BIOL 250 - Introductory
Botany, Fall 2009
Fort Hays State University
Department of Biological Sciences
Lecture Schedule (check back
for updates!)
MWF 11:30-12:20, AH 304
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Week |
Dates |
Lecture Topic (Textbook Chapters: Raven et al.,
2005) |
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1 |
Aug
24-28 |
Course
Overview and Introduction (1); Cells and Cell Cycle (2-3) |
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2 |
Aug
31-Sept 4 |
Plant
Tissues (23); Water (4, 30) |
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3 |
Sept
7 |
NO CLASS:
LABOR DAY |
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3 |
Sept
9-11 |
Seeds
and Seedlings (22) |
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4 |
Sept
14-16 |
Roots
(24) |
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4 |
Sept
18 |
EXAM 1 (Introduction
through Seeds and seedlings) |
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5 |
Sept
21-25 |
Stems
(25) |
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6 |
Sept
28-Oct 2 |
Leaves
(25) |
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7 |
Oct
5-9 |
Flowers
(25, 19-20) |
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8 |
Oct
12-14 |
Fruits
(20) |
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8 |
Oct
16 |
EXAM 2 (Roots
through Flowers) |
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9 |
Oct
19-23 |
Classification
(12); Algae (15) |
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10 |
Oct
26-30 |
Algae
(15); Bryophytes (16) |
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11 |
Nov
2-6 |
Seedless
Vascular Plants (17) |
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12 |
Nov
9-11 |
Gymnosperms (18) |
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12 |
Nov
13 |
EXAM 3 (Fruits
through Seedless Vascular Plants) |
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13 |
Nov
16-20 |
Gymnosperms
(18); Angiosperms
(19-20) |
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14 |
Nov
23-27 |
NO CLASSES:
FALL BREAK |
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15 |
Nov
30-Dec 4 |
Photosynthesis
(7) |
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16 |
Dec
7-11 |
Plant
Biotechnology (10); Ecology (31-32) |
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17 |
Dec
16 |
EXAM 4: Wednesday,
16 December, 11:30-1:10 |
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Lab Schedule (Tuesdays, 9:30 am-12:20 pm, AH 248)
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Week |
Date |
Lab
Exercise(s) |
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1 |
Aug 25 |
Plants and People: Campus Field
Trip |
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2 |
Sept 1 |
Plant Cells and Tissues |
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3 |
Sept 8 |
Osmosis and Plant Water
Relations |
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4 |
Sept 15 |
Seeds and Seedlings |
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5 |
Sept 22 |
Roots |
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6 |
Sept 29 |
Stems (Primary and Secondary
Anatomy) |
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7 |
Oct 6 |
Leaves |
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8 |
Oct 13 |
Flowers |
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9 |
Oct 20 |
Fruits |
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10 |
Oct 27 |
Algae |
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11 |
Nov 3 |
Lichens and Bryophytes |
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12 |
Nov 10 |
Seedless Vascular Plants |
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13 |
Nov 17 |
Gymnosperms |
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14 |
Nov 24 |
NO
LAB: FALL BREAK |
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15 |
Dec 1 |
Angiosperms |
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16 |
Dec 8 |
Photosynthesis |
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17 |
Dec 15 |
NO
LAB: FINALS WEEK |
There should be no monotony
In studying your botany;
It helps to train
And spur the brain--
Unless you haven't gotany.
It teaches you, does botany,
To know the plants and spotany,
And learn just why
They live or die--
In case you plant or potany.
You learn, from reading Botany,
Of wooly plants and cottony
That grow on earth,
And what they're worth,
And why some spots have notany.
You sketch the plants in Botany,
You learn to chart and plotany
Like corn or oats--
You jot down notes,
If you know how to jotany.
Your time, if you'll allotany,
Will teach you how and what any
Old plant or tree
Can do or be--
And that's the use of Botany!
-- Berton Braley
Science News Letter
March 9, 1929
Department of Biological Sciences
last updated 11 November 2009