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Summer 2020
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| BI 103J - General Biology: Forest Ecology |
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Associated Term:
Summer 2020
Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Accurately describe, illustrate and explain the evolution of land plants 2. Analyze & explain the functioning of selected plant systems including the reproductive, vascular, defense, nutrients, and immune, and evaluate their impact on human physiology 3. Explain the scientific approach or method, and use it to conduct bioassays of plants and evaluate their potential as antimicrobial chemicals and the impact on the human immune system. 4. Describe some of the original peoples of the Pacific Northwest and/or the world, and how they used some plants for food, fiber, shelter, medicine and ceremony 5. Recognize, explain and apply the principle of homeostasis and the use of feedback loops to control physiological systems in plants 6. Analyze the world views and traditional ecological knowledge of Native peoples of the world regarding plants, and compare and contrast that to the scientific approach 7. Identify local edible, medicinal, and culturally significant plants through the study of plant reproductive, defense, and signaling systems 8. Discuss power and privilege in the plant food industry and research and evaluate how to make more healthy and sustainable plant based food choices, with emphasis on the human digestive system 9. Collect local plants and cooperatively design an ethnobotany display emphasizing the medicinal uses of plants and their impacts on human systems such as the nervous, reproductive and digestive systems, for a local wildflower festival at Mt. Pisgah Arboretum Required Materials: Technical Requirements: |
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