Tentative schedule of topics and readings

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Class	Date	Day	Topic	Readings
1	Jan 14	1	Introduction, taxonomy & overview Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) Sex and slime molds Endosymbiosis Red algae Dinoflagellates and euglenids	none
2	Jan 16	3		Thajuddin and Subramanian 2005
3	Jan 18	5		cyanobacteria poem Tomitani et al., 2006
4	Jan 22	1		none
5	Jan 24	3		Slime mold readings
6	Jan 28	5		Archibald and Keeling 2002
7	Jan 30	1
8	Feb 1	3
9	Feb 5	5	EXAM 1 (classes 1-8)
10	Feb 7	1	Chromists and the cryptophytes and haptophytes (=prymnesiophytes) Oomycetes Chysophytes Diatoms Phaeophytes (brown algae) Fungi intro and chytrids Overview of the fungi	Click here and use "Lamberts" as your search term
11	Feb 11	3		ditto
12	Feb 13	5		ditto
13	Feb 15	1		ditto
14	Feb 19	3
15	Feb 25	5		fungus paper 1 fungus paper 2
16	Feb 27	1
17	Feb 29	3
18	Mar 4	5
19	Mar 6	1	EXAM 2 (classes 10-16)
20	Mar 10	3	Lichens
21	Mar 12	5	Green algae
22	Mar 14	1	P O S T E R ..S E S S I O N
23	Mar 26	3	Bryophytes   Seedless vascular plants
24	Mar 28	5
25	Apr 1	1
26	Apr 3	3
27	Apr 7	5
28	Apr 9	1
29	Apr 11	3	EXAM 3 (classes 18-28)
30	Apr 15	5	Meet the gymnosperms Gymnosperms Angiosperms Flowers and fruits
31	Apr 17	1
32	Apr 21	3
33	Apr 24	5
34	Apr 28	1
35	Apr 30	3
36	May 2	5
Tuesday, May 8  3:30-5:30 pm			F I N A L ...E X A M....(classes 30-36)

LINKS

• Click here to open the LIFE CYCLE WORKSHEET
• Link for evaluating websites, courtesy CSB/SJU library.
• Link for citing websites -- there are a number of citation systems out there...this one will do for us.

Botanical sites useful for PLANT DIVERSITY

General

• Great Botany Search Web: lots of interesting botanical links
• Archnet botanical resources
• Kingdom Photos

Slime molds

• Myxoweb: try the main page and the table of contents. The main page includes a like to a radio program of slime mold music. The table of contents page has links to great discussions of morphology, life cycle and ecology.
• Myxolinks: a page of links to sites about myxomycetes and dictyomycetes
• Physarum plus: a page for "students of Physarum polycephalum and other acellular slime molds"
• Introduction to Slime Molds: both cellular and plasmodial

Fungi

• Fungi Photos: a Gopher menu of photos of various fungi
• the Internet Directory for Botany: Lower Plants -- fungi
• Tom Volk's Fungi: check out the fungus of the month!
• Fun with lichens: what can I say?
• Lichens of North America -- lots of info

Algae

• Phycological Society of America: the American organization of scientists who study algae
• Centex naturalist: some guy from central Texas (as far as I can figure out) has posted photos of freshwater and marine algae (plus other stuff)
• Introduction to the Chromista: a site devoted to heterokonts (oomycetes, diatoms, brown algae, etc.)
• Introduction to the Rhodophyta: all about red algae
• Introduction to the Dinoflagellata: a brief overview
• Dinoflagellates: a nice look at modern and fossil forms. Good links.
• the Internet Directory for Botany: Lower Plants -- algae

Kingdom Plantae

• Land Plants Online: lots of good info on each of the phyla in kingdom Plantae

Bryophytes

• the Internet Directory for Botany: Lower Plants -- bryophytes

Seedless vascular plants

• the Internet Directory for Botany: Lower Plants -- vascular plants (by family)
• Rhynie Chert Flora -- fossils and reconstructions of an ancient plant community

Gymnosperms

• Gymnosperm database homepage -- a wealth of information, species by species
• Gymnosperm database: links -- a link to more links
• the Cycad Pages -- visit "the intriguing world of cycads"
• The virtual cycad encyclopedia -- everything you wanted to know...
• Introduction to the Ginkgoales -- pleased to meet you too.

Anthophtyta

•  coming soon

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