| Jan. 10 |
ZOOM: Introduction to the Course and Meeting the Team |
| Jan. 12 |
ZOOM: Virtual Fieldtrip of Stanley Park |
| Jan. 17 |
ZOOM: Introduction to course projectsUnit 1: Are Bryophytes just Primitive Plants?
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| Jan. 19 | ZOOM: Unit 2: Bryophyte Conservation |
| Jan. 24 |
Field Trip in Pacific Spirit Park: Introduction to Bryophytes |
| Jan. 26 |
Lab 2 – Bryopsida |
| Jan. 31 | Unit 3: Toothed Mosses
Pre-Reading: Robin Kimmerer – Being Small |
| Feb. 2 |
Lab 3 – Polytrichopsida (contrast features with Bryopsids) |
| Feb. 7 | Fieldtrip to Beaty |
| Feb. 9 |
Video Lesson Preview – Unit 4a: Toothless Wonders (excluding Sphagnopsida)Lab 4a: Toothless Mosses –Andreaeopsida, Andreaeobryopsida, TakakiopsidaLesson: Takakia bryogeography |
| Feb. 14 | Unit 4b: Toothless Mosses – Sphagnopsida and Bog Ecology
Project Time (4:00 – 5:00) |
| Feb. 16 |
Lab 4b: Toothless Mosses –Sphagnopsida |
| Feb. 21/23 | READING WEEK |
| Feb 28 | Field Trip to Camosun Bog |
| Mar. 2 | Lab Activity: Identify bryophytes from Bog/Forest Sampling |
| Mar. 7 |
Field Trip in Pacific Spirit Park: Introduction to Liverworts |
| Mar. 9 |
Video Lesson Preview – Unit 5: LiverwortsLab #5a (2 hour) – Jungermanniopsida |
| Mar. 14 | Unit 5: Liverworts: Jungermanniopsida/Marchantiopsida
Project Time (4:00 – 5:00) |
| Mar. 16 | Lab #5b – Marchantiopsida |
| Mar. 21 | Unit 5: Liverworts: Jungermanniopsida/Marchantiopsida
Unit 6: Hornworts: Anthocerotophyta |
| Mar. 23 | Lab #6 – Anthocerotophyta
Mini-Lesson: Symbiosis |
| Mar. 28 | Unit 7: Evolution/Phylogenies and Bryogeography |
| Mar. 30 | Lab Exam |
| Apr. 3 | Optional Field Trip to Stanley Park |
| Apr. 4 | Project Work |
| Apr. 6 | Presentations – BryoSymposium |
