DSU: BIO 405 Outline

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Date	Topic	Reading	Assignments
Introduction
Mon 1/10/2011	No class - snow
Tue 1/11/2011	NO LAB
Wed 1/12/2011	Introduction	Handouts	Review syllabus
Fri 1/14/2011	The scope of plant physiology
Mon 1/17/2011	Martin Luther King holiday
Tue 1/18/2011	LAB: Basic lab methods
Wed 1/19/2011	Plant cells	Review	Study cell micrographs
Fri 1/21/2011	Plant tissues and organs	Review	Study plant tissues images
Plant water relations
Mon 1/24/2011	Water, bulk flow and diffusion	Ch 1: 1-8
Tue 1/25/2011	LAB: Beer's Law I
Wed 1/26/2011	Osmosis and water potential	Ch 1:8-17	Water potential problems
Fri 1/28/2011	Osmosis and water potential	Ch 1:8-17	Water potential problems
Mon 1/31/2011	Measuring water potential
Tue 2/1/2011	LAB: Beer's Law II
Wed 2/2/2011	Transpiration	Ch 2: 19-25
Fri 2/4/2011	DSU closed due to winter weather
Mon 2/7/2011	Xylem transport	Ch 2: 24-37
Tue 2/8/2011	LAB: Measuring water potential
Wed 2/9/2011	Xylem transport	Ch 2: 24-37
Plants and mineral nutrients
Fri 2/11/2011	Roots and mineral absorption	Ch 3: 39-49
Mon 2/14/2011	EXAM 1 (through xylem)	Exam notes
Tue 2/15/2011	LAB: Measuring solute potential
Wed 2/16/2011	Roots and mineral absorption	Ch 3: 49-59
Fri 2/18/2011	The essential minerals	Ch 4: 61-76
Photosynthesis
Mon 2/21/2011	Introduction to photosynthesis	Ch 7: 113-114
	Review of thermodynamics (reading only)	Ch 5: 77-85
Tue 2/22/2011	LAB: Membranes (beet lab)
Wed 2/23/2011	Light and photosynthetic pigments	Ch 6: 93-103
	Light reactions, introduction	Ch 7: 109-114
Fri 2/25/2011	Photosystems	Ch 7: 114-119
Mon 2/28/2011	Photophosporylation	Ch 7: 120-128, Ch 5: 85-91
Tue 3/1/2011	LAB: Phosphate uptake (start)
Wed 3/2/2011	Calvin cycle	Ch 8: 136-142
Fri 3/4/2011	Calvin cycle	Ch 8: 136-142
Mon 3/7/2011	Stomata and carbon dioxide uptake	Ch 8: 129-136
Tue 3/8/2011	LAB: Phosphate uptake (finish)
Photosynthate assimilation and transport
Wed 3/9/2011	NO CLASS (only 3 students present)
Fri 3/11/2011	EXAM 2 (through light reactions)	Exam notes
Mon 3/14/2011	SPRING BREAK: 3/14-3/18
Mon 3/21/2011	Phloem transport	Ch 9: 156-166
Tue 3/22/2011	LAB: phosphate analysis with Excel
Wed 3/23/2011	Phloem transport	Ch 9: 156-166
Photosynthesis and environment
Fri 3/25/2011	Photosynthesis and the environment	Ch 12: 213-218
Mon 3/28/2011	C-4 photosynthesis	Ch 15: 261-267
Tue 3/29/2011	LAB: pigment chromatography
Wed 3/30/2011	CAM photosynthesis	Ch 15: 267-274
Growth and development
Fri 4/1/2011	Growth, basic concepts	Ch 16: 275-279
Mon 4/4/2011	Growth at the cellular level	Ch 17: 289-304
Tue 4/5/2011	LAB: The Hill reaction
Wed 4/6/2011	Plant hormones: auxin	Ch 18: 305-316
Fri 4/8/2011	EXAM 3 (through CAM)	Exam notes
Mon 4/11/2011	Plant hormones: other hormones	Ch 19, 20, 21
Tue 4/12/2011	LAB:
Wed 4/13/2011	Plant hormones: other hormones	Ch 19, 20, 21
Fri 4/15/2011	Plant movements	Ch 23
Mon 4/18/2011	Film: The Green Machine
Tue 4/19/2011	NO LAB
Wed 4/20/2011	NO CLASS
Fri 4/22/2011	Easter holiday
Mon 4/25/2011	Photomorphogenesis	Ch 22
Tue 4/26/2011	LAB: Wrap-up
Wed 4/27/2011	Photoperiodism	Ch 24
Fri 4/29/2011	Photoperiodism	Ch 24
Wed 5/4/2011	FINAL EXAM - 3:00 PM