Back at Palko....
Group discussion, Kyle created his class website.
Confused? Want to know? How would you incorporate technology into classroom with your students?
Nobelprize.org for games.
Mark Bloom:
The Other Stuff, the BIG Idea!
making connections to the content
Apple Quiz
Video Michael Pollan
The Botany of Desire
Apple Central Asia, Kasastanz, (Russia)
Sweetness evolved for dispersion
Mammals appealled to them
Eaten and discreted by animals
Enculturated in to religion and culture
brought to China and then westward
Johnny Appleseed "Chapman"
1774 20's head west travelled to Ohio River Valley, spreading the plants
homeless traveler who taught people how to seed, grow apples with much knowledge
Sold saplings
why plant from seed? taste appearance is not in seed, each seed will produce a different apple, grafting does a better job at producing a replica, he grew seedlings because of his religious upbringing, God's spirit, don't tamper with natural things that is why he grew apples from seeds. most varieties were bitter, but they used them as hard cider, bringing alcohol to the American West.
Monoculture after 1920's:
How many species? limited to what can be eaten.
Chemicals are overused to rid of bugs from apple orchards.
over 5000 kinds of apples in Geneva NY study orchard, 1989 genes from Kasastanz,
Poverty Lane Orchards
Big Ideas
Diversity/Evolution
Monoculture
Human Control (Does it really change nature?)
No comments:
Post a Comment