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STATEWIDE
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Chiwaukee Academy
Kenosha/Racine Area
August
11-15, 2008
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Christa
McAuliffe Academy
Appleton
Area
July
14-18, 2008
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Cray Academy
Chippewa Falls Area
July 4-7, 2008
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Gitche
Gumee Academy
Ashland
Area
July
28-August 1, 2008
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John
Muir Academy
Verona
Area
July
28-August 1, 2008
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Northwoods Academy
Rhinelander Area
August
4-8, 2008
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Sally
Ride Academy
West
Allis Area/June 23-27, 2008
Waukesha Area/July
14-18, 2008
Grafton Area/July 28-August 1,
2008
Fond du Lac Area/August 11-15, 2008
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Star
Academy
River Falls Area
July
29-August 1, 2008
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Washburn
Academy
Holmen
Area/July 14-18, 2008
Onalaska Area/July
28-August 1, 2008
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WASDI |
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H-17
(K-8)
GROCERY STORE BOTANY
Tim Gerber, UW-La Crosse Biology
Department
gerber.dani@uwlax.edu
When you eat an apple or potato,
just exactly what plant tissues are
you eating anyway? Did you
know when you eat a tomato; you
consume embryos, placental tissue,
and ovaries? This hands-on
workshop focuses on commonly eaten
vegetables, spices, fruits, etc. and
the plant parts from which they
develop. Through simple
dissection techniques, a hand lens
and some close observation, students
will enjoy learning about fruit,
flower, and organ (i.e. plant)
structure. Workshop
participants will have the
opportunity to taste and dissect a
variety of fruits and vegetables,
which can be easily obtained form
the grocery store or garden.
Our dissections will provide a focus
for discussing how plant structure
can bring excitement to teaching the
elementary/middle level life science
content standards related to these
hands-on activities.
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