Comments on: First Day Teaching (epilogue) http://www.jamesandthegiantcorn.com/2010/01/27/first-day-teaching-epilogue/ Genetics: Studying the Source Code of Nature Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:50:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: James http://www.jamesandthegiantcorn.com/2010/01/27/first-day-teaching-epilogue/comment-page-1/#comment-4581 James Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:09:47 +0000 http://www.jamesandthegiantcorn.com/?p=1270#comment-4581 Physical plants really are a lot more fun. It sounds like roses would make a great example if I can track down some of the old fashioned kind. Thanks! Physical plants really are a lot more fun. It sounds like roses would make a great example if I can track down some of the old fashioned kind. Thanks!

]]> By: Joseph Tychonievich http://www.jamesandthegiantcorn.com/2010/01/27/first-day-teaching-epilogue/comment-page-1/#comment-4579 Joseph Tychonievich Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:14:37 +0000 http://www.jamesandthegiantcorn.com/?p=1270#comment-4579 Hmm... If you could get your hands on single and double roses or something and bring them into class, it might catch some people's attention. You wouldn't, I don't think, have to go into the ABC genes specifically to explain that to get modern roses some of whirl C got been converted into whirl B. Actual, physical plants are always more fun than drawings on the chalkboard anyway. Hmm… If you could get your hands on single and double roses or something and bring them into class, it might catch some people’s attention. You wouldn’t, I don’t think, have to go into the ABC genes specifically to explain that to get modern roses some of whirl C got been converted into whirl B. Actual, physical plants are always more fun than drawings on the chalkboard anyway.

]]> By: James http://www.jamesandthegiantcorn.com/2010/01/27/first-day-teaching-epilogue/comment-page-1/#comment-4575 James Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:00:19 +0000 http://www.jamesandthegiantcorn.com/?p=1270#comment-4575 That's a good point Greg. I work so much with a few species I forget how many people are interested in being able to identify plants they see in the wild (or at least in the gardens they walk by around town). I'll have to hit up the other grad student teaching the course, who took the whole 15 weeks of intro botany in for some interesting IDs that can be made from floral formulas. That’s a good point Greg. I work so much with a few species I forget how many people are interested in being able to identify plants they see in the wild (or at least in the gardens they walk by around town). I’ll have to hit up the other grad student teaching the course, who took the whole 15 weeks of intro botany in for some interesting IDs that can be made from floral formulas.

]]> By: Greg http://www.jamesandthegiantcorn.com/2010/01/27/first-day-teaching-epilogue/comment-page-1/#comment-4574 Greg Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:20:41 +0000 http://www.jamesandthegiantcorn.com/?p=1270#comment-4574 There are a few variations on that theme but really nothing vastly different, at least that i can think of. The cool thing, to me at least, is that knowing the different floral organs is an essential step to being able to ID plants with confidence. It even makes picking out families of plants alot easier. There are a few variations on that theme but really nothing vastly different, at least that i can think of.

The cool thing, to me at least, is that knowing the different floral organs is an essential step to being able to ID plants with confidence. It even makes picking out families of plants alot easier.

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