Wildlife and Habitat Studies 10, 20, 30
WILD10B
Module 10B: Advanced Plant Skills (Optional)
Outcome
Explore traditional,
medicinal and
contemporary uses of
local plants.
Indicators
| (a) | Practise ethical harvesting through acts of mindfulness (e.g., take only what is needed) and gratitude (e.g., offering tobacco). |
| (b) | Explain the significance of harvesting plants in the context of Indigenous food sovereignty. |
| (c) | Describe the economic value of local plants (e.g., lumber industry and food source). |
| (d) |
Explore the medicinal qualities of local plants, such as:
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| (e) | Investigate the risks of inappropriate consumption of medicinal plants. |
| (f) | Describe identifying characteristics of local plants that are potentially harmful (e.g., poison ivy, stinging nettle and wild parsnip) or poisonous (e.g., death camas and water hemlock). |
| (g) | Explain the threats that invasive species (e.g., leafy spurge, purple loosestrife, downy brome, wild parsnip and yellow star thistle) pose to wildlife and habitats in Saskatchewan. |
| (h) | Conduct and analyze the results of a plant study (e.g., quadrat sampling, stem counts and population studies). |
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