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OREN2005 | Wood Anatomy and Description | 2+1+0 | ECTS:3 | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | Level of Course | First Cycle | Status | Compulsory | Department | DEPARTMENT of FOREST INDUSTRY ENGINEERING | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Lab work | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures and 1 hour of practicals per week | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Engin Derya GEZER | Co-Lecturer | Asst. Prof. Dr. Bedri Serdar | Language of instruction | Turkish | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | The aim of the course: | Without enough wood anatomical knowledge, understanding of mechanical and tecnological features of wood is impossible. So, this lesson aims to give information about the identification of wood, so that gathering information on the usage of wood. Indeed, the purpose of Forest Industrial Enginering is it. |
Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | LO - 1 : | learn anatomic structure of the plants systematically | 1,5,8 | 1,4 | LO - 2 : | learn wood elements of softwoods and hardwoods | 1,5,8 | 1,4 | LO - 3 : | made conscious of softwoods and hardwoods | 1,5,8 | 1,4 | LO - 4 : | learn wood anomalies | 1,5,8 | 1,4 | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | |
Classification of plants. Growth characteristics, anatomical and morphological features of wood, the elements of softwoods and hardwoods, some anomalies, abnormal secondary growth. The macroscopic and microscopic investigation of native and foreign wood |
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Course Syllabus | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | Week 1 | Wood sicence, wood anatomy and deparmants | | Week 2 | Wood, bark, primary and secondary stem | | Week 3 | Cambium's function, annual rings | | Week 4 | Annual rings of softwood and hardwood, heartwood, sapwood | | Week 5 | Anatomic structure of softwoods | | Week 6 | Anatomic structure of hardwoods | | Week 7 | Characteristic of wood anatomical variation, evolution on wood anatomy | | Week 8 | Wood defections | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam | | Week 10 | Softwood identifications (Abies, Taxus, Cedrus,Juniperus) | | Week 11 | Softwood identifications (Pinus, Picea, Pseudotsuga) | | Week 12 | Hardwoods identifications(Castanea,Ulmus,Quercus,Fraxinus) | | Week 13 | Hardwood identifications ( Populus, Salix,Alnus) | | Week 14 | Hardwood identifications ( Tilia, Fagus, Juglans) | | Week 15 | End-of-term exam | | |
1 | MEREV, N. 2003; Odun Anatomisi ve Tanıtımı, KTÜ BASIMEVİ, GENEL YAYIN NO: 210, FAKÜLTE YAYIN NO:32,TRABZON | | |
1 | AYTUĞ, B., Z.,GERÇEK, 2006;Orman Ağaçlarının Hayatı, KTÜ BASIMEVİ, GENEL YAYIN NO: 222, FAKÜLTE YAYIN NO:38,TRABZON | | |
Method of Assessment | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | Mid-term exam | 9 | 05/04/2014 | 1 | 50 | End-of-term exam | 15 | 26/05/2014 | 1 | 50 | |
Student Work Load and its Distribution | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | Yüz yüze eğitim | 2 | 14 | 28 | Laboratuar çalışması | 3 | 14 | 42 | Arasınav için hazırlık | 4 | 6 | 24 | Arasınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | Kısa sınav | 1 | 1 | 1 | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 4 | 7 | 28 | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | Total work load | | | 125 |
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