Tentative Botany Lab Schedule Spring 2008 Merced College

Expected Student Outcomes are in parentheses)


Tuesday, January 15: Using the Microscope, Introduction to the Vascular Plant Body (1, 2, 13)
Thursday, January 17: Introduction to the Eukaryotic Cell, I and II (4, 13)

Tuesday, January 22: Introduction to the Eukaryotic Cell, III and IV (4, 13)
Thursday, January 24: Mitosis and Cytokinesis, I (homework), II, III, and V; Meiosis (9)

Tuesday, January 29: Photosynthesis I, II, and III ((7, 8)
Thursday, January 31:  Photosynthesis IV, V, and VI (7, 8)

Tuesday, February 5: Lab Review (there is assigned points to this review)
Thursday, February 7: Lab Exam 1
 



Tuesday, February 12: Prokaryotes (11, 12)
Thursday, February 14: Fungi, I through II.C. (11, 12)

Tuesday, February 19:  Fungi, II.D through V (11, 12)
Thursday, February 21:  Protista I: Slime Molds, Euglenoids, and Red Algae (11, 12)

Tuesday, February 26: Protista II: Heterokonts and Green Algae, I, II, III, begin IV (11, 12)
Thursday, February 28: Protista II: Heterokonts and Green Algae, complete IV (11, 12)

Tuesday, March 4: Lab Review (there are assigned points to this review)
Thursday, March 6:  Lab Exam 2



Tuesday, March 11:  Bryophytes (11, 12)
Thursday, March 13: Seedless Vascular Plants: The Fern Allies (11, 12)

Tuesday, March 18:  Seed Plants: Gymnosperms (11, 12)
Thursday, March 20:  Seed Plants: Angiosperms (11, 12)

March 24 - 28 Spring Break: No Classes

Tuesday, April 1:  Seed Plants: Fruits and Fruit Development(14)
Thursday, April 2:  Seed Plants: Early Development of the Plant Body(15)

Tuesday, April 8:  Lab Review (with opportunity to earn some lab review points if you participate)
Thursday, April 10:  Lab Exam 3


Tuesday, April 15:  Hite's Cove Field Trip (11, 12, 13,17)
Thursday, April 17:  Cell Types and Tissues of the Plant Body(13, 15)

Tuesday, April 22:  The Root(13, 15)
Thursday, April 24: Primary Structure of the Stem(13, 15)

Tuesday, April 29: The Leaf(13, 15)
Thursday, May 1:  Woody Stem(13, 15)

Tuesday, May 6: Wood: Secondary Xylem (13, 15)
Thursday, May 8: Tentative Berkeley Botanical Gardens Field Trip (11, 12, 13, 15, 17)

Tuesday, May 13:  Lab Review (there are assigned points to this review)
Thursday, May 15: Lab Exam 4

There is no final exam for the lab portion of the class



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