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Spring
2004 Syllabus
Lecture Presentations
Sample Exam Questions
Extra
Credit Plant Project
Glossary
Terms
Study
Suggestions
BSCI
125 Lab
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A plant will be given to each student to take care of as
an extra credit project.
Keeping Track of Things:
- Keep
a journal that records the growth, flowering, and (hopefully not)
the death of your plant.
- The
longer you keep your plant alive this semester, the better your
journal project will turn out. If you hand in a journal that
simply states ‘plant died’, then you probably will
not get 10 points for the journal!
- Be
creative! Some suggestions for your journal notebook:
- use
a permanently bound notebook as your journal
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use loose-leaf paper gathered by a plastic report cover
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use the creative ‘scrap booking’ style and make your own notebook!
your imagination is the limit!
- Use pencil, pen, color pencils, color prints, photographs of
your plant etc... Most of all, remember to have fun!
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Accurate
Observations:
- Keen observation
is the key to successful science explorations. Twice a week, observe
your plant and make notes
on plant characteristics such as
differences
in height (how tall is your plant at day 8…day 10 etc.), leaf shape
(what different leaf shapes occur), leaf color, and number of flowers
(if any).
- To organize your
data, you can set up a small spreadsheet table recording
some of the potential changes in these plant characteristics.
- Make notes
on potential problems you encounter (yellowing leaves, wilting,
insect attack…. etc) and solutions you tried to reverse
these life-threatening problems.
- Did any of the
solutions tried actually reverse the problem? Even if there are no
apparent problems, is there
some change that may make
the plant grow better?
Try it.
- Be sure to incorporate
pictures, drawings or graphs to clarify observations described in
the text of your journal.
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Communicating
your observations:
- Written explanation is essential. Make sure
you write your observations or findings in your journal along with any
pictures or tables that you might have.
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Extra
Credit Grade Points:
- 15
points of extra credit will be based upon the quality and accuracy
of your final plant journal project.
- All
completed journals are due in class on the last day of classes
(Dec 11th).
- See
syllabus for course grade details.
For further details on your plant type, plant care, links, etc.,
go to: http://www.life.umd.edu/classroom/bsci124/plants.html
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Fall 2003
Dr. Edgar Moctezuma
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