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Lesson 4#                                 Plants for Medicinal Uses                                    

SUBJECT:  Health and Science

TOPIC:  Different plants used for medicinal purposes

TIME FRAME:  1 class

COMMON ESSENTIAL LEARNINGS:  Communication, Independent Learning, Personal and Social Values.

MATERIALS:   Research Report outlines

1. OBJECTIVES:                                Saskatchewan Science Objectives 
                                                                        Saskatchewan Health Objectives

Cognitive: Students will...

- search for information about plants that are used for medicinal uses.

- generate ideas by brainstorming about medicinal uses of plants.


Affective/Spiritual: Students will...

- develop an understanding of how First Nation cultures utilized plants for medicinal purposes.

2. RESOURCES:

http://collections.ic.gc.ca/hazeltons/medicf.htm    
This website contains information about plants used for medicinal purposes.

3.  PURPOSE/TEACHER BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

    The purpose of this lesson is to inform students of plants that can be used for medicinal uses.

4.  ACTIVITIES/IDEAS:

Searching the Net For Information
Divide students' into small groups and have them visit the address given below to find information about plants that are used for medicinal purposes. There are 18 plants listed in this website.  Have students' read through each of the descriptions.  Then students' are to choose three plants to research using the internet.
 
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/hazeltons/medicf.htm

Question Sheet - check here to view the report outlines you may want to use.

5.  EVALUATION:

Red Paintbrush Plant.,  Traditional Plant Use
in the Hazeltons.  Digital Collections, 1998.