EXOTIC EXCURSIONS IN BOTANY: PLANTS, PEOPLE, HISTORY AND CULTURE FOR ALL CLASSROOMS

Richard Frazier, Ph.D.
Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction  
2132 Lovinger
Central Missouri State University
Warrensburg, MO 64093

660-543-8391
[email protected]

resources and references for a short course  presented at the annual convention of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Philadelphia, March, 2003

(images from video, digital, and slr cameras--by R. Frazier unless noted otherwise)

 
Abstract Comment Papers Teaching ideas
Links Print references Philly Our session (03/28/03)
Cacao, a native of the Americas, growing on a small farm in Malaysia
A nightshade species in a Lacandon garden in Chiapas, Mexico
Weaving ketupat from palm (coconut) leaves in Malaysia (small containers for cooking rice)
Rice harvest in Cambodia
Soybeans ready for harvest in Missouri
Eating cassava leaf plasas and rice in Sierra Leone
photo by Mark Frazier
Dissecting a wild banana (seeded) in Sumatra
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