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Week of January 16, 2012


Howdy!

  • The average on the 1st exam was 77..  If you received a grade of 65 or less, make an appointment to come see me and bring your exam. As I mentioned in class, there is plenty of opportunity to improve your grade if you did not do that well. Students who have a 90 average based on the three hourly exams + no more than two class absences are exempt from the Final Exam.

  • Your 2nd exam is scheduled for Tuesday, March 29.  It will cover what I lecture on in class plus chapters 9, 10, 16, 17 & 18.

  • To give you a head start, I am attaching a sample copy of last year's Exam II.
  • How do you study for this? As I have mentioned in class, it would be best to prepare by reviewing your notes. There is a lot of stuff in H&K's Plant Propagation-Principles and Practices (2011). To better guide you through the textbook, take the Supplementary Lecture Handout for the course and look at the key terms staring on page 159. Look up the words in the textbook and write a few phrases to define them. If you know the terms, than you will know the important material in the textbook. The format of the exam will be: multiple choice, true-false (if a question is false you will need to indicate WHY,i.e. write why), a couple of short answers and matching up key terms with their definitions. To facilitate things, a sample old exam is in the attached file. The old exam includes samples of multiple choice, T-F, short answers and matching up key terms with their definitions. I will not ask the same exam questions. If any of you have any questions or need help, please contact me. I respond to email, am available after class and by appointment. Use the 2 CDs you have been given from the University of Florida program of Dr. Sandy Wilson to help with the materials in the course. There are a lot of great visuals and videos on the CD which are quite useful in understanding the material covered, particularly with the tissue culture, rooting and phytohormone (plant growth regulator/plant hormones) sections.

  • Your lab notebooks are due the week of March 7. Please give them to your lab Instructor.

  • Some of you had very good success with your contamination-free tissue-culture lab. Congrats!

  • Keep an eye on your plant material in the lab, and greenhouse (which will dry out much more quickly since the the plants are larger and weather is getting warmer). A few lab groups are not staying on top of watering their materials as needed. We will handle watering your experiments during the spring break.

  • On Weds, March 2, the Horticulture Career Fair from 9:00-3:00 pm will take place in the Atrium. There are 13 companies participating. There is also a career fair lunch in HFSB 214. Take advantage of finding out about career opportunities and networking with company reps. A lot of times there are internships that turn into job opportunities


  • Have a great week!

    Fred Davies





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