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	16 Aug	Introduction	1. Introduction to Ethnobotany. Cyanobacteria.
1	Tues	21 Aug	Botany	2. Outdoor primitive and less complex plants field hike: Mosses, Seedless Vascular Plants (SVP): psilotum, lycopodium, selaginella, ferns. WET MUDDY STEEP.
1	Thurs	23 Aug	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	28 Aug	Ethnography	Preparation for group presentations on cyanobacteria, mosses, SVPs.
2	Thurs	30 Aug	Ethnography	Group presentations cyanobacteria, mosses (bryophytes), lycopodium, selaginella, ferns.
3	Tues	04 Sep	Test One
3	Thurs	06 Sep	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	11 Sep	Holiday	Pohnpei Liberation Day
4	Thurs	13 Sep	Botany	Plant collecting process. Herbarium specimens.
5	Tues	18 Sep	Ethnography	Healing plant individual presentations
5	Thurs	20 Sep	Ethnography	Healing plant individual presentations
6	Tues	25 Sep	Botany	4. Outdoor field trip: Gymnosperms and plants with economic value. Pohnpei Pwunso Kolonia botanic garden road trip and walk.
6	Thurs	27 Sep	Botany	Preparation for gymnosperm presentations
7	Tues	02 Oct	Botany	Group presentations: gymnosperms
7	Thurs	04 Oct	Midterm
8	Tues	09 Oct	Ethnogarden	Outdoor: Cleaning up the garden, submission of your proposed plant addition to the ethnogarden. What unique, culturally significant plant will you add at term's end? A paper will accompany the plant explaining why the plant is in the garden. The paper will be submitted electronically and maintained on the ethnobotany web site for future reference! Sweaty. Hot. Wet. Muddy.
8	Thurs	11 Oct	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.
9	Tues	16 Oct	Ethnography	Plants as food: Each cultural group brings a traditional food to share. Group presentation with food.
9	Thurs	18 Oct	Botany	6. Outdoor field walk: Angiosperms: Vegetative morphology
10	Tues	23 Oct	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	25 Oct	Ethnography	Field trip: Marekeiso production
11	Tues	30 Oct	Ethnography	Material culture individual presentations
11	Thurs	01 Nov	Ethnography	Material culture individual presentations
12	Tues	06 Nov	Test Two
12	Thurs	08 Nov	Holiday	Pohnpei Constitution Day
13	Tues	13 Nov	Botany	8. Outdoor field walk: Angiosperms: Floral morphology. Sketch flowers. [Reminder: one week to share a story]
13	Thurs	15 Nov	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.
14	Tues	20 Nov	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	22 Nov	Ethnography	10. Balick five. Plants that entertain us. Memes and Areca catechu. Entering other worlds lecture: Five types of psychoactive substances.
15	Tues	27 Nov	Ethnography	Piper methysticum: Chemistry and Uses, Legends
15	Thurs	29 Nov	Ethnography	Field Trip: Kava cultural ceremony
16	Tues	04 Dec	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	06 Dec	Ethnogarden	Outdoor work with dirt: Sweaty. Hot. Wet. Muddy.Outdoor work with dirt: Ethnobotanical garden BRING YOUR PLANT TO PLANT! Turn in your final draft of your essay on why the plant you've added should be in the ethnobotanical garden. Take Home Final
17	Mon	10 Dec	Ethnography	Take home final examination due by 5:00 P.M.