• Safety
• Exercises
• Videos
• Presentations

• Lab & Field Safety
• Safety Contract
• Lab Groups

Exercises

1.  Surface-to-volume Ratios

• Surface-to-volume ratios

2:  Maple Syrup Lab  (note these handouts are shared with another course (Plant Physiology)

• Introduction
• Tapping a Maple Tree
• Using a Refractometer
• Maple Sugar Quiz
• Pre & Post Lab Assignments

3.  Soil Water & Growth Media

• Lessons from a Sponge
• Sponge:  Pre & Post Lab
• Comparison of Propagation Media
• Media:  Pre & Post Lab

4.  Leaf Anatomy

• Environmental Influence on Leaf Anatomy (includes Post Lab)
• Leaf Pre Lab

5.  Pollen Analysis Lab

• Pollen:  Pre & Post Lab
• Pollen Analysis

6.  Rapid Cycling Brassica rapa (Fast Plants)

• Pod Size in RCBr
• Pod Size:  Pre & Post-Lab
• Life Cycle of RCBr
• Life Cycle:  Pre & Post-Lab
• Growing Techniques for RCBr

7.  Seed Germination

• Seed Germination Exercises

• Tetrazolium Test for Seed Viability

• Reading a Seed Packet

• Seed Questions

8.  Brine Shrimp Assay for Biologically Active Chemicals

• Bioassay Experiment
• Herbarium & Collecting Techniques (from Plant taxonomy)
• Bioassay: Pre & Post Lab

9.  Mineral Nutrition

• Fertilizer Cost Based on Nitrogen
• Calculating the concentration of nitrogen in a fertilizer
• Reading a Fertilizer Label

10. Leaves and Climate

• Are Leaves Good Predictors of Climate?
• Climate: Pre & Post Lab
• Tree Assignments
• Common Trees and Shrubs of St. John's (for a more detailed checklist -  Checklist of Trees & Shrubs of the College of St .Benedict and St. John's University)

12.  Deciduous Trees of Central Minnesota 

• Deciduous Tree Lab
• Checklist of Woody Plants of St. John's (for a more complete listing, click here)
• Assignments:  Pre Lab; Post Lab - in class quiz

13.  Gymnosperms of Central Minnesota

• Common Gymnosperms in Central Minnesota (includes Pre Lab)
• Assignments:  Pre-Lab; Post-Lab
• Conifer Key
• Trees for the Christmas Season
• Conifer adaptations

14.  Spiders & Hedge Apples Lab

• Post Lab

15. Assorted

• Bogus Botany Poster Presentation
• Botanical Science Survey
• Greenhouse Observations - S '05
• Independent Project Proposal Form - S '05
• Bogus Botany Lab Project - S'05
• Equations & Conversions
• Metric System/Conversions
• Scientific Notation
• Writing Scientific Names
• Graph Preparation
• Statistical Tests (CSB/SJU physics site)
• Another Stats Site
• HyperStat Online Textbook

Presentations

• Writing a Lab Report
• Lab Report Checklist
• Preparing a Poster Presentation
• Poster Presentation Checklist

Video Questions

• Private Lives #1 - Questions
• Private Lives #2 - Questions
• Private Lives #3 - Questions
• Private Lives #5 - Questions
• Private Lives #6 - Questions
• Death Trap (Carnivorous Plants)
• Seeds for Tomorrow - Video Questions