iBerry

Animals, Crops, Education, Field research, Fruits & veggies, Illustrations, Insects, Lab research, Plants, Events

introduction to plants and "plant like" organisms as well as the basic principles and processes of biology which provide a foundation for further study: plant photos, glossary, resource, genetic code and "code cracker", geologic time scale, fruit key

collection and identification of flowering plants, detailed knowledge of structural botany & understanding of the principles and methods of plant classification: Science and Evolution, Plant Taxonomy & Systematics, History of Plant Taxonomy,Floral Terminology, Floral Formulas, Morphology of Flowering Plants, Fruits, Survey of Important Plant Families, Identification Keys, Field Techniques, Herbarium Techniques, Plant Nomenclature, Taxonomic Literature, Cladistics

carcass structure of cattle, pigs, sheep and poultry, consideration to whole range of animal structure from molecular biology to commercial grading of the carcass, animal growth and development considered in relation to meat production, factors such as meat tenderness, adipose development in the carcass, abnormalities of meat quality, skeletal development and carcass composition.

introduces principles & methods of identifying, naming, classifying flowering plants - FAQ, digital flowers, rosaceae digital images

notes (biomes of North America, plant taxonomy), suprageneric nomenclature, floristic treatments, Lewis & Clark, historical essays, botanical images (The Slide Collection, Array of Botanical Images, Wildflowers of the Caucasus, Georgia)

many slides

vegetative & reproductive morphology, nomenclature, plant families, history, Texas vegetation zones, evolution

review slides (conifer, family), useful field characteristics, web readings, lab exercises, books (reference, natural history), links

principles of historical geology, geologic time scale, radiometric dating, biodiversity of the fossil record, evolution, k/t mass extinction, biostratigraphy, Precambrian fossils, invertebrates of Phanerozoic, trace fossils, fish & amphibians, reptiles, dinosaur paleobiology, birds, mammal evolution, whales, horses, humans