The students learn to associate specific plants and the ecosystems which they inhabit. The students learn to identify local plants. The students add to their base scientific information, which is the foundation for later understanding of relationships and processes. Students take practical exams in lab. Students present plant groups and are assessed as lecturers.
Students turn in plant collections of local materials.
Smith, J. P., Vascular Plant families , latest edition, Mad River Press, 1977. Knowledge gained in science course makes any subsequent science course easier. This is a course particularly useful for further work in Plant Diversity, Evolution and Ecology.