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
