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OUT 162
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Title: | Survival Plants: Fall II |
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Long Title: | Survival Plants: Fall II |
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Course Description: | Introduces the student to useful plants of the Fall season not seen in earlier Survival Plants classes, as well as a review of botany learned in earlier classes. Students will continue learning wild food preparation, cooking and preservation (dehydration). They will experiment with various wild plant food combinations, wild plant spices and flavorings. In addition, fire starters both primitive and modern will be discussed and practiced (weather permitting). Natural tenders, friction fires and fire bundles will be covered. |
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Min Credit: | 3 |
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Status Notes: | Was OUT 201, changed 1/22/13 effective 201410 CFE |
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STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
1. Review survival plants I, II, III classes
2. Identify the of new useful wild plants in Fall
3. Prepare, cook, and preserve wild plant foods of the Fall
4. Recognize how to combine wild edible plants
5. Prepare wild spices and flavorings pf edible plants
6. Practice using natural firestarters
7. Discover the use of natural tenders
8. Practive friction fire methods
9. Create and utilize natural fire bundles
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Advanced wild plant identification (Fall-Colorado)
a. Identify new wild edibles in their natural habitat in Summertime
b. Identify new wild poisonous plants in their natural habitat in Fall
c. Identify new wild medicinal in their natural habitat in Fall
d. Identify new wild tool-craft in their natural habitat in Fall
e. Identify dangerous lookalikes in the Fall
II. Successful preparation and cooking of survival plants
a. Wild combinations (what makes a great dish?)
b. Wild spices and flavorings
c. Pit cooking
III. Understand Fire and Plants
a. Flint and steel
b. Natural Tenders
c. Friction fire
d. Fire bundle
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