Botany 130

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Laboratory Coordinator: Mike Clayton, Room 120 Birge Hall, email clayton@facstaff.wisc.edu

Lab Manual: Laboratory Topics for General Botany

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Laboratory Schedule Go to week

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Week 1, January 18 - 22
Lab 1 No Lab
Lab 2 Topic 1: Introduction to Plants

Discussion: Supermarket Botany

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Week 2, January 25 - 29
Lab 1

Topic 2: Microscope

Topic 3: Diversity Exploratory

Lab 2 Topic 4: The Plant Cell

Discussion: Quiz 1 over topics 1 through 4.

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Download a "pdf" copy of Topic 3: Diversity Exploratory

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Week 3, February 1 - 5
Lab 1 Topic 4: The Plant Cell cont.
Lab 2 Topic 5: Diffusion
Discussion: Review The Plant Cell

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Week 4, February 8 - 12
Lab 1 Topic 6: Respiration
Lab 2 Topic 7: Photosynthesis

Discussion: Analyze diffusion data. Review respiration and photosynthesis

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Week 5, February 15 - 19
Lab 1 Topic 7: Photosynthesis - cont.
Lab 2 Topic 8: Identifying Organic Molecules in Plants

Discussion: Quiz 2 over topics 4 through 8

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Week 6, February 22 - 26
Lab 1 Topic 9: Mitosis & Cytokinesis
Lab 2 Topic 10: Meiosis: Tetrad Analysis

Discussion:

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Week 7, February 22 - March 4
Lab 1 Topic 11: Genetics
Lab 2 Topic 12: Cells and Tissues of the Plant BodyT

Discussion: Meet in room 113 Birge to work on genetics problembs

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Week 8, March 7 - 11
Lab 1 opic 13: The Root
Lab 2 Topic 14: The Shoot

Discussion: Quiz over Topics 10 & 12

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Week 9, March 14 - 18
Lab 1 Topic 14: The Shoot cont.
Lab 2 Topic 15: Secondary Growth

Discussion: Sample Anatomy Quiz

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 Spring Break March 21 - 25

 

Bring something botanical back to discuss next week!

Week 10, March 28 - April 1
Lab 1 Topic 16: Population Genetics
Lab 2

Topic 17 Cyanobacteria

Topic 18 Introduction to the Eukarya

Discussion: Quiz 4 over Topics 12 - 15

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Week 11, April 4 - 8
Lab 1 Topic 19: Fungi
Lab 2 Topic 20: Symbiosis

Discussion: Sample quiz over non-plant botanical diversity, topics 16-21

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Week 12, April 11 - 15
Lab 1

Topic 21:Heterokonts

Topic 22: Start The Green Algae I

Lab 2

Topic 22: The Green Algae cont.opic

Topic 23: Introduction to the Plants: the Non Vascular Plants

Discussion: Quiz 5 over topics 16 through 21

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Week 13, April 18 - 22
Lab 1 Topic 23: Introduction to the Plants: the Non Vascular Plants cont.
Lab 2 Topic 24: The Lycophytes

Discussion: Review

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Week 14, April 25 - 29
Lab 1 Topic 25: Ferns and Their Relatives
Lab 2 Topic 26: Gymnosperms

Discussion: Sample Plant Diversity Quiz

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Week 15, May 2 - 6
Lab 1 Topic 26: Flowering plants
Lab 2

Topic 27: Flowering Plants II

Sample Angiosperm Quiz

Discussion: Quiz 6 over topics 22 through 27

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