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Chris MartineCategory: college level
Looking for a non-technical beginners and intermediate users manual in plant nomenclature that explains scientific names, common names, cultivated and trade names, and what changes in plant classifications…
In identification keys and species descriptions around the world, measurements are usually in the metric system, the universal system for scientific measurements. US students often do not have…
Emergency Room (ER) toxic plant role play for Botany classes Developed by Dr. Lena Struwe (lena.struwe@rutgers.edu) This is the activity I presented at the Botany 2018 meeting as…
The new 6th edition of this well-known book by Thomas Elpel follows the APG system (a phylogenetic classification system now used worldwide) and provides easy to access information…
Get your students to run around outside the classroom and dig through the weeds in the lawns to find examples of obtuse, spinose, calyx, capsule, stamen, trichome, and…
Weeds are everywhere and people like to taste new things, so why not combine the two? Here is an article that explains how we did it at Rutgers…
Key concept: Engaging students in the discovering of biodiversity on a campus of a school or university can turn into a solid and valuable research project for years…
Want to travel back in botanical history with watercolor or coloring pens? Here are some illustrious handouts for students in many subjects (medicine, gardening, pharmacology, botany, history…), as…
College-level course module exploring the diversity of plant species available for sale at a local grocery store. Survey data are analyzed by calculating measures of species richness and…