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DATE
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LECTURE
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READING
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LABORATORY SESSION
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EXERCISE
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Week1 & 2
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Orientation/ Safety/ WebCT What is Plant Biology?
The Nature of Life
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
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Lab Safety and Orientation, Introduction to Botany
Strategies for Success in Laboratory Science Course
Knowing the Plant Kingdom –Designing Experiment
Video: Lab Safety Awareness (Q183. S24. 1996)
The Scientific Method
Scientific Method – Q 175.32.R45 S 35 1999
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Unit 1
Unit 8
Unit 2
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Week 2
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Cells
Tissues
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Chapter 3
Chapter 4
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The Cell and Tissues (primary, complex, and meristem)
Secrets of the Cell – QH 313.C84. 1997 Vol.4
Plant Growth and Development
Cloning of Plants
Mitosis – QH 605. M55 or QH 605. 2P5
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Unit 3
Unit 4
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Week 3
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Leaves
Plant Metabolism
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Chapter 7
Chapter 10
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Structure & Function of Leaves - (monocots, dicots,
modified, and edibles) Corn, beans, pine, Elodea
Venus fly trap, Opuntia, pitcher plant, Camellia, Mimosa
and others
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Unit 13
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Week 4
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Plant Metabolism
(contd.)
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Chapter 10
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Photosynthesis and Respiration in Plants
Greenhouse Effect
Global Warming
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Unit 14
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Week 5
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Pulling-it-together
Lecture exam I
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Library research
(Develop Ethnobotany Survey)
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(Designing On-going Experiments: Project Planting Science - Wonder of Seeds or Sunlight Module)
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Unit 8
PlantingScience Project
Handouts
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Week 6
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Growth
Roots and Soils
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Chapter 11
Chapter 5
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Study of Root – monocot and dicot roots
Taproot (beets, carrots, horseradish, turnips, and rutabagas)
and tuberous roots (sweet potatoes, yams, and cassava)
Herbal Remedies – RM 666. H33 H4
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Unit 9 and 10
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Week 7
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Water in Plants
Stem
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Chapter 9
Chapter 6
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Study of Modified and Useful Stems- rhizome
(turmeric, ginger), corms (crocus, gladiolus),
bulb (onion), runners (strawberries), tuber (potato), and
cladophylls (asparagus)
Ethnobotanical Research Project
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Unit 11 and 12
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Week 8
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Meiosis and Alternation of Generations
Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds
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Chapter 12
Chapter 8
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Study of Flowers: Monocot vs. Dicot
Asexual vs. Sexual Reproduction in Plants
Pollen and Allergies
Types of Fruits
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Unit 16
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Week 9
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Ecology
Biomes
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Chapter 25
Chapter 26
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Field Trip # 1 (Planting Fields Arboretum)
Or Nursery
(Plant Adaptation and Evolution)
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Unit 7 or 15
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Week 10
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Pulling-it-together
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Review 6, 8, 9, 12, 25 & 26
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Lab Midterm
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Unit
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Week 11
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Lecture exam II
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Oral presentation
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Library research
(Ethnobotany Research - PPT)
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Ask Instructor
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Week 12
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Plant Kingdom Survey I
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Chapters 15, 20, and 21
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Kingdom Survey I
Origin of Life and Plant Kingdom
Field Trip # 2 BrooklynBotanic Garden
Plant Dynamics and Ecology
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Unit 5
Ask Instructor
Unit 15
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Week 13
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Plant Kingdom Survey II
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Chapters 22 & 23
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Kingdom Survey II
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Unit 5
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Week 14
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Plant Evolution
Plant Genetics
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Oral Presentation
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Reports
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Plant Evolution
Debate – Genetically Modified Food
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Unit 6
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Week 15
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Pulling-it-together
Lecture exam III
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Chapters 15, 20, 21, 22, & 23
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Lab Final or Colloquium Session
(Sharing Ethnobotany)
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Unit 20
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