Anatomy Around Us | Web Quizzes | In-class Quizzes
Anatomy Around Us: We live in a world of plants, all of which have anatomy. The purpose of this exercise is to explore the anatomy of everyday plants: food, wood, cultivated and wildland plants. Each student will bring in a total of eight items during the quarter (signed-up in advance). Each item should be accompanied by a data sheet. In the case of food items, bring at least enough to allow dissection and for everyone who wishes to taste the item. For cultivated and wildland plants, bring the part of interest, with adequate material for dissection. Wood items require observation of the grain; if an item is valuable, but the grain is not visible without cutting or sanding, don't bring it. All items will be discussed and photographed. You will be provided with copies of the photos. Please take notes. From the notes, photos, and your original data sheet, put together a short report on the item, due the following week. These reports will likely form a major part of your portfolio, so take care with them. 40% of course grade
Web quizzes: The web site for the textbook has a ten-question multiple choice quiz for every chapter. Each quiz includes the ability to submit the results by email, to yourself and me. Your assignment is to complete each quiz by midnight Wednesday of the week indicated. Your score on the quiz is unimportant—I am grading only on whether you submit them—so please turn in your first attempt so I can see what topics are giving problems. 10% of course grade
In-class quizzes: Every week (at a regular time decided by the class), you will take a short quiz that may include questions from the web quizzes, other questions from the covered units in the text, and questions from the previous week’s plant examples. The two lowest quizzes will be dropped, but there are no other provisions for absences. 20% of course grade
This is the official syllabus of BOT 435 as taught by Curtis Clark. It is subject to change without notice to anyone but students currently enrolled in the class.
Spring Quarter, 2003