SI, Marathon Reviews, and Group OH for the 2nd Midterm

Here are the schedules for the remaining SI sessions, the SI Leaders' Marathon Reviews and my Group OH.

Thursday: Jeffrey: 6-7:30pm HH104

MARATHONS:
Thursday: Suzanne: 7-10pm Bio LH100
Sunday: Jeffrey 2-5pm Bio LH100

Group OH
Monday: 6:30 - ?? Bio room 21

Homework Assignment #4

HW #4 is now available on Mastering Biology.

Plant Diversity- Ferns

Ferns are examples of the first vascular plants.

Readings From Textbook

pages 610 - 617


Lecture Video: http://mediacast.ttu.edu/Mediasite/Play/bd420633464742c09ae19a749929d3661d?catalog=4dc7289a-d3e0-4ae5-8fdc-5b86c027a06b



Expected Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course a fully engaged student should be able to

- discuss the components of the vascular system
- discuss the advantage of a having a vascular system
- diagram the life cycle of a fern
- discuss the morphological and physiological characteristics of ferns
- discuss the characteristics of ferns that makes them considered to be advanced relative to mosses but primitive relative to the gumnosperms
- discuss how the morphological and life history characteristics limits their size and geographic distrubution

Homework Assignments 2 and 3

The second homework assignment, covering cellular respiration, is currently available on the MasteringBiology website.  The due date for this assignment is Saturday March 2nd by 11:59 PM (really, I have set the time correctly!!).

The third homework assignment, covering primitive plants, will become available on Wednesday February 27th.  The due date for this assignment is Monday March 4th by 11:59 PM.

Keep an eye out for my final homework assignment that will be due before the exam on Tuesday March 5th.

Homework #1- Update

Hello Everyone,

Thanks to everyone who sent me a message letting me know that I had set the completion time for HW #1 for 11:50 AM rather than 11:59 PM as I intended.  Because so many of you contacted me I am unable to respond to all of you individually.

The purpose of the homework problems are to encourage you to spend more time studying the material.  Because it is not fair to punish anyone for a mistake that I made, ALL STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE THE FULL 12 POINTS FOR THE FIRST HW ASSIGNMENT.

Recent Research about Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change

Melting Permafrost: Scientists Warn of Dangers of Trapped Carbon

http://abcnews.go.com/International/melting-permafrost-scientists-warn-dangers-trapped-carbon/story?id=18569156

Plant Diversity- Algae and Mosses

Plants are interesting to me because they are so different from us and the organisms that we are most familiar with (mostly animals). At first these differences will cause unfamiliarity, but eventually you will not be so bogged down by learning new vocabulary and you will hopefully come to realize that plants are more interesting than you might have thought (and besides, no plants means no dorritos, french fries, or beer?).


Lecture Videos: http://mediacast.ttu.edu/Mediasite/Play/970d298352ea462587ecf88d87bae3421d?catalog=4dc7289a-d3e0-4ae5-8fdc-5b86c027a06b


http://mediacast.ttu.edu/Mediasite/Play/bd420633464742c09ae19a749929d3661d?catalog=4dc7289a-d3e0-4ae5-8fdc-5b86c027a06b





Readings From Textbook

pages 600 - 610.

Further Viewing

1) Here is the slideshow that I will use in class for the final three lectures.

http://www.slideshare.net/secret/DBv71wnKTH1YBN

2) Here is a powerpoint presentation from a group called "world of teaching" that covers plant diversity? There are many "quiz questions" that should be helpful to look at.

http://www.worldofteaching.com/powerpoints/biology/Plant%20Divisions.ppt

Primitive Plants

Expected Learning Outcomes

A the end of this course a fully engaged student should be able to

- functionally define a plant
- discuss the characteristics of a primitive plant such as Chlamydomonas
- diagram a life cycle of a human
- diagram the life cycle of Chlamydomonas
- distinguish between oogamy and isogamy
- discuss the evolutionary advantage of multicellularity, diploid dominance, and oogamy

Transition to Land

Expected Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course a fully engaged student should be able to

- discuss the problems plants face when moving to the land
- discuss the characteristics of the ancestor of land plants
- diagram the life cycle of a moss
- discuss the morphological and physiological characteristics of mosses
- discuss the characteristics of mosses that makes them considered to be advanced relative to primitive plants but primitive relative to the ferns
- discuss how the morphological and life history characteristics of mosses limits their growth and geographic distribution