NSCI 5101 Diversity of Life: Plants and Fungi
Semester 2, 2015
Course Outline
Wk
Week
starting
Topics: Lectures Monday
2.00-2.50pm 115-2005
and Wednesday 9.3010.20am 115-2005
1.
27/07
2.
3.
03/08
10/08
Phylogeny, Fungi and
mycorrhizae
Introduction to protists
Green algae, seaweeds
4.
5.
17/08
24/08
6.
7.
31/08
07/09
8.
14/09
9.
21/09
10.
12/10
11.
19/10
12.
26/10
13.
02/11
14.
09/11
Study week
15.
16/11
Exam
Lichens
Bryophytes, cells and
simple tissues
Ferns and fern allies
Cells and tissues of
higher plants
Roots, stems, leaves,
photosynthesis,
transpiration
Gymnosperms,
evolution of the seed
and cones
Semester Break
Semester Break
Angiosperms, flowers,
pollination and double
fertilisation
Angiosperms, plant
families, fruit and seed
dispersal
Angiosperms, native
trees and shrubs
Angiosperms, native
wetland/Coastal plants
Laboratory
Strm 1 Wednesday 1-3
114-3001
Assignment
Lecturer
Fungi
Dan
Pond life
Green algae and
seaweeds
Lichens
Bryophytes
Mark
Mark
Seaweed lab
due (10%)
Dan
Mark
Ferns
Cells, tissues and
Vascular tissues,
Leaf
experiment
Mark
Mark
Gymnosperms
Dan
Angiosperm
lifecycle, pollination
Dan
Leaf lab due
(10%)
Dan
Flowering plant
families ID
Dan
Field trip to
Waitakere Ranges
Wetland/coastal
plants and lab test
Dan
Lab test
(native plant
ID, 10%)
Herbarium
due (30%)
40%
Assessments
Two labs and one plant ID labtest (30%) Due: 28/08, 16/10, week 13 lab
Herbarium (30%) 13/11
Exam 40% exam week
Dan