BOT 315 (NYBG)

Prerequisite course(s)

Syllabus & Schedule (Winter 2024)
Lab Notebook Reference - Guidelines for keeping a lab notebook for BOT 315
Written Project - Brief summary of a scientific journal article related to the form and functions of plants
JSTOR website - This is a useful site for searching for scientific journal for your journal project
Google Scholar - another useful site for searching for scientific journal for your journal project

Raven, P. H., Evert, R. F., & Eichhorn, S. E. Biology of plants. New York: W.H. Freeman and Co. Chicago (7th or 8th edition)

Classes will consist of a combination of lecture, discussion inquiry-based activities, and observation laboratories

Students must attend all sessions; excused absences will be allowed for no more than 2 sessions. Additional missed classes will result in a 1/3 letter grade reduction per absence.

Each session will begin with a quiz on material covered the prior meeting session (including any handouts and textbook reading assignments). There will be no make-up quizzes for unexcused absences; all make-up quizzes must be taken before the next session.
Questions and/or laboratory write-ups will be assigned throughout the term; these should be typed. All write-ups must be handed in on time.
A laboratory notebook will be kept with procedures and label diagrams for all viewed materials. This lab notebook should be bound (I will not accept loose pages)

Focus on concepts that include larger understandings of the session's topics.
Note structures and processes that are fundmental to plants, and may be found across the plant kingdom
Remember important definitions that pervade the session's topics.
Look at "Questions for Thought" in each groups' section, and conceptualize answers to these questions.