Biol 360 - Plant Dynamics

CLASS TIME

7:30 A.M. - Monday, Wednesday, Friday SH 213

LAB TIME

8:30 A.M. to 9:30 A.M.. - Monday, Wednesday, Friday SH 110

TEXT BOOKS

Plants and Society (2^nd Edition) by Estelle Levetin & Karen McMahon
A Photographic Atlas for the Botany Laboratory (3^rd Edition) by Kent M. Van De Graaff et al.

LAB NOTEBOOK

Three-ring Notebook - For lab instructions and reports.

INSTRUCTOR

Richard McCluskey

Office	Scales Hall #110 Tel. ext 259 Hours 8:00 A.M.- 9:30 A.M. - MWF 12:00 P.M. - 1:30 P.M. - MTWF
E-mail	richardm@cosmic.swau.edu
Home Page	http://biology.swau.edu/faculty/mccluskey.html
Biology Home Page:	http://biology.swau.edu/biology.html

Credit Hours:

3 Semester Hours

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The intent of this course is to study basic botanical information in the context of human use of and involvement with plants (Applied Botany).

This course, then, will include:

A study of the basic structure, growth, and reproduction of plants.
An examination of the environmental factors that impact plant success and/or failure.
Important information on plant care and propagation.
Consideration of the roles plants play in our lives.

Important to the best possible understanding of botanical principles and the important roles of plants to us will be the student's participation in laboratory and field experiences, including a 4-day field trip that focuses on several aspects of applied botany.

CL#	DATE			TOPIC	CHAP#	PAGES
1	JAN	12	W	Focus on You Course Introduction Plants in Our Lives LAB:Introduction	1	2 - 16
2		14	F	The Plant Cell LAB:Plant Cells	2	18 - 30
3		17	M	The Plant Cell LAB: - START - Effects of Gibberellic Acid Plant Responses to Light and Gravity Other Tropisms Plant Tissues	2
4.		19	W	The Plant Body LAB: Plant Care Herbaceous Stems	3	31 - 48
5		21	F	The Plant Body LAB: Plant Care Woody Stems	3
6		24	M	Plant Physiology LAB: Plant Care Leaves	4	49 - 70
7		26	W	Plant Physiology LAB:Plant Care Leaves	4
8	FEB	28	F	Plant Life Cycle: Flowers LAB:Plant Care - Prepare Bee Sticks Roots	5	71 - 84
9		31	M	Plant Life Cycle: Flowers EXAM 1 - CHAPTERS 1 - 4 & LAB UNITS Pollinate Flowers	5
10	FEB	2	W	Plant Life Cycles: Fruits & Seeds LAB: Plant Care - Pollinate Flowers Flowers	6	85 - 98
11		4	F	Plant Life Cycles: Fruits & Seeds LAB: Plant Care Flowers	6
12		7	M	Plant Genetics LAB: Start Germination Study Fruit	7	98 - 114
13		9	W	Plant Systematics & Evolution LAB: Fruit Plant Care	8	115 - 130
14		11	F	Diversity of Plant Life LAB: Plant Classification Complete Germination Study	9	131 - 157
15		14	M	Diversity of Plant Life EXAM 2 - CHAPS 5 - 8 & LAB UNITS	9
16		16	W	LAB:(2 HRS) - Plant a Tree
17		18	F	Plants and Human Nutrition(2 Hrs)	10	160 - 177
18		21	M	Origins of Agriculture LAB:Tropisms	11	178 - 187
19		23	W	The Grasses LAB:Grass Structure	12	188 - 207
20		25	F	The Grasses LAB: Terminate Mustard Plant Study Tropisms
21		28	M	Legumes EXAMINATION 3 - CHAPS 9 - 12 & LAB UNITS	13	208 - 221
22	MAR	1	W	Legumes LAB: Report-Preparation
		3	F	SPRING BREAK
		6	M	SPRING BREAK
		8	W	SPRING BREAK
		10	F	SPRING BREAK
23		13	M	Starchy Staples LAB: Study Campus Plants	14	222 - 236
24		15	W	Starchy Staples LAB: Study Campus Plants
25		17	F	Feeding a Hungry World LAB: To Be Arranged	15	237 - 256
26		20	M	Feeding a Hungry World LAB: TBA
27		22	W	Stimulating Beverages LAB: TBA	16	258 - 270
28		24	F	Stimulating Beverages LAB: TBA
29		27	M	Herbs and Spices EXAMINATION 4 - CHAPS 13 - 16 & LAB UNITS	17	271 - 288
30		29	W	Plant Materials: Cloth, Paper, Wood LAB: TBA	18	289 - 311
31		31	F	Plant Materials: Cloth, Paper, Wood LAB: TBA
32	APR	3	M	Medicinal Plants LAB: TBA	19	314 - 331
33		5	W	Medicinal Plants LAB: TBA
34		7	F	Psychoactive Plants LAB: TBA	20	332 - 350
35		10	M	Psychoactive Plants LAB: TBA
36		12	W	Poisonous and Allergy Plants EXAMINATION 5 - CHAPS 17 - 20 & LAB UNITS	21	351 - 370
37	APR	12	W	12:00 NOON - LEAVE FOR PLANT DYNAMICS TRIP
		13	Th	At Big Thicket, Texas
		14	F	At Big Thicket, Texas
		15	Sa	At Big Thicket, Texas
		16	Su	At Big Thicket, Texas - RETURN TO SWAU
38		17	M	Fungi in Natural Environment LAB: Prepare Plant Collection	22	372 - 394
39		19	W	Beverages & Foods from Fungi LAB: Prepare Plant Collection	23	395 - 413
40		21	F	Fungi that Affect Human Health LAB:Wrap-Up Activities	24	414 - 429
41		24	M	Fungi that Affect Human Health NO LAB: Wrap-Up Activities, as necessary.
42		26	W	Ecology LAB NOTEBOOKS DUE	25	432 - 452
43		28	F	EXAMINATION 6 - CHAPS 21 - 25 & LAB UNITS TIME: 7:30 A.M. to 9:30 A.M.

Laboratory Topics
The schedule of these topics will be quite flexible, according to growth-schedules and lab-times.