This course was developed by Ben Montgomery and has since been added to and improved by Kate Farrah. We are both at University of South Carolina Upstate. You may use elements from this course for your instruction, but you may not incorporate these materials into published materials outside of your institution (e.g. lab manuals used outside of your own university) without prior written permission. Please let us know if you use these materials for purposes of our internal documentation: bmontgomery@uscupstate.edu / kfarrah@uscupstate.edu .
See links for the syllabus, schedule, supplies list, and laboratory activities on the left menu or the drop-down menu at the top. Activities are organized by the week in which we teach them, and some activities span multiple weeks.
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Week 1: Orientation activities
Week 2: Terrariums part 1
Week 15: Terrariums part 3
Week 2: Situate fern dish in window or under lamp (brief instructions)
Week 4: Fern journal (part 1)
Week 8: Water fern dishes
Week 11: Update fern journal
Week 15: Final fern journal update
Week 3: Dichotomous keys & winter twigs
Week 4: Dendochronology (exercise based on Flash, current fuctionality needs to be checked)
Week 6: Gymnosperms
Week 7: Flowers and Terrariums
Week 8: Human nutrition
Week 11:Phenology
Week 12 DNA extraction
Week 13: Community / volunteer activity
Weeks 11, 12, 13, 14
Week 11: Radish genetics, part 1
Week 12: Radish genetics, part 2
Week 13: Radish genetics, part 3
Week 14: Radish genetics, part 4
Week 15