Lab Schedule

BIOL 330/630 Fall 1999

LAB SCHEDULE
Thursdays, 1:00-5:00 PM - BB 322 or in the Field

Aug. 26 Use of keys; Introduction to BIOL 330 Web page; Plant collection technique; Herbarium use (Read Walters and Keil Chapters 4 and 6)

Sept. 2 Field Trip -- Montandon Marsh - freshwater marsh, swamp woodlands, & old fields
(Bring Newcomb and Petrides on all field trips)

9 Field Trip -- Dales Ridge (C. Walker's Property) - limestone synclinal ridge, Buffalo Creek floodplain, & old fields

16 Field Trip -- Shamokin Mountain (Properties owned by Abrahamson, McDiffett, and Burnham, & State Game Lands #93) - sandstone ridge wooded uplands & old fields

17
Special Lecture -- Dr. Shellee Morehead, Burpee Postdoctoral Fellow, "Host-specificity in Dipteran parasitoids of tropical ants," 4 PM, Rooke 116.

23 Practical Exam I
Field Trip -- Jones Mountain (State Lands) - sandstone ridge wooded uplands & elevation gradients to 2000'

30 Gymnosperm Lab - Refer to Chapters 7, 9; Family Focus I
(Bring Walters and Keil to all indoor labs)

Oct. 7 Monocot Lab -- Refer to Chapters 10, 19, 20; Family Focus II

14 Field Trip -- Longwood Gardens -- all-day trip

21
Practical Exam II -- Comprehensive

22
Special Lecture -- Dr. Claude de Pamphilis, Penn State University, "Molecular evolutionary biology of photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic plants," 4 PM, Rooke 116

28 Dicot I Lab -- Refer to Chapters 11, 17, 18; Family Focus III

Nov. 4 Dicot II Lab -- Refer to Chapters 12, 13, 16; Family Focus IV

11 Dicot III Lab -- Refer to Chapters 14, 15; Family Focus V

18 Plant Collection Due; Phyletics/Cladistics Exercise

25 Thanksgiving Recess

Dec. 2 Practical Exam III -- Comprehensive

Aug. 26	Use of keys; Introduction to BIOL 330 Web page; Plant collection technique; Herbarium use (Read Walters and Keil Chapters 4 and 6)
Sept. 2	Field Trip -- Montandon Marsh - freshwater marsh, swamp woodlands, & old fields (Bring Newcomb and Petrides on all field trips)
9	Field Trip -- Dales Ridge (C. Walker's Property) - limestone synclinal ridge, Buffalo Creek floodplain, & old fields
16	Field Trip -- Shamokin Mountain (Properties owned by Abrahamson, McDiffett, and Burnham, & State Game Lands #93) - sandstone ridge wooded uplands & old fields
17	Special Lecture -- Dr. Shellee Morehead, Burpee Postdoctoral Fellow, "Host-specificity in Dipteran parasitoids of tropical ants," 4 PM, Rooke 116.
23	Practical Exam I Field Trip -- Jones Mountain (State Lands) - sandstone ridge wooded uplands & elevation gradients to 2000'
30	Gymnosperm Lab - Refer to Chapters 7, 9; Family Focus I (Bring Walters and Keil to all indoor labs)
Oct. 7	Monocot Lab -- Refer to Chapters 10, 19, 20; Family Focus II
14	Field Trip -- Longwood Gardens -- all-day trip
21	Practical Exam II -- Comprehensive
22	Special Lecture -- Dr. Claude de Pamphilis, Penn State University, "Molecular evolutionary biology of photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic plants," 4 PM, Rooke 116
28	Dicot I Lab -- Refer to Chapters 11, 17, 18; Family Focus III
Nov. 4	Dicot II Lab -- Refer to Chapters 12, 13, 16; Family Focus IV
11	Dicot III Lab -- Refer to Chapters 14, 15; Family Focus V
18	Plant Collection Due; Phyletics/Cladistics Exercise
25	Thanksgiving Recess
Dec. 2	Practical Exam III -- Comprehensive