Term: Fall 1999

Instructor: Dr. Bob R. Pohlad

                    Office: Garber 118; Phone #: 365-4367    email: bpohlad@ferrum.edu

                    Web Page for Bob Pohlad

Hours in Office: Mon. 9-1; Tues. 10-11 & 2:00-3:30; Wed. None; Thurs. 10-11 &1:30-2:00; Fri. 9-11

Textbook and Lab Manual: Introductory Plant Biology, 8th Ed. by Kingsley Stern

Class and Lab Meeting Times: MWF 8-9 AM Lecture and discussion (G 106)

Labs: Mon 1-2:45 Lab (G 123)

                Or Tues 3:30-5:15 PM (G 123)

Absences and Lateness: You are expected to attend all classes and labs. You must check with the professor if you need to be absent and upon your return from an illness. You are responsible for making up any missed work.

Grade Evaluation: The lecture and lab tests will be worth 100 points each, the final exam which will be cumulative will be worth 100 points and the quizzes worth 20 pt. Quizzes will usually be given on Fridays. Missed quizzes will be averaged as zero.

The following is a list of the possible graded assignments:

        Tests (3) (100 pts. ea.)

        Final Exam (100 pts.)

        Biotic Profile (100 pts.)

        Lab Midterm and Final (100 pts. ea.)

        Lab Exercises (10 pts. ea.)

        Quizzes (20 pts. ea.)

        Propagation Journal (40 pts.)

Grading Scale: A= 90-100%; B= 80-89%; C= 70-79%; D= 60-69%; F= 0-59%

Tobacco: There will be no tobacco products in the classroom or lab at any time, including cigarettes, chewing tobacco or any other tobacco product.

Honor Code: I expect absolute honesty and will not tolerate cheating, plagiarism of other's work, lying, or disrespect for the other students or the instructor. Any violations will be presented before the Honor Board or Campus Judicial Board.

Labs: You must attend all labs and must have read the lab assignment and completed the pre-lab prior to lab time. The labs will be informal, however they are very busy with many requirements which will take up the two hours so care must be taken to budget your time in order to complete weekly assignments.

Plant Biotic Profile Project: You will work in cooperative two person teams this semester to assess the biodiversity and ecology of the plants in certain habitats around campus. We will be developing a biotic profile of plants in these habitats as part of a larger project to catalogue plant species on campus. College officials will use this information when planning land use on campus. The sites will be determined during a campus walk during the first lab. Each team will develop a comprehensive list of the plants in the area, identify them to at least genus and collect, photograph and find specimens in the herbarium as reference material. Information on the ecological characteristics of the plants in the community will be determined. A paper (written by each person) and diagram of the study site (by team) is required and will be presented to the class using PowerPoint. Team members will be graded on overall team project and participation and their individual paper.

Week of                     Topic                                                          Text Chapter

Aug. 30 – 3 Intro to Course, Plant Study, Nature Life..............…...... 1, 2

Sept. 6 - 10     Cell, Tissues ....................................................................3, 4

        13 - 17     Roots and Soils, Stems (Test #1?)...................................5, 6

        20 - 24     Leaves, Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds etc.............................7, 8

        27 - 1     Water, Metabolism...............................................................9,10

Oct. 4 – 8         Metabolism, Growth........................…………………….10, 11

        11 – 15     Meiosis and Genetics (Test #2?)……………………...12, 13

        16 - 19     Fall Break

        20 - 22      Biotechnology, Evolution…………………................... 14, 15

        25 - 29      Classification, Monera, Viruses........................................16, 17

Nov. 1 - 5         Protista, Fungi, Lichens ..............................…...............18, 19

        8 - 12          Bryophytes, Ferns (Test #3?) .........................................20, 21

        15 - 19     Gymnosperms, Angiosperms........................................... 22, 23

            22          Angiosperms.............................................................….......23

        24 - 28     Thanksgiving Break

        29 - 3          Flowering Plants and Civilization, Ecology............…... 24, 25

        8 - 10          Biomes, Team PowerPoint Presentations……………….26

        11 - 15          Final Exams

You are required to bring your text to each class!!!

Aug.     30, 31 Inquiry, Field Site Visit & Prelim. Observation

                        Plant ID Techniques (Handout and Lab Appendix)

Sept.     6, 7 Plant Propagation, Biotic Profile Work (Ex. 7, Text Ch. 14, Ap. 4)

            13, 14 Work on Biotic Profile

            20, 21 Microscope, Cell, Mitosis (Ex. 1, 2, and 3)

            27, 28 Roots and Stems (Ex. 5 and 6)

Oct.        4, 5 Leaves and Cell Comp. of Prod. (Ex 6 and 8)

            11, 12 Lab Midterm

            18, 19 Fall Break, No Lab

            25, 26 Diffusion etc.; Photosynthesis (Ex. 9 and 10)

Nov.    1, 2 Water in Plants; Kingdom Survey (Ex. 11 and 13)

            8, 9 Meiosis, Alternation of Generations (Ex. 12)

            15, 16 Monera, Protista, Fungi and Lichens (Ex. 14 and15)

            22, 23 Bryophytes, Ferns, Gymnosperms (Ex. 16 and 17)

            29,30 Angiosperms, Fruits etc. (Ex. 18 and 19)

Dec.    6, 7 Lab Final

You are required to bring your lab notebook and text to each lab and complete the lab preparation quiz assigned at the end of each exercise. Everyone must attend all labs