C. Robert Eddinger, Ph.D.
845-9143
5-102D
eddinger@hcc.hawaii.edu

Course Description -- 101: Lectures in this course will explore plant growth and development by means of a study of plant structure and function. There will be a consideration of evolution and classification and the interaction between plants and the environment. (3 credits)

Course Description -- 101L: Laboratories will involve specific application of lecture material and several field trips to various parts of Oahu. (1 credit)

PREREQUISITE: none

COREQUISITE: Botany 101 and Botany 101L are corequistes with each other. They must be taken together.

TEXTS:

Raven, Evert, Curtis. Biology of Plants. Worth Publishers, Inc., N.Y.
Balbach, Bliss. A Laboratory Manual for General Botany. Saunders College Publishing.
Eddinger, Bob. Lecture and Laboratory Notes for Botany 101. Publication of Honolulu Community College.

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES: The student will

• 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.

Methods of Evaluation:

You will receive one grade for this course.. Lecture and laboratory scores are added together and you receive the same grade for Botany 101 and Botany 101L. Your final grade will be based on 'the total number of points that you receive out of a possible 300 points. Thirty of those points will be based upon your development of laboratory and field tech niques. There will be no make-up examinations without a written doctor's excuse. If you miss an examination unexcused you will receive no points for that examination and a zero will be averaged with your total score.

Break down of points:                                                 Points Needed for Letter Grades:

First Lecture Examination =  50 points                         300-270 = A = 100-90%
Second Lecture Examination = 50 points                     269-240 = B = 89-800
Third Lecture Examination = 50 points                        239-180 = C = 79-60%
Fourth Lecture Examination = 50 points                      179-150 = D = 59-50%
                                                                                  149-0  = F =  Below 50%

First Lab. Examination 20 points
Second Lab. Examination 25 points
Third Leb. Examination 25 points
Lab. & Field Technique 30 points    Total Points = 300