Course explores plant biology concepts and their connection to the world at large through lab activities, data collection, simulations, and visits to the greenhouse and herbarium. Students will also enhance their critical thinking, collaboration, and communication skills while improving career readiness and gaining marketable skills applicable to any major.
Athena Title
Plants and the World Lab
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in BIOL 1113E, BIOL 1103L
Pre or Corequisite
PBIO 1210
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall and spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
Students will engage in self-directed and guidance observations and experiments that provide an understanding of how plants grown, function, and interact with their environment and the world at large.
Students will learn how to ask questions, make critical observations, collect and analyze data, and draw appropriate conclusions.
By the end of this course, students will be able to evaluate the role and value of plants in society.
By the end of this course, students will be able to create and interpret informative figures with data.
By the end of this course, students will be able to analyze data related to a question.
By the end of this course, students will be able to develop good data-keeping practices.
By the end of this course, students will be able to apply career readiness skills to other courses.
Topical Outline
Lab logistics and microscope use
Cell structure in plants
Acknowledging sources of information
Plant structure (tissues characteristic of plants)
Scientific method and data collection (photosynthesis experiment)
Data analysis and creation of figures (photosynthesis experiment)
Natural selection (trip to the trial gardens and data simulation)
Plant adaptations (greenhouse visit)
Plant diversity (herbarium tour)
Data collection, cleaning, mapping, and analysis (invasive species)
Preparing scientific presentations to convey research results
