Requirements:
Requirements
and pedagogy for this course may change.
Input from YOU is important for shaping the course. Please input to the class and me often.
1. 20% Exam/quiz 1 in class exam after midterm or 6-7
in-class 15min
quizzes. Class decides.
2.
35% Portfolio
3.
35% Team Project
4.
10% Participation
Portfolios:
Each
student will build a primary literature portfolio, finding, on average, 1 good/substantial
research paper/week to add to their portfolio. You should find a paper appropo to each week’s class topic.
The
final portfolio must contain 10 papers
Each paper must be printed out or
available on CD as a .pdf file.
Each paper must be accompanied with
1-3 page single-spaced synopsis, printed out or on CD as a .pdf or .doc file.
The synopsis must contain:
— the purpose of the work and the key questions
— list of key outcomes of
the research
— 1-2 key figures
annotated (important aspects of figures, not just repeat of
legends); be numeric when you can be.
*— outline detail of the discussion;
theories, possible interpretations, unresolved questions
— 1-2 cited papers you would definitely want to follow up on and why.
Team Projects: (link to teams and assignments)
—Working in pairs, though pairs will
change during the course, you will library search and build information about
an aspect of environmental plant physiology.
This will become more refined as we proceed. You will periodically share information with the class so that we
all can learn along with you. Projects
will change, but you will gain the information and resources put together by
other groups as we proceed (I hope or think!).
—The final project will be in the form
of an annotated PowerPoint presentation in class. Also the team must turn in electronic copy either on
P:\courses\biology\bio245\projects or on CD.
—Assessment: Along with the electronic
copy there must be a summary page stating the process and organization of work
that the team used, the contribution of each team member, and acknowledging
other team’s contributions. Each member
of the team must sign this statement.
Evaluation
of your achievement in this class is based on:
your
understanding
your
ability to express yourself in a scientific fashion,
your
willingness to question results and interpretations,
your
ability to integrate various levels of knowledge
your
effort to reflect on the material, your participation in discussion, and your
congenial and
enthusiastic attitude.
On
plagiarism and academic dishonesty:
Know
the Kenyon College rules on academic honesty described in the2004-2005 Course
of Study Handbook, pp. 26-29.
Please
understand that citing an author in your text in scientific fashion (see Biol
109 guidelines to writing a paper) does NOT suffice as documentation for
quoting directly or essentially paraphrasing the words of another. In the cases of using words of another or
closely paraphrasing, you must use quotes as well as in-text citing. However, quoting is not favored in science,
rather you should make every effort to contextualize in your own words.
KENYON
COLLEGE
BIO
245: ENVIRONMENTAL PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Spring
2005
MWF
10:10am Fischman Rm 103
jerry
uelsmann, Photo Synthesis 1992
Text: Hopkins and Hüner Introduction to Plant Physiology 3rd Ed 2004
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WEEK OF: SUBJECT READING
Jan 17 Introduction: Creating the Syllabus Review: Ch 1.1-1.4, Ch 2
Environment and plant physiology Read: Ch 1.8,
...What has evolution made exquisite Ch 3.1-3.2
in plants? Begin exploration of radiation
Jan 24 discussion of Climate and plant interactions
Radiation and photosynthesis Ch 3.3, Ch 4
Jan 31 Ch 5
Feb 4 first paper analysis due, Quiz 1
Feb 7 discuss CAM and C4 adaptations Ch 6
Moving photoassimilates
Feb 14 Respiration of photoassimilates: alternatives Ch 7 (7.1-7.7 review, 7.8-7.12 discussion)
Feb 21 Water relations: cellular & whole plant Ch 10,11
& plant communities
Feb 28 Essential mineral elements:their Chp 12, 13
acquisition and nutrient cycling in communities
Mar 5-20 Spring Break
Mar 21 Environmental influences on growth and Ch 14, 15, 16
Development
Mar 28 Seasonality of growth; Phenology Ch 17, 19, 20
(plant development as an indicator of
weather and climate changes)
Apr 4 Plants under abiotic stress Ch 21.1-21.4
Apr 11 Plants under abiotic stress Ch 21.4-21.6
Apr 18 Plants under biotic stress Ch 21.7
Apr 25 Plant chemical strategies Ch 22
Apr 29-May 6 Team Project Conference Presentations
May 10 Portfolios due no later
Photo art: jerry uelsmann, Photo Synthesis 1992
Syllabus omits nitrogen metabolism ch 8 , crop productivity ch 9, plant movements ch 18, plant bioengineering ch 23.