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Course structure
Botanic science
Ethnographic experiences
1. 010 Most primitive, least evolved: cyanobacteria More complex, more evolved 2. 020 Primitive plants:
Mosses: spore capsules, spores, sperm, eggs;
Monilophytes [ferns]: sori, spores, sperm, eggs;
Lycophytes: cones, spores, sperm, eggs 4. 040 Seeded non-flowering plants: Gymnosperms: cones, pollen, naked seeds Most complex, most evolved: Seeded flowering plants (Angiosperms): 6. 060 vegetative morphology: leaf shapes 8. 080 floral morphology: flower shapes 9. 090 fruit types
3. 030 Healing plants: Plants that heal us 5. 050 Food plants: Plants that feed us 7. 070 Material culture plants: Plants that provide shelter, transportation, clothing, and that decorate our bodies, homes, and gardens 10. 100 Sacred plants: Plants that entertain, inspirit,and enrapture us,plants that inspire legends.
Syllabus
Course pace: The course pace is set primarily by in-class activities. The course is fully residential.
Submissions: The course includes four presentations: healing plant, food plant, material culture plant, and legendary plant. With each presentation there is an iNaturalist observation submission with an essay in the description covering what was presented in-class.
Communications: I can be contacted through Inbox conversations capability in Canvas or via email at dleeling@comfsm.edu.fm. You can also use that email address to send me a message from Google Chat or contact me with Google Meet. Additional contact information: Office: 320-2480 ext. 161 | Cell: 921-7961. I am also available in my office, calling in advance to determine if I am in is recommended.
Required materials: Android or iOS smartphone and access to an Internet connection.
Course web site: http://www.comfsm.fm/~dleeling/ethnobotany/
Grading policy: Points are earned via rubrics and tests. You have do consistently well across all material to succeed in this course. Grading is based on the standard college policy: Obtain 90% of the points or more to obtain an A, 80% to 89% for a B, and so forth.
Program learning outcomes:
GE 3.4 Define and explain the concepts, principles, and theories of a field of science.
GE 4.2 Demonstrate knowledge of the major cultural issues of a person's own culture as well as other cultures.
MSP 2 Demonstrate proficiency in the geographical, historical, and cultural literacy of the Micronesian region. Course learning outcomes:
1. Identify local plants, their reproductive strategies, and morphology.
1.1 Identify local plants by local and scientific names.
1.2 Compare and contrast the distinguishing reproductive characteristics of different phyla of plants including mosses, seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms.
1.3 Label the key morphological features of the different phyla of plants including mosses, seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms, and angiosperms including the morphology of the reproductive structures.
2. Communicate and describe the cultural use of local plants for healing, as food, as raw materials, and in traditional social contexts.
2.1 Communicate and describe the healing uses of local plants and the cultural contexts in which that healing occurs.
2.2 Communicate and describe the food uses of local plants and engage and describe the production processes
2.3 Communicate and describe the use of plants for transportation, for shelter, and in other material culture applications.
2.4 Engage in activities that explore the use, role, and importance of psychoactive plants within their traditional ceremonial cultural contexts.