W.P. Armstrong Botany 115 Fall Lecture Schedule

	Wayne's Word		Index		Noteworthy Plants		Trivia		Lemnaceae		Biology 101		Botany		Search

Botany 115 Plants & People Lecture Schedule

Plants and People (Botany 115) W.P. Armstrong, Instructor

Lecture Units and Textbook Chapters:

Text: Simpson, B.B. and M.C. Orgorzaly. 1995. Economic Botany:
Plants in Our World (2nd Edition). McGraw-Hill Book Co., N.Y.
Note: The textbook for this class is recommended but not required.

Other Economic & Ethnobotanical References: See Economic Plant Families

Major Lecture Unit	Chapters in Text
Introduction To Plants & People (Economic Botany)	1, 3
Unit 1: Survey Of The Plant Kingdom Exam #1 Hints: Survey Of The Plant Kingdom 1-A. Articles About Plants, Algae, Fungi & Bacteria The Silver Sword Alliance Ocean Drift Seeds & Fruits California's Pink Salt Lakes The Amazing Fungus Flowers Remarkable Parasitic Flowers Diversity In Sunflower Family Diversity In The Gourd Family Snow Algae: Watermelon Snow Archaebacteria: Life On Mars? The Amazing Kingdom Of Fungi Desert Varnish And Lichen Crust Strange Marriage Of A Water Fern Lemnaceae: The Duckweed Family The Amazing Welwitschia & Ephedra Gee Whiz: The Five Kingdoms Of Life Cycads: Plants Of The Dinosaur Period Plants That Lived In Age Of Dinosaurs Gee Whiz: Diversity Of Flowering Plants Gee Whiz: Diversity Of Divisions Of Life	2 (49-65), 19
1-B. Insect-Plant Relationships Insect-Eating Plants The Yucca And Its Moth The Acacia And Its Ants Diversity In The Acacias Mexican Jumping Beans California Jumping Galls Galls: Growths On Plants Eucalyptus & Lerp Insect The Truth About Cauliflory Fig Wasp Gall Controversy Calimyrna Fig And Its Wasp Pollination In Dioecious Figs The Fig/Fig Wasp Relationship Sex Determination In Edible Fig Stinking Flowers Pollinated By Flies	Wayne's Word Noteworthy Plants
1-C. Plant Ecology Population Growth Pollination By Bats Humingbird Pollination Pollination By The Wind Hitchhikers: Cockleburs Hitchhikers: Devil's Claw Hitchhikers: Most Efficient Strangler Figs And Banyans Dispersal By Ocean Currants Rock Lichens And Desert Varnish Fire Ecology: Ashes To Wildflowers	20
Exam #1 Survey Of The Plant Kingdom
Unit 2: Plant Biochemistry Exam #2 Hints: Chemical Compounds Of Plants The Major Chemical Compounds In Plants	1 (2-12)
2-A. Carbohydrates Vegetable Ivory	11
2-B. Proteins (Legumes) Strange Marriage Of A Water Fern	7
2-C. Nucleic Acids & Cladistics Biology DNA Model Quiz Biology DNA Model Crossword Biology 100 DNA Lab Exercise #3	2 (50-65)
2-D. Terpenes (Resins, Latex, Steroids) Plant Resins & Waxes The Achiote (Annatto) Dye Guayule Rubber & Chicle Gum Plants That Lived With Dinosaurs Amber: Nature's Transparent Tomb	9, 11 (363-375), 12 (383-393)
2-E. Phenolic Compounds (Herbs, Dyes, Tannins) Lichen Dyes & Perfumes Cochineal And Saffron Dyes Vanillin From Vanilla Orchid Logwood And Brazilwood Dyes Allspice, Bay Rum & Witch Hazel Poison Oak: Scratching The Surface	9 (herbs), 16 (530-541)
2-F. Glucosides Soap Lilies In California Medical Glycosides & Alkaloids	12
2-G. Alkaloids Medical Alkaloids & Glycosides Self Defense With Chile Peppers Ephedrine Alkaloids From Ephedra Alkaloids: Plants That Make You Loco	12, 13, 14
Exam #2 Plant Chemistry And Economic Products
Unit 3: Fruits & Vegetables (Supermarket Botany) [Including Polyploidy & Seedless Fruits] Exam #3 Hints: Supermarket Botany & Genetics General Summary Of Vegetative Terminology 3-A. Articles About Fruits & Vegetables Stem Vegetables Edible Palm Fruits Major Fruit Types Polk Salad Greens The Cassava & Taro Other Tropical Fruits Breadfruit & Jackfruit Brazil Nuts & Cashews Economic Plant Families Radish, Beets & Onions The World's Largest Fruit Durian, Papaya & Mango Prickly Pear Cactus Fruits The Truth About True Nuts Pomegranate & Persimmon Mustard Family Vegetables Hybrid Mustards And Beets Far Out Fruits From Far East Mammee Apple & Coco Plum Tomato, Tomatillo & Eggplant Chile Peppers & Black Pepper Sweet Potatoes And Columbus The World's Largest Vegetable The Wonderful World of Gourds Sugar Cane, Pineapple & Coffee Grape, Blackberry & Strawberry Palm Fruits: Pejibaye & Oil Palm Tamarind, Guava & Passion Fruit Apples, Pears, Peaches, Avocados Persimmon, Sapote & Pomegranate Soursop, Sugar Apple & Cherimoya Supermarket Botany 1 Crossword Puzzle Supermarket Botany 2 Crossword Puzzle	4, 5, 6, 7, 8
3-B. Plant Genetics and Polyploidy Transposons In Corn DNA Crossword Puzzle Citrus Fruits & Genetics Interesting Plant Hybrids Genetics Crossword Puzzle Cereal Grasses & Genetics Hybrid Mustards And Beets Origin Of Corn From Teosinte Making Seedless Watermelons Genetics Extra Credit Problems Sex Determination In Edible Fig Genetics Of Seedless 3n Bananas	2
Exam #3 Supermarket Botany & Plant Genetics
Unit 4: Economically Important Plant Families List Of Economically Important Plant Families	6, 15
4-A. Grains & Forage Grasses	6
4-B. Alcoholic Beverages	15
Exam #4 Economically Important Plant Families
Unit 5: Gross Structure (Morphology) of Plants [Vegetative & Reproductive Structures] Exam #5 Hints: Wood Anatomy and Plant Fibers	1 (15-36), 4, 5, 7, 8
5-A. Cell Structure & Function (Physiology)	1
5-B. Wood and Wood Products Anatomy Of Wood Cell Structure Of Stems Hardwoods And Ironwoods Strangler Figs And Banyans Acacias: Huge Genus Of Trees Wood-Fiber Crossword Puzzle	17
5-C. Fibers and Textiles Plant Fibers Used For Textiles More Photos Of Useful Plant Fibers More Photos Of Useful Plant Fibers Devil's Claw: Hitchhikers On Animals Wood-Fiber Crossword Puzzle	16
Exam #5 Plant Anatomy: Wood & Plant Fibers

The grade scale will be based on the total points of the highest student:
> 95% = A > 85% = B > 65% = C > 50% = D Less Than 50% = F

WAYNE'S WORD: https://www2.palomar.edu/users/warmstrong/index.htm

Note: The grade scale cut-offs may seem too difficult, but they are based on the highest student rather than the total points. The following chart shows a typical biology class comparing the number of letter grades based on the total points (green) with the number of letter grades based on the highest student (red). There are usually mores A's and B's when the grade scale is based on the highest student:

Return To The BIOLOGY 100 Home Page
Return To WAYNE'S WORD Home Page
Return To NOTEWORTHY PLANTS Page
Go To Biology GEE WHIZ TRIVIA Page
Go To The LEMNACEAE ON-LINE Page