Dr. Lewis Feldman Biology 1B Spring 2018 Organismal Biology Schedule


Dr. Lewis Feldman
is the instructor for the Organismal Biology section of Biology 1B during the Spring 2018 semester. Click on his picture to learn about his research interests.

Office Hours: Mon, Tues., Wed. 9-10 AM, 3056 VLSB

E-mail: ljfeldman@berkeley.edu



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LectureDateLecture TopicReading Assignment
Campbell, 11th Edition
(Chapter and concept numbers equivalent
for 10th ed.)
Organisms 1Friday
Feb. 16
Introduction / Fungi

Deadly mushrooms put Lodi family in hospital

Death cap mushrooms claim Lodi woman

Pilobolus: Ultra-High-Speed Fungus Spore Discharge

Health benefits of mushrooms
Ch 31: Fungi
Monday
Feb. 19
Academic and Administrative Holiday
Organisms 2Wednesday
Feb. 21
Algae, Mosses, Lower Vascular PlantsCh 28: Protists
Ch 29: Plant Diversity 1: How Plants Colonized Land
Organisms 3Friday
Feb. 23
Ferns and GymnospermsConcepts 35.1-35.3
Organisms 4Monday
Feb. 26
AngiospermsConcepts 35.1-35.3
Organisms 5Wednesday
Feb. 28
AngiospermsConcepts 35.1-35.3
Organisms 6Friday
March 2
Cells, TissuesConcepts 35.1-35.3
Organisms 7Monday
March 5
Roots, Structure and DevelopmentConcepts 36.3, 37.1, 37.3
Organisms 8Wednesday
March 7
Shoots, Primary StructureConcept 35.1
Organisms 9Friday
March 9
Shoots, Secondary StructureConcepts 35.2 & 35.4
Organisms 10Monday
March 12
Water Relations 1

Onion Cells Plasmolysis
Ch 36: Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants
Organisms 11Wednesday
March 14
Water Relations 2

Onion Cells Plasmolysis

Phloem Loading
Ch 36: Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants
Ch 37: Soil and Plant Nutrition
Organisms 12Friday
March 16
Plant Growth Substances 1Concept 39.2
Organisms 13Monday
March 19
Plant Growth Substances 2Concepts 38.1: Seed Germination and Seedling Development up to, not including, 38.2
Concept 39.2
Organisms 14Wednesday
March 21
Flowering

Cherry harvesting
Concept 39.3
"Biological Clocks and Circadian Rhythms" through "Photoperiodism and Responses to Seasons"
Wednesday
March 21
Midterm #2, 7-8:15 PM