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Wednesday July 9, 2008 |
Online Resources |
8:30-10:00 |
Corn under Construction (Part 1)
Case analysis
Agricultural expert on Bt corn
Miguel Gutierrez, Monsanto |
Case: Biological Inquiry Chapter 6
Resource:
Case: The Farmer and the Gene |
10:00-10:15 |
Break |
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10:15-11:45 |
Field trip: Set pollen traps
Dr. Don C. Wilkerson, Professor
Micah Hale, Garden Coordinator,
Department of Horticultural Sciences,
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension |
Map of the TAMU Horticultural Gardens |
11:45-1:00 |
Lunch |
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1:00-2:30 |
Pollen Imaging - SEM
Larry Griffing Biology Department
SEM facility and wet lab
Preparing pollen samples |
Lawrence Griffing Bio
TAMU Microscopy and Imaging Center |
2:30-2:45 |
Break |
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2:45-4:15 |
Collect pollen traps
Larry Griffing
SEM images from samples
Capturing pollen images |
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4:15-5:00 |
Summary of the Day
Big Ideas – Pollen is used to identify plants. Pollen is similar in closely related plants. Most pollen is only 10-100 microns in size.
Brainstorming ways to use pollen traps as a tool for student investigations. |
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Day Overview |
Pollen collection and identification, genetically engineered crops..
Agricultural expert – Miguel Gutierrez
Horticulture experts - Don C. Wilkerson
and Micah Hale
Visualization expert-Larry Griffing SEM |
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Homework |
Look up five images of plants and their pollen |
Using Investigative Cases |
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