Wk |
Day |
Date |
Area |
Topic |
1 |
Tues |
23 Aug |
Introduction |
Introduction. |
1 |
Thurs |
25 Aug |
Botany |
Outdoor lower plants field hike: Cyanobacteria, bryophytes, SVPs, lycopodium, ferns. WET MUDDY STEEP. |
2 |
Tues |
30 Aug |
Botany |
Preparation |
2 |
Thurs |
01 Sep |
Botany |
Group presentations cyanobacteria, bryophytes, lycopodium, ferns. |
3 |
Tues |
06 Sep |
Ethnography |
Plants that heal lecture. Morinda citrifolia healing uses. |
3 |
Thurs |
08 Sep |
Test One |
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4 |
Tues |
13 Sep |
Botany |
Outdoor walk: Plant collecting process. Handout. Early warnings due. |
4 |
Thurs |
15 Sep |
Ethnography |
Healing plant individual presentations |
5 |
Tues |
20 Sep |
Ethnography |
Healing plant individual presentations |
5 |
Thurs |
22 Sep |
Botany |
Outdoor field trip: Gymnosperms and plants with economic value. Botanic garden road trip and walk. |
6 |
Tues |
27 Sep |
Botany |
Preparation |
6 |
Thurs |
29 Sep |
Botany |
Group presentations: gymnosperms |
7 |
Tues |
04 Oct |
Midterm |
|
7 |
Thurs |
06 Oct |
Ethnography |
Plants as food lecture. |
8 |
Tues |
11 Oct |
Ethnography |
Plants as food individual presentations |
8 |
Thurs |
13 Oct |
Ethnography |
Plants as food individual presentations |
9 |
Tues |
18 Oct |
Botany |
Outdoor field walk: Angiosperms: Vegetative morphology |
9 |
Thurs |
20 Oct |
Botany |
Outdoor field walk: Angiosperms: Floral morphology |
10 |
Tues |
25 Oct |
Guest |
Dr. Michael Balick<</a>/td> |
10 |
Thurs |
27 Oct |
Guest |
Dr. Michael Balick |
11 |
Tues |
01 Nov |
Test Two |
|
11 |
Thurs |
03 Nov |
Holiday |
FSM Independence |
12 |
Tues |
08 Nov |
Holiday |
Pohnpei constitution day |
12 |
Thurs |
10 Nov |
Ethnography |
Plants as the basis for material culture lecture. |
13 |
Tues |
15 Nov |
Ethnography |
Material culture individual presentations |
13 |
Thurs |
17 Nov |
Ethnography |
Material culture individual presentations |
14 |
Tues |
22 Nov |
Ethnography |
Entering other worlds lecture: Five types of psychoactive substances. Memes and Areca catechu and Piper methysticum I: Chemistry and Uses |
14 |
Thurs |
24 Nov |
Ethnography |
Piper methysticum II Legends |
15 |
Tues |
29 Nov |
Ethnography |
Family forest. Class in A204. |
15 |
Thurs |
01 Dec |
Ethnography |
Field Trip: Kava cultural ceremony |
16 |
Tues |
06 Dec |
Ethnography |
Option: Interconnecting family forest or start ethnogarden project. |
16 |
Thurs |
08 Dec |
Ethnography |
Option: Ethnobotanical garden project or conservation lecture |
17 |
Tues |
13 Dec |
Take Home Final |
[Entering other worlds optional individual presentations.] Take home final examination essay question |
17 |
Thurs |
15 Dec |
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Take home final examination due by 5:00 P.M. |