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Common Course Number: BOT-lOlO-L
Course Title BotanyLaboratory
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Catalo2 Course Description: Laboratoryfor BOT-IOIO.
Credit Hours Breakdown: 1 lecturehour
Prerequisite: none
CoreQuisite:BOT-1010,with C gradeor better
Course Competencies:
Competency 1.
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The Microscope.
Upon successfUlcompletion ofthis course,the student will be able to use the light microscope in a botany
laboratory setting by:
1.1 Identifying and statingthe functionsof the primary partsof a compoundmicroscope.
1.2 Showingthe properusethe microscopeby being.ableto (a) carry a microscopeproperly, (b) focus
a slide on a microscope,(c) preparea wet mount,(d) determinetotal magnificationof the various
objectivelensesandthe ocular lens.
The mission of Miami-Dade Community College is to provide accessible, affordable, high quality education
by keeping the learnerlJs needs at the center of decision making and working in partnership
with its dynamic, multi-cultural community.
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Competency2: The Plant Cell
Upon successfulcompletionof this course,the studentwill be ableto study of a typical plant cell
usingthe light microscopeby:
2.1 Showingwhethera cep is prokaryoticor eukaryoticon the basisof its structure.
2.2 Preparinga wet mount of botanicalmaterialto view undera compoundlight microscope
2.3 Describingthe structureand function of cellular organellesvisible with a light microscope
Competency3: Studyof PlantMitosis,
Upon successfulcompletionof this course,the studentwill be ableto describenormal somaticcell
division in plantsby:
3.1 Describing/explainingthe eventsassociatedwith the cell cycle in plants.
3.2 Describethe eventsassociatedwith plant mitosis
3.3 Distinguishingthe mitotic phasesin preparedplant slides.
Comoetencv4: ExaminePlant cell andtissuetypes
Upon successfulcompletionof this course,the studentwill be ableto describethe different tissue
typesin plantsby:
4.1 Identifying the characteristicsof parenchyma,collenchyma,sclerenchyma,epidermisandvascular
tissuein fixed plant slides.
4.2 Explain the structuralvariationsexhibitedby the cell typesthat form different tissues
The mission of Miami-Dade Community College is to provide accessible, affordable, high quality education
by keeping the leamerDs needs at the center of decision making and working in partnership
with its dynamic, multi-cultural community.
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Competency6: Examinationof Plant stems
Explainingthe structureand function of stems
Describingthe externalfeaturesof woody stems
Describingthe primary structureof monocotstems
Describingthe secondarygrowth of stems
Competency7: Examinationof Leaves.
Jponsuccessfulcompletionof this course,the studentwill be ableto understandthe differentkind
nd typesof leaf structuresin plantsby:
.1 Explainingand describingthe different typesof leaf venation
.2 Describingthe internalanatomyof leavesof monocotsand dicots
.3 Explainingthe significanceof anatomicaldifferencesin leaf anatomy
.4 Explainingthe adaptationsof leavesof mesophytes,xerophytesand hydrophytes
.5 Describing/explainingthe structuralbasisofleaf abscission
The mission of Miami-Dade Community College is to provide accessible, affordable, high quality education
by keeping the leamerOs needs at the center of decision making and working in partnership
with its dynamic, multi-cultural community.
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8: ExaminationofEubacteriaandCyanobacteria
Upon successfulcompletionof this course,the studentwill be ableto understandthe differences
betweenEcubacteriaandcyanobacteriaby:
8.1 Explainingand distinguishingfeaturesof membersof the kingdomEubacteria.
8.2 Defining the differencesbetweenbacteriaandcyanobacteria.
8.3 Identifying representatweexamplesof bacteriaandcyanobacteria
8.4 Identifying andexplainingthe significanceof root nodulesin Legumesandthe conceptof
nitrogenfixation by bacteria
Competency9: Examinationof Fungi
Upon successfulcompletionof this course,the studentwill be ableto understandthe characteristicsof
the Kingdom Fungi by:
9.1 Describingthe characteristicfeaturesof the Kingdom Fungi
9.2 Discussing/explainingthe variationin structureand sequenceof eventsfor sexualandasexual
reproductionfor the tree major divisionsof the kingdomFungi.
Competency10: ExaminationofBryophytes
Upon successfulcompletionof this course,the studentwill be ableto understandthe distinguishing
featuresof mossesand liverworts by:
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10.1 Describing/explainingthe life historiesandrelatedreproductivestructuresof mossesand
liverworts.
10.2 Describingthe distinguishingfeaturesand structuresof mossesand liverworts
The mission of Miami-Dade Community College is to provide accessible, affordable, high quality education
by keeping the leamerDs needs at the center of decision making and working in partnership
with its dynamic, multi-cultural community.
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Competency11 Examinationof SeedlessVascularplants
Upon successfulcompletionof this course,the studentwill be ableto understandthe basicdifferences
andsimilaritiesbetweenseedlessvascularplantsby:
11.1 Discussingthe similarities anddifferencesbetweenfernsand other similar plantswith the same
life cycle.
11.2 Explainingthe life .cyclesof seedlessvascularplants
11.3 Describingthe distinguishingfeaturesof the Psilophyta(whisk ferns),Equisetophyta
(horsetails),Lycopodophyta(club mosses),And Pteridophyta(ferns).
Competency12: GymnospennsBiology
Upon successfulcompletionof this course,the studentwill be ableto understandthe distinguishing
featuresof gymnospermplantsby:
12.1 Describing/namingthe distinguishingfeaturesof gymnospermplants
12.2 Explainingthe life cycle of pine, a representativegymnosperm
12.3 Explainingsomeadaptationsof pine to cold, dry environments
12.4 Identifying the partsand functionsof gymnospermcones
12.5Identifying the partsand functionsof a gymnospermseed
Competency13: AngiospennBiology
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Upon successfulcompletionof this course,the studentwill be ableto understandthe distinguishing
featuresof angiospermplantsby:
13.1 Explaining/describingthe life cycle of angiosperms
13.2 Describingthe eventsassociatedwith the developmentof microspores,megaspores,
seedand
fruit
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13.3Naming anddescribingthe partsof a flower
13.4Describingsomeof the variation seenin fruit typesfrom examplesin lab
13.5 Explainingwhy angiospermsareconsideredthe most advancedland plants