BIO 3520 – LECTURE AND LABORATORY SCHEDULE

Spring, 2011



DATE

Format - Location

         TO P I C

Study Assignment**

January 11

Lec. – ENS 240

Introduction

 

January 13

Lec. – ENS 240

Activities and Importance of Plant Taxonomy

02 Murrell Ch. 1

January 18

Lec. – ENS 240

What Is in a Name? Plant Taxonomy & Stewardship

03 Murrell Ch. 2

January 18

Indoor Lab ENS 106

Woody Plant Morphology – I.D.& Classification

Bring Murrell & BW

January 20

Lec. – ENS 240

Botanical Nomenclature

04 Murrell Ch. 2

January 25

Lec. – ENS 240

Field Journaling Approaches

05

January 25

Fld. Lab ENS 106

Woody Plants - I Field I.D. and Collecting

Bring Murrell & BW

January 27

Lec-Lab – ENS 106

Collecting and Preserving Plant Specimens

06 Murrell Ch. 7

February 1

Lec-Lab – ENS 106

Pressing/ Mounting Plant Specimens; and Review Sheet

07 Murrell Ch. 7

February 1

Fld. Lab ENS 106

Woody Plants - II Field I.D. / Collect./ Lab Practical

Bring Murrell & BW

February 3, 8

Lec. – ENS 240

Plant Classification: Approaches and Challenges

08 Murrell Ch 4, 6

February 8

Indoor Lab ENS 106

Ferns and Gymnosperms

Bring Murrell & BW

February 10

Lec-Lab – ENS 106

Ferns and Their Allies

09 Murrell Ch 9

February 15

Lec-Lab – ENS 106

Gymnosperms – Conifers and Others

10 Murrell Ch 10

February 15

Indoor Lab ENS 106

Vegetative Morph. of Flowering Plts; Review Session

[1stJour. grading]

February 17

Exam –ENS 240

Exam I

 

February 22

Lec. – ENS 240

Introduction to the Flowering Plants

11 Murrell Ch 11

February 22

Indoor Lab ENS 106

Angiosperms: Floral Morphology, Floral Diagrams

Bring Murrell

Feb. 24, Mar 1

Lec. – ENS 240

Angiosperm Morphology and Classification

Mur. Ch 12-16 Overview

March 1

Un-S Lab ENS 106

Unstructured Lab – Project Work or Released Time

Work on PC-W

March 3

Lec-Lab – ENS 106

Angiosperm Floral Morphology: Inflorescences

Murrell Ch. 11

March 7 - 11

No Class or Lab

Spring Break

 

March 15

Lec. – ENS 240

Baraminology and Discontinuity Systematics -- I

Murrell Ch 12-16

March 15

Indoor Lab ENS 106

Angiosperms: Fruit Classif. & Selected Families

Ch. 11;[ PC-W due]

March 17

Lec. – ENS 240

Baraminology and Discontinuity Systematics - II

Reading/Handouts

March 22

Lec. – ENS 240

Phenetic Analysis Using the BDISTMDS Program

Readings / PC Program 

March 22

Indoor Lab ENS 106

Phenetic Analysis Using the BDISTMDS Program

Murrell Ch 12-16

March 24

Lec. – ENS 240

Completion and Exam Review

Murrell, Ch 11 -16

March 29

Lec. – ENS 240

Exam II

[2nd Jour. grading]

March 29

Open Lab ENS 106

Open Lab Field Journaling & Plant ID

Newcombs, Fld. Equipment

March 31

Lec. – ENS 240

Spring Planning and Exam Discussion

 

April 5

 Indoor & Field. Lab

Grasses, Sedges, Rushes – Field Journaling & Plant ID

Cedarville Falls-Mound Pk.

April 7, 12

Lec. – ENS 240

Distinguishing Selected Angiosperm Families

Chapters 11 - 20

April 12

Indoor Lab ENS 106

Spring Trip Planning & Plant Family Survey (30-40 min only)

 

April 14-17

Travel Study

 “Spring Trip South into Spring” (Ap 14, noon - Apr 17)

Alt. Date Apr. 21-24 Easter

April 19, 21

Lec– ENS 240

Discussion and Debriefing from Trip

 

April 19

Indoor Lab ENS 106

Spring Trip Planning and Logistics

 

April 21 - 24

Travel Study

“Spring Trip South into Spring”

 

April 26, 28

Lec. – ENS 240

Recap and Review From Spring Trip

 

April 26

Un-S Lab ENS 106

Unstructured Lab: Complete Herbarium Work

Collection Check-up

May 5, 10:30a

Fld. Lab ENS 106

Final Exam - In-Field and Herbarium Specimens

[ PC-S, P & 3rd Journal]

May 6, noon

Project Completion

Open Botany Laboratory

Pick Up Journal if Graded

 

  

 * Subject to change in the event of unforseen conflicts; changes be announced and will appear in BIO 3520 Home Page version of this schedule.

 ** Study Assignment to complete before this lecture