Many of the exercises emphasize hypothesis generation and experimentation and you will often feel that you are being allowed to float without sufficient guidance. You run a risk, when working through concepts in small groups, of letting others in your group do the thinking and verbalize the ideas. If you take this approach in the investigative group activities, you will not do well in the course.
Botany lab is a lot of fun and a lot of hard work.
With a concentrated effort on your part, you will learn important information that will be useful throughout your life, no matter what your career becomes. Practica A practicum is a laboratory exam where you will be expected to recognize structures, identify functions, explain experimental results, etc. The practica will be set up as a series of stations. You will move from station to station and be asked to make observations and draw conclusions. The time that you are allowed to stay at each station is limited and will be announced by the instructor.