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Course: |
OUT 161
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Title: | Survival Plants: Summer II |
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Long Title: | Survival Plants: Summer II |
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Course Description: | Introduces the student to useful wild plants of Summer not seen in earlier classes, as well as a review of botany and topics covered in previous classes. Students will learn wild food preparation, cooking and wild preservation methods. Students will experiment with wild salads, raw vs. cooked dishes and aquatic plant cooking. In addition, advanced cordage construction methods will be covered. The wet method of cordage construction will be practiced. |
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Min Credit: | 3 |
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Origin Notes: | PPCC |
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Course Notes: | New course entered 4/1/12 LK |
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Status Notes: | Was OUT 200, changed 1/22/13 effective 201410 CFE |
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STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
1. Review of Survival Plants classes
2. Identify the useful wild plants in Summer
3. Prepare, cook, and preservation wild foods of the summer
4. Prepare raw wild foods
5. Cook wild foods
6. Prepare wild salads
7. Itentify aquatic plants of the summer
8. Demonstrate cordage construction
9. Demonstrate the wet method of cordage construction
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Review Survival Plants
a. Early ethno botany
b. Botanical habitat
c. Wilderness survival and plants
II. Advanced wild plant identification (Summer-Colorado)
a. Review botanical nomenclature
b. Identify new wild edibles in their natural habitat in Summertime
c. Identify new wild poisonous plants in their natural habitat in Summertime
d. Identify new wild medicinal in their natural habitat in Summertime
e. Identify new wild tool-craft in their natural habitat in Summertime
f. Identify dangerous lookalikes in the Summertime
III. Learn about food preparation and cooking
a. Raw vs. cooked
b. Wild salads
c. Cooking and preparation of aquatic plants
IV. Participate in the advanced construction of cordage
a. Dry method
b. Wet method
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