Horticulture
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This YAP
class of 2007 will be students entering the 7th to 9th grade. The
students will spend
a week studying the fascinating world of plants. The students will
learn
how to build a hydroponic growing system, and conduct an experiment to
test the best
fertilizer to use. We will learn about plant cloning using
traditional asexual propagation methods, using tissue culture and using
genetic engineering. The students will work in a tissue culture
laboratory and produce aseptic clones, and visit a genetic engineering
lab to observe how "genes are cloned and transfered" to make
genetically modified organisms (GMO). In addition, the students
will learn the traditional methods of cloning plant using cuttings,
layering and grafting.. We will tour our botanical collection and
observe the "weird world" of carnivorous
plants,
plants that grow on plants, plants that "resurrect" from the dead,
plants that look like rocks, plants that smell (both good and bad!),
and much more. The students will learn plant taxonomy and how
to identify a plant’s name. The student will spend a half
day collecting bugs and
other
creepy crawlers, and then identify them in the lab. We will tour
a "foods for health lab" and learn how healthy foods help cure cancer
and
heart
disease; we will even make and eat a "Foods for Health Rainbow
Salad". And at the end of week, the students will learn express
their "artistc side" and learn how to create a floral design.
YAP Class of 2007 Meet the YAP class of 2007. Aren't they a great looking group of young people. Dr. Reed sure has unusual taste in foot wear! If you would like see them individually go to: Meet the Class  Syllabus
For a syllabus of the
topics covered, go to: Syllabus
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Monday
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or Build a Aquaponic System |
What Part are you Eating |
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Tuesday
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Cuttings and Layering |
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Genetic Engineering: Genes, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO), Cloning and DNA Fingerprinting | |
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Friday
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Plants that Cure Cancer and Prevent Heart Attacks |
Floral Designer |
Check
Out What the Class Did Today
(images will be posted the evening after every class day) Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 |
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