Fall 2010 Manoa
Fall 2010 Class - Manoa
This schedule is organized by week. Click on the schedule topics in the green boxes below to get to the video, audio, and other materials that should be reviewed for each class and laboratory section, and for the examinations. "Lecture" content is delivered as videos noted below, and may be watched on-line or at the University of Hawai`i Sinclair Library, Wong Media Center. Please be patient when dowloading the videos online, it may take a while, depending on your connection speed.
Watch the lecture videos and do the readings, BEFORE you come to class.
Each week please turn in one typed paragraph for each video you watch, answering the following questions:
(1) What did you learn from the lecture about the relationship between people and plants?
(2) How does what you learned apply to your own life? Include at least one example
This should demonstrate that you thought critically about what you watched, as well as serve as a study aid for your exams.
Each week bring at least one plant to class that fits with the theme of the week and is culturally,economically or personally important to you or your family
BOT 105 Schedule
Fall 2010 ( NOT final)
Field-Trips
and Extra Credit
Field-Trips
Field-Trips
Field-Trips
if you have not gone yet to Foster Garden you should go on your own!
Field-Trips
Field-Trips & Extra Credit
Field-Trips and Extra Credit
Field-Trips
Complete your Community Resource visit.
Field-Trips
Field-Trips
July 31 Saturday, 2:30 pm B. P. Bishop Museum, inside Hawaiian Hall (R. vestibule). There is a 45 minutes planetarium show at 1:30 pm.
Field-Trips
Field-Trips
Field-Trips
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none
Field-Trips
none
Week
1
Laboratory
(note: lab is a separate course with its own website!)
Introduction
Aug 23/24
Week
Discussion Topics & Videos
Laboratory
Week
2
Aug 31/Sept1
Discussion Topics & Videos
Who Leads? People or Plants?
Readings & Segues
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 1-23
A.Botany: plant names, plant anatomy, taxonomy
B. History
Laboratory
Plants & Migrations
Week
3
Discussion Topics & Videos
An Ocean in Mind
Research question for your final paper due on July 14
1. Evolution of Pacific Cultures
Laboratory
Fruits & Vegetables
Sept 7/8
Week
4
Sept 14/15
Week
5
Discussion Topics & Videos
What's Really for Dinner:
Major Crops
Discussion Topics & Videos
The Spice of Life
Foster Garden Worksheet due on July 19
1. Limu (Algae)
Readings & Segues
Abbott 1992 pages 43-44
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 63-97
Nutrition We will be eating rice in class today--please bring bowls and chopsticks or forks, as well as other food to go with the extra rice.
Readings & Segues
Abbott 1992 pages 45-48 and 93-96
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 132-141
Nguyen 2005 pages 185-196
Please bring food to class this week, ideally containing limu (seaweed).
Sept 21/22
Week
6
Sept 28/29
Discussion Topics & Videos
Kava and ceremonial beverages
Readings & Segues
Abbott 1992 pages 42-43 and 113-116
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 160-164
A. Psychology
B. Chemistry
We will be drinking 'awa in class today, so please read about it before coming to class, so you will be able to make an informed decision about whether or not to drink it.
Laboratory
Spices, Flavors & Essential Oils
Week
7
Oct 5/6
Discussion Topics & Videos
I'll Drink to That! Plant Chemistry and Spices
Laboratory
Oct 12/13 - MID-TERM EXAMINATION All readings, discussions & videos
Week
9
Oct 19/20
Week
10
Oct 26/27
Discussion Topics & Videos
So Bitter, So Strong!
Visiting a Community Resource Worksheet Due by July 28
1. Illness and Medicine in Cultural Settings
2. Making Sense of Plant Medicines
Discussion Topics & Videos
Peaceful Warriors
1. Polynesian Herbal Medicine 2. Rotuman Health Care 3. Hawaiian Health Care 4. Chinese Traditional Medicine 5. Medicinal Plants Dolpo, Nepal
Readings & Segues
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 25-52
Readings & Segues
Abbott 1992 pages 97-104
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 53-61
NOV 2/3 - ELECTION DAY
Week
12
Nov 9/10
Week
13
Nov 16/17
Week
14
Discussion Topics & Videos
Maintaining the Beat: Tapa, paper, cloth and cordage
1. A Plant Walk with Hula Plants
4. Recollection of a Family Tradition
Discussion Topics & Videos
Folk Taxonomy
Bishop Museum Worksheet Due by August 4
1. Why are Plants Useful to Us?
2. What Makes Plants Waterproof?
3. Taxonomy
Discussion Topics & Videos
Home Is Where the Heart Is
Written Interview Assignment due
by August 6, 5 pm; must be sent as an MS Word or WordPerfect document attachment (NO pdf!) to
2. Shelter and Cultural Identification with Nature
3. Architecture & Historic Buildings
4. Home Gardens
Discussion Topics & Videos
Saving Culture and the Environment
All Extra Credit Due
by August 9
1. Ethnoecology and Conservation
2. Ethnobotany and Conservation in Africa
Readings & Segues
Abbott 1992 pages 49-63 and 117-122
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 93-95 and 125-128
Readings & Segues
Abbott 1992 pages 64-70
Readings & Segues
Abbott 1992 pages 64-70
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 99-143
Readings & Segues
Balick & Cox 1996 pages 128-132 and 179-208
Nov 23/24
Week
15
Nov30/Dec1
Week
16
Dec 7/8
Readings & Segues
Abbott 1992 pages 113-118
Segue Evaluation (conclusion)
Laboratory
Project Presentations
Week
Dec 13-17
Discussion Topics & Videos
FINAL EXAMINATION
Readings & Segues
All readings, discussions and videos since the mid-term exam
Laboratory
Project Presentations