BIOL 221 - GENERAL BOTANY 

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE AND ASSIGNMENTS - Spring 2009 
  Class: in Mac 3-4 on WF, 10:50 - 12:05 
  Laboratory: in Mac 5 on Mon. - 3:40 - 5:30 PM
DATES
CLASS ASSIGNMENTS
LAB ASSIGNMENTS
Jan 7, 9
Housekeeping, 1 – What is Botany
2 – Life
NO LAB
Jan 13, 14, 16
3 – Cells 
4 – Tissues
1 - Cells 
Jan 20, 21, 23
EXAM 1, 5 – Roots &   Soil
 6 – Stems
2 - Plant Tissues
Jan 27, 28, 30
7 – Leaves
8 – Flowers
4 - Plant Architecture
Feb 3, 4, 6
8 – Fruits & Seeds
EXAM 2, 9 Water
6 - Flowers 
Feb 10, 11, 13
10 – Metabolism
11 – Growth
7 - Fruits & Seeds
Feb 17, 18, 20
12- Meiosis
EXAM 3, 13 – Genetics
5 - Photosynthesis, Respiration, Transpiration
Feb 24, 25, 27
14 – Breeding  Populations
15 – Evolution
8 - Genetic Diversity of our Food
Mar 3, 4, 6
EXAM 4, 16 – Taxonomy
17 – Bacteria, Archaea, Viruses
13 - Food from Underground and Far Away
Mar 10 – 13
SPRING BREAK
SPRING BREAK
Mar 17, 18, 20
18 – Protista
19 – Fungi
14 - Spices 
Mar 24, 25, 27
EXAM 5, 20 – Bryophytes
21 – Seedless Vascular Plants
18 - Fungi
Mar 31, Apr 1, 3
22 – Gymnosperms
23 – Angiosperms 
15 - Wood
Apr 7, 8, 10
EXAM 6,  25 – Ecology
GOOD FRIDAY
11 - Grass
Apr 14, 15, 17
24 – Plants & Civilization
12 - Legumes
Apr 21, 22, 24
26 – Biomes
Finals begin Thur
TBA
Apr 29 Sat
9 AM Final Exam
 
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