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 4There is no final exam for the lab portion of the class
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