Lecture Syllabus

Lecture is at 11 a.m. in 112 Chem Annex
Textbooks: Environmental Science: A Global Concern,10e  by Cunningham and Cunningham
                                   An ebook of the text may be purchased at www.coursesmart.com.
                     Plants and Society,5e  by Levetin and McMahon (free electronic access through Moodle)

Date

Topic

Reading

Exam Schedule

Aug. 24

Introduction to an Environmental Outlook on Plant Biology and PDF version Ch. 1 and Dr. Mom's Guide to College  

Aug. 26

Environmental Ethics ~~ Feeding a Hungry World and PDF version
  Ch. 2, Ch. 9.1
Aug. 31
 Energy Flows, Matter Cycles and PDF version  Ch. 3  
Sept. 2
 Community Relationships and PDF version Ch. 4  
Sept. 7
No Class~~Labor Day
 

Sept. 9

 Population Ecology  and PDF version
 Ch. 6  
Sept. 14
 Human Population Dynamics and PDF version
  Ch. 7
Sept. 16
 Plant Structures for Capturing Energy & Matter and PDF version Levetin & McMahon Chapter 3  
Sept. 21
Capturing Energy: Photosynthesis and PDF version Levetin & McMahon Chapter 4     
Sept. 23
 Productivity and PDF version Ch 4.3 and 5.4   
Sept. 28
 Releasing Energy: Respiration and PDF version
  Levetin & McMahon Chapter 4
Sept. 30
     Exam 1 - 15% (covers 8/25 - 9/28)
Oct. 5
Plants that Feed the World and PDF version
 Ch. 9.2, page 184 and in Leventin & McMahon, pages 91, 188-189, 193, 198-203, and 221-231  
Oct. 7
Plants that Feed the World, cont.
 
Oct. 12
 Flowering Plant Reproduction and PDF version
Leventin & McMahon Chapter 5
  
Oct. 14
 Flowering Plant Reproduction, cont.
 
Oct. 19
Pollination & Bee Colony Collapse and PDF version
 HoneyBeeQuiet.com and KQED: Quest

 
Oct. 21
 Fruits & Plant Dispersal and PDF version

 Leventin & McMahon Chapter 6
Oct. 26
Green Revolutions and PDF version
 Ch. 9.5-9.6 & 9.8, Leventin & McMahon Chapter 15 & Green Revolution: Curse or Blessing  
Oct. 28
 Nutrient Cycle Disruption & Dead Zones and PDF Pages 402-404

 
Nov. 2
DNA & Protein Synthesis and PDF version Leventin & McMahon Chapter 1, pgs. 12-17 and 7, pgs. 116-120  
Nov. 4
    Exam 2 - 15% (covers 10/5 - 10/28)
Nov. 9
 Genetic Technologies and PDF version Ch. 9.7 and Leventin & McMahon, page 120

 
Nov. 10
GM Crops: Applications & Concerns and PDF version

Ch 15 in Leventin & McMahon
Nov. 16

Climate Change & Future Challenges and PDF version

Ch. 15  
Nov. 18
 Biofuels and PDF version Pages 463-466 in Cunningham and Energy Future Coalition: The Biofuels FAQs  
Nov. 30
Ecological Economics and PDF version Ch. 23
  
Dec. 2
Biodiversity and PDF version
 Ch. 11
  
Dec. 7
Biodiversity:  Preserving Lanscapes and PDF version

Ch. 12

  
Dec. 9
Restoration Ecology & Phytoremediation and PDF version Ch. 13, The Missouri Botanical Gardens site on Phytoremediation  
Dec. 18 8:00-11:00 a.m.
   Comprehensive Final - 20%