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The goal of this class is to relate the major structural features of plants and algae to their functional significance. This will include microscopic and macroscopic features. The course is designed to complement Inside Tropical Ecosystems (Bot 351) & to provide an alternative to Plant Anatomy (BOT 410). These is some overlap with BOT 201.

Instructor: David Webb (St. John 412) 956-8028 dave@hawaii.edu
Home Page: http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/webb/default.htm.

Textbook: I have not found an adequate commercial textbook for this class.

My Website is an online Textbook for this class.
I use this during class to present my lectures.
Click on an underlined Topic & you will be transported to the Weblecture for that topic.

I also supply detailed handouts for some parts of the class.

I will distribute CDs of Botany Online - Hypertext Library.
This will serve as a Textbook supplement for many topics.
Gear your reading & studying to the level of detail presented in class
and in my online Textbook

To access the Contents of the CD ->
Place the CD in a CDROM drive in a PC.
Double Click on the Drive Letter ot Icon.
Double Click on the FOLDER b_online.
Double Click on Folder e00
Double Click on default.htm - This should open the Home Page.
Double Click on Botany Online Contents (Top of List on the left)
This takes you top the Contents Page

Scroll down the page to find Chapters/Topics listed in the Lecture Schedule.                             OR

Click on INDEX in the list of Topics in the center of the page. This will take you to an alphabetical table. Click the letter that corresponds to the topic of interest like C for Chloroplast. Scroll to the topic of interest and click on it! Explore!!!!!!

I have located critical Websites which will act as secondary. Textbooks for this class (See Below)

Important Web Sites

***BOTANY Online - Hypertext Library*** http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/biologie/b_online/e00/default.htm
This is an excellent Reference for many topics. It has an Alphabetical Index which can be used to locate specific topics. It also has Chapter-like sections.

Hawaiian Reef Algae
Your First Stop on the Algae Superhighway http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/reefalgae/
This site has Links to other Important sites.

Link to Website for Botanical Images

   Click the Button to Access A List of Internet Sites

Grading: There will be three Lecture Exams (100 pts. each) and a Comprehensive Exam (100 pts.)

The Final Exam will have two parts. Part 1 is Lecture Exam III.
Part 2 is the Comprehensive Exam.

The total number of points from the Exams = 400.

I will give you example exam questions well in advance of each exam. These should help you prepare for the tests.

Student Project: Each Student will prepare a 15 minute "PowerPoint" presentation that will be given during the latter part of the semester.
This will be worth 200 pts.

The topic must be related to this Class in a reasonable manner.
The topic must be approved by the Instructor.
The paper must be completed so that it can be displayed on the Internet.
I will provide instructions on how to do this.
You are encouraged to do your projects on Algae or seedless-plants.

Computres - PowerPoint - Internet: If you have little or no experience with Computers and the Internet, I will help you get started.
The Dept. of Botany has computers in St. John 402, 500 & 603. I will show these to you.

I will make a survey at the beginning of the class to see if any students need my personal attention. Do not be afraid to say that you need help at the outset!

PowerPoint is very easy to use. Any version will suffice.
You can use another Presentation Graphics program. However, I may not be able to help you if you get stuck in Program XYZ.

Computer Tutorials: I have prepared a number of step by step Tutorials that show the necessary steps for completing activities that you can use to make your term paper. These can be located at my Home Page

Oral presentations using Presentation Graphics: One of these Tutorials (Hitch-hikers Guide to Giving a Good Seminar) concerns the strategy that I use to develop an oral presentation like the one I expect you to prepare.

This can be accessed from BOT 610 Seminar, Fall 2000 (under Courses)

I also have a Demonstration Seminar that you can use as a model. Your seminar should be approximately 1/3 to 1/4 the length of mine.

If you do not have Internet access, I can place my tutorials on a CD but you must give me a blank CD to use.I made these Tutorials because I can't take the time to show each student how to accomplish every step in the process of creating an electronic document. These Tutorials represent a major effort on my part to help you.  I expect that you will try to work through my Tutorials BEFORE you seek my assistance.

When you graduate, you will be faced with situations that require you to follow a set of instructions to set up equipment or prepare reports. Sometimes your assignments will come without any instructions. You need to learn how to tackle problems in order to be successful. The training that you get working on your project will give you the confidence you need to succeed.

The Internet is becoming a major conduit for all manner of communications. Consequently, your education will be enhanced if you learn how to develop Internet skills.

I will lend you ZIP disks for your projects. If you do not have a ZIP drive we will go to plan B. I can make CDs for you as well!

Total Number of Points = 600 (exams = 400 + paper = 200)
[100 - 90% = A; 89 - 80 = B; 79 - 70 = C; 69 - 60 = D; 59 - 0 = F]

Class Schedule

List of Important Web Sites

Link to Website for Botanical Images
This web site is a cornucopia for Websites that have Botanical Images that you can download. However, these may NOT list sites devoted to Algae.

Algae Web Sites

The Ohio University Algae Home Page http://vis-pc.plantbio.ohiou.edu/algaeindex.htm

Coralline Algae http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/clines/index.htm
Derek W. Keats Home Page http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/derek/start.htm

Michael Rasser http://www.univie.ac.at/palaeontologie/rasser/algae.htm

Illustrated Lecture on Marine Algae by  Dr. Martin A. Connaughten
http://www.connaughton.washcoll.edu/Academics/Marine/marinelecture%237/sld001.htm
Slide Lecture on MariNe Algae (Good Overview)

Univ. of California, Berkley Museum Perform Searches on Various Groups of Plants, Including Algae http://www.uinta6.k12.wy.us/WWW/MS/8grade/Info%20Access/SPANTLGY/welcome.htm

General Botanical Web Sites

****Garden Web Glossary of Botanical Terms**** http://www.gardenweb.com/glossary/
This site allows you to enter a term and it will provide a definition.

Internet Directory for Botany http://www.botany.net/IDB/index.html
This site allows you to make Searches for topics Alphabetically OR by broad Topics.

Land Plants On-Line http://www.science.siu.edu/landplants/index.html
Photos, Life Cycles, References

Yahoo Botany http://dir.yahoo.com/science/biology/botany/
A Specific Search Site for Botanical Topics