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Lesson Title: Nature's Pharmacy: Killing the Cure?
Levels: high school - undergraduate
Summary: This lesson examines the medicinal benefits of plants. Students can record an oral history of medicinal uses, conduct a lab experiment using spices, make plans for an ethnobotany trip to the Amazon Rainforest … and more!
To Open Lesson:
https://scienceinstyle.com/biodiversity/lessons/plotkinlessons.pdf

This lesson accompanies the article "Bioprospecting: Medicine Quest" at https://scienceinstyle.com/biodiversity/plotkin.html

Notes:
» This lesson includes article content and extension questions, as well as activity handouts for different grade levels. It has been written by a science educator to specifically accompany the above referenced article.
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