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The Sherlock Hoes Files: Botanical Mysteries

Join Georgette Briggs, Staci Forgey, Alenka Hlousek-Radojcic, Glenna Malcolm, Sarah Orlofske, and DB Poli in unraveling the exciting and memorable mysteries of the plant world. Explore plant evolution, form and function, plant diversity and ecology, heavy metals and phytoremediation, and the unintended consequences of conventional plant breeding on plant-insect interactions.

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The Sherlock Hoes Files: Botanical Mysteries

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  1. The Sherlock Hoes Files: Botanical Mysteries Georgette Briggs, Staci Forgey, Alenka Hlousek-Radojcic, Glenna Malcolm, Sarah Orlofske, DB Poli

  2. The Biggest Mystery of All (aka our goal) • Students often ignore plants - how do we make plants exciting & memorable?

  3. Our Mystery Case File Connections • Writing emphasis • Plant evolution • Form& Function • Human connections

  4. Case File 1 Evolution and Plant Diversity • Plantevolutionary relationships • Phylogenetics • Morphological and physiological adaptations of plants to the terrestrial environment • Alternation of generations • Diverse types of science Writing

  5. Plant Evolution: Hands on Quantitative Lab • Students will build and interpret phylogenetic trees based on plant traits • Morphology • Reproduction • Molecular Data • http://www.phylo.org/sub_sections/outreach/outreach_c

  6. Plant Diversity: Writing • Choose a plant (or a few plants) from visiting the greenhouse • Outside Research • Place the plant in evolutionary and ecological context • Assessment: develop signage/exhibits for the university greenhouse and website

  7. Case File 2: Heavy Metals and Phytoremediation

  8. Case Learning Goals • Identify macronutrients and micronutrients in plants and their uptake and movement • Describe the terms tolerance and toxicity as it relates to plants nutrients • List and describe several metals and their reported levels in typical polluted and non-polluted soils. • Assess the suitability of an identified site for phytoremediation • Describe and present a poster with a detailed phytoremediation strategy for your identified site

  9. Collaborative Work : Group Discussion Lower level learning objectives Higher level learning objectives

  10. Phytoremediation

  11. Case File 3: How conventional plant breeding has unintended consequences for plant-insect interactions Why are these wild sunflowers so small?

  12. Case File 3: How conventional plant breeding has unintended consequences for plant-insect interactions Why do I see more pest damage on sunflowers on my farm?

  13. Case File 3: How conventional plant breeding has unintended consequences for plant-insect interactions Why aren’t there bugs on these wild sunflowers?

  14. Case Goals: • To make hypotheses for Podrick’squestion • To consider multiple trophic levels among plants and insects • To interpret bar graphs with multiple treatments • To summarize results from data relevant to Podrick’squestion • To research and share findings from other research studies regarding how conventional plant breeding… Why aren’t there bugs on these wild sunflowers?

  15. Case Goals: • To make hypotheses for Podrick’squestion • To consider multiple trophic levels among plants and insects • To interpret bar graphs with multiple treatments • To summarize results from data relevant to Podrick’squestion • To research and share findings from other research studies regarding how conventional plant breeding… Why aren’t there bugs on these wild sunflowers?

  16. Sample Data From Literature “Teacher” Examines: a b

  17. Case Goals: • To make hypotheses for Podrick’squestion • To consider multiple trophic levels among plants and insects • To interpret bar graphs with multiple treatments • To summarize results from data relevant to Podrick’squestion • To research and share findings from other research studies regarding how coventional plant breeding… Why aren’t there bugs on these wild sunflowers?

  18. Thank you for your attention!

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