any) Plant should be healthy, vigorous, growing robustly
12/6/00
12/8/00	5	Quiz 12
12/11/00		Last day of instruction
12/12/00	45	Final 16:20