Plant-eders,
Next week I will begin teaching an upper level plant anatomy course to
seniors and masters students here. I have inherited a 30 year old syllabus.
I will be using it as a guideline. My question... Does anyone have any
suggestions/tips on teaching the course? My worry is that 16 weeks of
looking at cross sections will be rather dry. The syllabus basically
follows the chapter outlines in Fahn's book. I want to spiff this class up
a bit. Any neat demos, techniques, etc? Any batter way to teach than
simply regurgitating book material? I am not trained as a plant anatmoist
though I have had the class (14 years back) and have taught basic anatomy in
intro botany classes.
Any thoughts, suggestions, horror stories, etc. appreciated. This is a
two hr lec, 3 hr lab per week.
Thanks
Dave Starrett
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