THE SEPARATE HOUR

DIALOGUE 20: We will continue the Supergroup Planta and introduce the Kingdom Viridiplantae with the phyla  Praesinophyta, Chlorophyta, and Charophyta.  Be prepared. Bring the data sheets for these taxa.  In preparation for this discussion also read:

Concepts and Terms for Dialogue 20 (The "Green Algae"):  Please access the appropriate concepts and terms for the taxa covered today through the front page of the kingdom Viridiplantae.  Any of these terms could be used in the next Game.

THE COMMON HOUR

GAME 9: This could include any material covered since the last game: Basidiomycota, Lichens, Planta, the Glaucophytes, the Red Algae, and the Field Trip to the Carnegie Museum.

WEDNESDAY 2 APRIL

THE SEPARATE HOUR

ACTIVITY: Please look at the following cultures, slides, and preserved specimens.  Access sheets on the Chlorophyta and Charophyta to guide you in your observations.  You may access these through eres.

1. Chlamydomonas: living (+ & - strains); w.m. slide
2. Volvox: living (in mixed volvocales); w.m. slide
3. Other Mixed Volvocales: Eudorina, Pandorina, Stephanophaera, Platydorina, Gonium
4. Chlorella: w.m. slide
5. Pediastrum: living; w.m. slide
6. Hydrodictyon: living; w.m. slide
7. Oedogonium: living; w.m. slide
8. Ulva: living; preserved.
9. Enteromorpha: living, w.m. slide (siphonales demo); preserved.
10. Cladophora: living; w.m. slide
11. Bryopsis: living, preserved; w.m. slide
12. Caulerpa: living
13. Acetabularia: living; preserved
14. Ulothrix: living; w.m. slide
15. Spirogyra: living; w.m. slide
16. Cosmarium: living (in desmid mixture); w.m. slide
17. Nitella: living; w.m. slide (charophyta demo)
18. Chara: w.m. slide (charophyta demo); preserved
19. Fossils of Cretaceous charophyte oogonia

THE COMMON HOUR

DiALOGUE 21: We will continue our discussion of the plant kingdom with the Non-Vascular Embryophytes (phyla Hepatophyta, Anthocerotophyta, and Bryophyta). Be prepared. Bring the data sheets for these taxa.  In addition to the linked pages, please read the following in anticipation of the dialogue:

• Holt. Y2k, Deep Time, and Theory Choice in Geology. 
• Origin Chapter 11

Concepts and Terms for Dialogue 21 (The "Non-Vascular Embryophytes"):  Please access the appropriate concepts and terms for the taxa covered today through the front page of the kingdom Viridiplantae.  Any of these terms could be used in the next Game.

FRIDAY 4 APRIL

THE SEPARATE HOUR

ACTIVITY 21: Please look at the following cultures, slides, and preserved specimens.  Access sheets on the Hepatophyta, Anthocerotophyta, and Bryophyta to guide you in your observations.  Those in red are on demonstration.

1. Marchantia: living, preserved with archegonia, antheridia and sporophytes; your slides of antheridia sections, archegonia sections, sporophyte, thallus sections, and cupule (gemmae) sections.
2. Riccia: living; preserved; your slides of antheridia sections, and archegonia sections
3. Ricciocarpus: preserved; and your slides of sporophyte sections.
4. Other Liverworts: Sphaerocarpus: preserved; Pallavacinia: slide- thallus sec.; Pellia: preserved; demo slide - thallus sec.; Porella : living; demo slide - capsule sec, wm.
5. Anthoceros: preserved
6. Sphagnum: living, preserved antheridia, archegonia, and sporophytes; demo slides of: leaves wm, antheridia ls, archegonia ls, and sporophyte ls.
7. Polytrichum: living; preserved antheridia, archegonia and sporophytes, demo slides of stem xs, leaf wm, leaf xs, and capsule ls.
8. Your slides of moss antheridia, moss archegonia, and mature capsule (Generally, these are Mnium).
9. Mnium: living; preserved sporophytes, slides- archegonia ls, antheridia ls.
10. Other Mosses: Bryum: slide- leaf wm; Dicranum: living; Hypnum: living; and Funaria: preserved.
11. Moss protonemata: your slide; and demonstration whole mounts of protonemata for the following: Sphagnum, Polytrichum, Funaria, and Leptobryum.

THE COMMON HOUR

UNKNOWN 7:  Key out the unknown alga.  Complete the algal data sheet before you attempt the key.  Also, be sure to to include a drawing that indicates at least two key characters of the genus.

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