| About the book | |
This laboratory manual assumes no previous knowledge of the biological sciences on the part of the student. It is designed for use in a one-semester or one-quarter introductory course in plant biology and shorter introductory botany courses open to both nonmajors and majors. Both the principles of biology and the scientific method are introduced, using plants as illustrations. The exercises demonstrate the underlying unity of all living organisms at the cellular level. The manual is designed so that students can work more or less independently. Instructors are free to require different drawings or other assignments and may also omit some of those suggested within each exercise. Students are encouraged to read the laboratory exercise before coming to class. Laboratory preparation quizzes are provided at the end of each exercise. Answers to the laboratory preparation quizzes are discernible within the particular exercises and should not require checking other sources. Each exercise includes suggested learning goals and exercise review questions. Answers to the lab manual exercise review questions can be found on the Online Learning Center that accompanies the Eleventh Edition textbook. | |
| Key features | |
?A more accurate description of the types of microscopes has been added to the introduction ?The section on scanning tunneling microscopes has been re-written to more accurately describe how the instrument operates
?The section on ?Drawings to Be Submitted? has been re-written to follow the order of specimens viewed in lab and the terms ?xylem? and ?phloem? have been added to the drawings for a pine leaf and a lilac leaf
?The term, Anthocerophyta has been changed to ?Anthocerotophyta? ?The term, ?Pterophyta? has been changed to ?Polypodiophyta?
?The section on ?Drawings to Be Submitted? has been re-written to follow the order of specimens viewed in lab
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| About the author | |
Kingsley Stern Kingsley Stern is currently Professor Emeritus of Botany at California State University, Chico. He received his Ph.D. in botany from the University of Minnesota. He is a member of the Botanical Society of America, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, and the California Botanical Society. | |
| Table of contents | |
1: The Microscope 2: The Cell 3: Mitosis 4: Roots 5: Stems 6: Leaves 7: Plant Propagation 8: Cell Components and Products 9: Diffusion, Growth, and Hormones 10: Photosynthesis 11: Water in Plants; Respiration; Digestion 12: Meiosis and Alternation of Generations 13: Domain and Kingdom Survey 14: Domains Archaea and Bacteria; Kingdom Protista 15: Kingdom Fungi (Mycota) 16: Bryophytes and Ferns 17: Kingdom Plantae: Gymnosperms 18: Kingdom Plantae: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants--Phylum Magnoliophyta) 19: Fruits, Spices, Survival Plants, and Poisonous Plants 20: Ecology 21: Genetics | |
