From sshumway from wheatonma.edu Tue Sep 8 15:41:31 2009 From: sshumway from wheatonma.edu (Scott Shumway) Date: Tue Sep 8 15:41:08 2009 Subject: [Plant-education] plants & man course development Message-ID: <4AA6C17B.3050700@wheatonma.edu> Plant Folks, I would like to develop a new course with lab targeted primarily at non-science majors, but of interest to majors who might count it as what we call a "related course". The course I envision is taught under various names, including "Plants and Human Affairs" (offered by Harvard since 1876), "plants and man", "plants and humanity"...well, you know what I'm talking about. I would like to collect syllabi for similar types of courses. If anyone would like to share, I'd appreciate copies. I'll also collect them and make them available to anyone else who might be interested. I'm very interested in learning how labs are taught for such a course. Suggestions of textbooks are welcome. My favorite is "Economic Botany" by Simpson & Ogorzaly, but am not sure if it is still in print or if it is the right book for my class. Thank you, Scott -- Scott Shumway Professor of Biology Wheaton College Norton, MA 02766 http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/Faculty/ScottWShumway.html sshumway@wheatonma.edu From FPale from thiel.edu Wed Sep 9 08:41:10 2009 From: FPale from thiel.edu (Pale, Fatimata A.) Date: Wed Sep 9 08:53:13 2009 Subject: [Plant-education] plants & man course development References: <4AA6C17B.3050700@wheatonma.edu> Message-ID: <844DEF4B6E74184CAACD3C3CC99AB641013CBECC@mail1.thiel.edu> Hello All: Thank you for requesting syllabi for " Plants and Man". I would appreciate if you would share some of the syllabi that would be submitted. Does anyone teach Plant physiology andlab? if so , would you send me some of yor syllabi and the text books that you would recommend? Thank you so much Pale' Fatimata Pale' Professsor of Biology Thiel College 75 College Avenue Greenville PA, 16125 Tel: 724-589-2114 Fax: 724-589-2021 Email: fpale@thiel.edu ________________________________ From: plant-ed-bounces@oat.bio.indiana.edu on behalf of Scott Shumway Sent: Tue 9/8/2009 4:41 PM To: plant ed listserv Subject: [Plant-education] plants & man course development Plant Folks, I would like to develop a new course with lab targeted primarily at non-science majors, but of interest to majors who might count it as what we call a "related course". The course I envision is taught under various names, including "Plants and Human Affairs" (offered by Harvard since 1876), "plants and man", "plants and humanity"...well, you know what I'm talking about. I would like to collect syllabi for similar types of courses. If anyone would like to share, I'd appreciate copies. I'll also collect them and make them available to anyone else who might be interested. I'm very interested in learning how labs are taught for such a course. Suggestions of textbooks are welcome. My favorite is "Economic Botany" by Simpson & Ogorzaly, but am not sure if it is still in print or if it is the right book for my class. Thank you, Scott -- Scott Shumway Professor of Biology Wheaton College Norton, MA 02766 http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/Faculty/ScottWShumway.html sshumway@wheatonma.edu _______________________________________________ Plant-ed mailing list Plant-ed@net.bio.net http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/plant-ed From michael from beaverbell.co.uk Wed Sep 9 09:31:51 2009 From: michael from beaverbell.co.uk (Michael Bell) Date: Wed Sep 9 11:05:51 2009 Subject: [Plant-education] How do you create a doubled haploid? Message-ID: <50fc1e9850.michaelbell@michael.beaverbell.co.uk> Is there a textbook or a key publication about how to create double haploids? Michael Bel -- From mrehansiddiqi from yahoo.com Thu Sep 10 00:44:51 2009 From: mrehansiddiqi from yahoo.com (Dr. M. Rehan Siddiqi) Date: Thu Sep 10 10:36:32 2009 Subject: [Plant-education] Plant and Man Course Syllabus Message-ID: <843910.29299.qm@web36307.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hello All: ? I am very much interested in getting a copy of syllabus on "Plant and Man Course" ? Also I will appreciate if somebody can help me in getting a copy of? a course on "Environmental Plant Anatomy". We?were ?teaching ecological anatomy in a plant anatomy course but now I want to offer a course in "Environmental Plant Anatomy" Please help. I will appreciate if you also suggest names of some books for this course. ? Dr. M. Rehan Siddiqi Department of Biological Sciences Forman Christian University Lahore, Pakistan From michael from beaverbell.co.uk Sat Sep 19 01:18:40 2009 From: michael from beaverbell.co.uk (Michael Bell) Date: Sun Sep 20 15:44:10 2009 Subject: [Plant-education] Bigger alder seeds and unusual cones Message-ID: <4231189d50.michaelbell@michael.beaverbell.co.uk> 10 Cambridge Avenue Forest Hall Newcastle -upon - Tyne NE12 8AR michael@beaverbell.co.uk 0191 266 6435 I have already told you about my project to develop alder (Alnus) as a grain crop. But alder seeds are very small and so I want bigger ones. It is now getting to the time of year to go looking for them. I want bigger seeds. Seeds are normally hard to see in the cones, if you know of a systematic way of looking for bigger seeds I would love to know of it. But if the seeds are really big, the overlapping pattern of the scales of the cones might be distorted. I would be very grateful for anything you can find. I would like:- Cuttings. Cuttings keep the combination of genes which produced that effect. Seeds. Yes, obviously. Statement of where the tree is, Map reference GPS coordinates You take me to see the tree. I am running this project like an "Open source" computer project. My strains and the finished breed will be available to all. I will be away for a month. My nephew is marrying a Nepali girl in Kathmandu, and I am going to the wedding. I have been told to expect "heroic eating and drinking" and after that, a a walk in "the hills" - the Himalays! Enjoy the "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness" Michael Bell -- From g.akmayeva from ciceducation.org Wed Sep 30 14:40:53 2009 From: g.akmayeva from ciceducation.org (Galyna Akmayeva) Date: Wed Sep 30 15:48:33 2009 Subject: [Plant-education] CICE-2010: Call for Papers Message-ID: <636621463.215863.1254339653586.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxltgw16.schlund.de> Kindly email this call for papers to your colleagues, faculty members and postgraduate students. Apologies for cross-postings. CALL FOR PAPERS Canada International Conference on Education (CICE-2010), April 26-28, 2010, Toronto, Canada (www.ciceducation.org) The CICE is an international refereed conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practices in education. The CICE promotes collaborative excellence between academicians and professionals from Education. The aim of CICE is to provide an opportunity for academicians and professionals from various educational fields with cross-disciplinary interests to bridge the knowledge gap, promote research esteem and the evolution of pedagogy. The CICE 2010 invites research papers that encompass conceptual analysis, design implementation and performance evaluation. All the accepted papers will appear in the proceedings and modified version of selected papers willbe published in special issues peer reviewed journals. The topics in CICE-2010 include but are not confined to the following areas: *Academic Advising and Counselling *Art Education *Adult Education *APD/Listening and Acoustics in Education Environment *Business Education *Counsellor Education *Curriculum, Research and Development *Competitive Skills *Continuing Education *Distance Education *Early Childhood Education *Educational Administration *Educational Foundations *Educational Psychology *Educational Technology *Education Policy and Leadership *Elementary Education *E-Learning *E-Manufacturing *ESL/TESL *E-Society *Geographical Education *Geographic information systems *Health Education *Higher Education *History *Home Education *Human Computer Interaction *Human Resource Development *Indigenous Education *ICT Education *Internet technologies *Imaginative Education *Kinesiology & Leisure Science *K12 *Language Education *Mathematics Education *Mobile Applications *Multi-Virtual Environment *Music Education *Pedagogy *Physical Education (PE) *Reading Education *Writing Education *Religion and Education Studies *Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) *Rural Education *Science Education *Secondary Education *Second life Educators *Social Studies Education *Special Education *Student Affairs *Teacher Education *Cross-disciplinary areas of Education *Ubiquitous Computing *Virtual Reality *Wireless applications *Other Areas of Education? For further information please visit CICE-2010 at www.ciceducation.org From tcj1 from waikato.ac.nz Wed Sep 30 17:32:07 2009 From: tcj1 from waikato.ac.nz (Tracey Jones) Date: Wed Sep 30 17:41:35 2009 Subject: [Plant-education] Photosymbiodeme Message-ID: <64f48b4e0909301532u164f950bx93c6075d2b73e9cb@mail.gmail.com> Hi All, I am a PhD student looking at Lichens (population genetics) and am looking for a photo of a photosymbiodeme. Is there any one out there who can help me? I of course would follow correct protocol in acknowledgement! Kind Regards Tracey Jones PhD Student University of Waikato New Zealand