Botanic studies				Ethnographic experiences
1. Most primitive, least evolved: cyanobacteria [algae] More complex, more evolved 2. Primitive plants Mosses: spore capsules, spores, sperm, eggs Seedless Vascular Plants psilotum: cones, spores, sperm, eggs lycopodium: cones, spores, sperm, eggs ferns: sori, spores, sperm, eggs 4. Seeded non-flowering plants (cone bearing plants): gymnosperms: cones, pollen, naked seeds Most complex, evolved Seeded flowering plants angiosperms: 6. vegetative morphology: leaf shapes 8. floral morphology: flower shapes 9. fruits				3. Healing plants Plants that heal us 5. Food plants Plants that feed us 7. Material culture plants Plants that provide shelter, transportation, clothing, and that decorate our bodies, homes, and gardens 10. Sacred plants Plants that entertain, inspirit , and enrapture us, plants that inspire legends.
Wk	Day	Date	Area	Topic
0	Thurs	10 Jan	Introduction	1. Introduction to Ethnobotany. Cyanobacteria.
1	Tues	15 Jan	Botany	2. Outdoor primitive and less complex plants field hike: Mosses, Seedless Vascular Plants (SVP): psilotum, lycopodium, selaginella, ferns. WET MUDDY STEEP.
1	Thurs	17 Jan	Ethnogarden	Outdoor: Finding the plants of fall 2006: Tall razor grass will cut your legs and hands. Merremia peltata will stain your clothes. Machetes will be used. Sweaty. Hot. Wet. Muddy. 1. First the class will tour the garden as a group to learn the locations of the plants in the garden and to cover the garden cleaning ground rules. At the Palikir National Plants of Micronesia ethnobotanical garden the threat to the collection is primarily an invasive sun-loving grass (Ichaemum polystachum, reh padil) and an aggressive native vine (Merremia peltata, iohl, puhlah). Thus the following guidelines to cleaning garden: Retain as much shade as possible. Do not cut Premna obtusifolia (fienkack, topwuk, nior, niyóór, liorr, arr), Morinda citrifolia (noni, ii, weipwul, nopwur, mangal'wag, Campnosperma brevipetiolata (elahk, dohng, ramluw, rramllaw), or other small trees that provide shade. Retain, to the extent possible, ferns. The bulk of the ferns in the garden are native to Pohnpei and should be encouraged to grow. Clear carefully around all ferns and other seedless vascular plants. 2. Then the class will clean-up around the plants planted by students in previous terms. 3. Start thinking about what unique plant you could contribute to the garden at term's end. Prepare for an initial submission of your proposed plant addition on 09 October.
2	Tues	22 Jan	Ethnography	Preparation for group presentations on cyanobacteria, mosses, SVPs.
2	Thurs	24 Jan	Ethnography	Group presentations cyanobacteria, mosses (bryophytes), lycopodium, selaginella, ferns.
3	Tues	29 Jan	Test One
3	Thurs	31 Jan	Ethnography	3. Outdoor field trip: Plants that heal us. Traditional and medicinal plants of Pohnpei field trip to Pohnpei state campus. Read People, Plants, and Culture chapter two. Plants that heal lecture. Public versus private knowledge.
4	Tues	05 Feb	Botany	Plant collecting process. Herbarium specimens.
4	Thurs	07 Feb	Ethnography	Healing plant individual presentations
5	Tues	12 Feb	Ethnography	Healing plant individual presentations
5	Thurs	14 Feb	Botany	4. Outdoor field trip: Gymnosperms and plants with economic value. Pohnpei Pwunso Kolonia botanic garden road trip and walk.
6	Tues	19 Feb	Botany	Preparation for gymnosperm presentations
6	Thurs	21 Feb	Botany	Group presentations: gymnosperms
7	Tues	26 Feb	Midterm
7	Thurs	28 Feb	Ethnogarden	Outdoor: Cleaning up the garden! A chance to learn about the plants and make decisions on what culturally meaningful plant you can contribute to the garden at the end of the term. The plant you do eventually bring will have to be a new addition to the garden – either a new variety of an existing plant or a new species. Sweaty. Hot. Wet. Muddy.
8	Tues	04 Mar	Ethnography	5. Outdoor: Read Balick chapter three. Plants that feed us. Food plants of Haruki walk. Planning session for Thursday. A walk and talk on campus. Is there a field trip option here with Lois and Island Foods?
8	Thurs	06 Mar	Ethnography	Plants as food: Each cultural group brings a traditional food to share. Group presentation with food.
9	Tues	11 Mar	Botany	6. Outdoor field walk: Angiosperms: Vegetative morphology
9	Thurs	13 Mar	Ethnography	Field trip: Marekeiso production
10	Tues	18 Mar	Ethnography	7. Balick four. Material culture: Plants that shelter us, transport us, and decorate our bodies, homes, and gardens. At the hut near the gym.
10	Thurs	20 Mar		Easter
11	Tues	25 Mar	Ethnography	Material culture individual presentations
11	Thurs	27 Mar	Ethnography	Material culture individual presentations
12	Tues	01 Apr		Founding day
12	Thurs	03 Apr	Botany	8. Outdoor field walk: Angiosperms: Floral morphology. Sketch flowers. [Reminder: week and a half to share a story]
13	Tues	08 Apr	Botany	9. Let 'em eat fruit! Bring an edible fruit to share with the class. Angiosperms: fruits. The third morphological component in the trio leaves, flowers, and fruit.
13	Thurs	10 Apr	Test Two
14	Tues	15 Apr	Ethnography	Share a story about a plant. The story could be a legend, a personal experience where a plant played an central role, or the story of the history of how plant came to your island. Any kind of plant story that can be shared.
14	Thurs	17 Apr	Ethnography	10. Balick five. Plants that entertain us. Memes and Areca catechu. Entering other worlds lecture: Five types of psychoactive substances.
15	Tues	22 Apr	Ethnography	Piper methysticum: Chemistry and Uses, Legends
15	Thurs	24 Apr	Ethnography	Field Trip: Kava cultural ceremony
16	Tues	29 Apr	Ethnogarden	Outdoor work with dirt: Ethnobotanical garden clean-up. Tall razor grass will cut your legs and hands. Merremia peltata will stain your clothes. Sharp knives will be used. Sweaty. Hot. Wet. Muddy.
16	Thurs	01 May	Ethnogarden	Outdoor work with dirt: Sweaty. Hot. Wet. Muddy.Outdoor work with dirt: Ethnobotanical garden BRING YOUR PLANT TO PLANT! Turn in a paragraph on the plant you've added to the ethnobotanical garden. Include the name in your culture and the cultural usage. The paper should be submitted via email as it will be maintained on the ethnobotany web site for future reference! Take Home Final
17	Tues	06 May	Ethnography	Take home final examination due by 5:00 P.M.