1

April 3

Introduction to Plants; plant cell basics

Chapter 1,3

Intro to lab, plant beans, peas corn

April 5

Organization of the plant body;  Plant cells and tissues, meristems

Ch. 4

Microscopes, Sci Meth - Peanuts

2

April 10

Shoot System I - Function and organization, growth and anatomy;  secondary growth

Ch. 5

Ex. 28 - Plant Anatomy

April 12

Shoot System II - Function of leaves, leaf form

Ch. 6

3

April 17

Root System - functions and types of roots

Ch. 7

 Angio Families of Tahoe Basin -

April 19

development of roots, root structure

 Graf

April 21

Saturday Field Trip - California Plant Communities Transect

Field Trip

4

April 24

Midterm 1

Ex. 29 - Angiosperm

Midterm Exam 1

April 26

Photosynthesis

Ch. 10

Development use seedlings from wk1

5

May 1

Transpiration, Vascular systems

Ch. 11

No Lab

May 3

Mineral uptake and transport, phloem transport, life cycles

Ch. 11, 12 (alt gen only)

6

May 8

Flowers - structure & function, Development, reproductive strategies

Ch. 13

Water Potential Lab

May 10

Seeds and Fruits, Dispersal

Ch. 14

7

May 15

Seeds and Fruits, cont’d Evolution

Ch. 14 cont’d, Ch. 18

Trees, Shrub Families - Tahoe

May 17

Evolution, Systematics and Phylogeny

Ch. 18

May 19

Sat.  field trip -  if necessary

Field Trip makeup date only

8

May 22

 Midterm Exam 2

  Ex. 24- Diversity of

Midterm Exam 2

May 24

Plantae:  Bryophytes

Ch. 22

Vascular Plants

9

May 29

Plantae: Lower Vascular Plants

 Ch. 23

Graf

May 31

Big Meadow field day

10

Jun 5

Plantae: Gymnosperms

Ch. 24

No Lab

Jun 7

Division Pinophyta; 

11

Jun 12

Plantae:  Angiosperms - Rise to Dominance, Life cycles

Ch. 25

Lab Final Exam

Lab Exam

Jun 14

Division Magnoliophyta

Practical

12

Jun 21

Final Exam 1 – 3 pm

Final Exam