LECTURE SCHEDULE: Spring 1999
Instructor: Mr. John Browning
Section 2001, TTh 11:00-12:15
Date, Lecture Topics and Recommended Readings in Levetin's Plants and Society
text are noted below; additional required reading assignments are on the
Web Notes or may be given in class.
Unit I -Introduction to Botanical Knowledge |
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Date | Lecture(s) | Levetin | ||
January | 28 | 1-Introduction to science; What is life? | Chapter 1 | |
February | 2 | 2-Introduction to Plants 3-Plant Anatomy and Physiology |
Chapter 3, pp. 50-54 | |
4 | 4-The Cell and Its Constituents | 19-26, 7-15 | ||
9 | 5-DNA, RNA, and Proteins 6-Mitosis pages |
109-113, 27-29 | ||
11 | 7-Photosynthesis and Energy 8-Respiration and Carbon Cycle |
54-64, 63-69, 435-438 | ||
16 | 9-Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction 10-Mendelian Genetics |
74-81, 100-108 |
Unit II - Survey of Plant Life |
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Date | Lecture(s) | Levetin | ||
18 | 12-Plant Systematics; Darwinian Evolution | Chapter 8 | ||
February | 23 | First Exam: Lectures 1-10 | ||
25 | 13-Evolution 14-Adaptations |
42-43 | ||
March | 2 | 15-Viruses and Prokaryotes 16-Eukaryotes and Fungi |
128-129,373, 386-393,396-402, 415-426 | |
4 | 17-Algae 18-Out of the Water and Spore Formers |
132-137, 137-144 | ||
9 | 19-Gymnosperms 20-Flowering plants |
144-152, 298-301, 72-74, 77-79, 83 | ||
11 | 21-Pollination | 79-82 | ||
16 | 22-Seeds and Fruits | 86-96 | ||
March | 18 | Second Exam: Lectures 12-22 |
Spring Break March 22-26
Unit III - Human Uses of Flowering Plants |
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Date | Lecture(s) | Levetin | ||
March | 30 | 24-The Origin of Agriculture & Human Nutrition | Chaps 10 & 11 | |
April | 1 | 25-The Grasses 26-Legumes, Starchy Staples |
Chaps 12, 13, 14 pp. 403-410 |
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6 | 27-Plant Fibers: Cloth and Paper; Herbs & Spices | Chaps. 17 & 18 | ||
8 | 28-Stimulating Beverages | Chap. 16 | ||
13 | 29-Medicinal Plants 31-Poisonous and Allergy Plants |
Chaps. 19 & 21 | ||
15 | 30-Psychoactive Plants | Chap. 20 | ||
April | 20 | Third Exam: Lectures 24-31 |
Unit IV - Ecology and Agriculture |
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Date | Lecture(s) | Levetin | ||
April | 22 | 33-Ecology 34-Succession |
Chapter 25 | |
27 | 35-Terrestrial Biomes | |||
29 | Terrestrial Biomes - continued | |||
May | 4 | 36-Aquatic Biomes | ||
6 | 37-Biodiversity and Species Extinction 38-Atmosphere and the Environment |
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11 | 39-Agriculture and the Environment 40-World Food Problems |
238-249 | ||
13 | 41-Plant Biotechnology | 249-253 | ||
May | 19 | Final Exam: Lectures 33-41 10:30-12:30 in HJP 0226 |
Last revised 1/20/1999 - Browning