BOT 101L - General Botany I Laboratory

Laboratories will involve specific application of lecture material and several field trips to various parts of Oahu.

Upon successful completion of BOT 101L, the student will be able to:

Trace the evolution of plant life: the beginning of life, how living things changed, the first plants and how they changed earth, the movement of plants from water onto land.
Identify plant cells: structure, function, and reproduction.
Synthesize basic chemistry as It relates to living things: photosynthesis, respiration, the molecular composition of cells, the movement of substances Into and out of cells.
Describe how basic physics relates to living things: energy exchanges and their importance within organisms and ecosystems.
Examine the chemistry of genetics, Mendilian genetics and the Importance of genetic engineering in producing better plant products.
Explore the evolution of plant diversity: the behavior, of genes In populations, changes in populations, the divergence of populations and the evolutionary role of hybridization.
Categorize the five kingdoms of living things with an emphasis on four of those kingdoms, excluding Animalia (multicellular animals).
Detect how plants determine biomes and the role of plants in ecosystems.
Classify plant growth and development: plant hormones.
Analyze external factors and plant growth: tropisms and circadian rhythms.
Describe the movement of water and solutes In plants.
Distinguish plant anatomy: roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruit.
Tabulate economic and ecological importance of plants in Hawaii.