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The Workshop is now
accepting participants
for 2003.
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Cultural
Uses of Plants:
An Internet-based Course in Ethnobotany |
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| Course number |
BOT101
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| Facilitator |
Gabriell
DeBear Paye |
| Institution |
CIEER.org |
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Description
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The activities of this course are designed
to teach you some of the ways that scientists investigate
plants with the potential to discover new and helpful uses
for humanity. This book also encourages you to conduct experiments
on your own and assumes that you, too, may make new discoveries
about a plant. Cultural Uses of Plants challenges middle-
and high-school students to design and implement their own
unique experiments starting from a reference point they
can relate to - a useful plant in their own culture. This
course is intended primarily for educators who wish to integrate
ethnobotany, inquiry based science and/or multicultural
studies into their curriculum. The activities in the course
fulfill the National Science Education Standards. This course
can be used to obtain professional development points and/or
continuing education credits in many states.
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| Level |
middle- and high-school biology
students &
Secondary School Teachers |
| Required
Reading |
Cultural
Uses of Plants - a guide to learning about ethnobotany.
ISBN 0-89327-422-4. |
| Pace |
Self-Paced
/ Self-Guided |
| Length |
7 days (recommended), includes
9 Units (Participants can work at their own self-guided pace
but must complete by Aug 24th.) |
| Tuition |
$100.00.
This Workshop was originally funded in 2002 through
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation Grant. |
Credit Hours/
Professional Development |
A certificate will be issued
upon completion of the course. CIEER
is a 501c(3) educational and research institution and not
directly
affiliated with any university. Therefore, CIEER cannot issue
academic credit or continuing Education credit/units directly.
However, most insitutions have various mechanisms that allow
both educators and students to obtain credit for workshops
and online courses taken away from campus. More.. |
| Semester |
Rolling admissions
for 2003. |
| Grading |
Educators receive a Certificate
of Completion; Students are Graded:
A=90-100%, B=80-89%; C=70-79% |
| Evaluation |
Exams, 1
Written Research Paper, Lesson Plan, Activities |
| Structure |
This course consists of 6 lessons,
9 units, 1 written paper and exams. |
| Computer
Equipment |
Pentium
II or higher, 1 GB HDD, 64 MB of RAM, 3.5" floppy drive,
57 kmodem or higher, Internet Service Provider, Netscape 4.0
or Internet Explorer 5.0 (or higher). |
