{"id":3252,"date":"2023-03-29T15:34:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T15:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/?post_type=quills-posts&#038;p=3252"},"modified":"2023-12-05T11:45:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T16:45:43","slug":"getting-to-know-our-plant-relatives","status":"publish","type":"quills-posts","link":"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/quills\/getting-to-know-our-plant-relatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting to Know Our Plant Relatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Instructions<\/strong>:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Students will focus on learning about the plant they chose to develop a relationship with, in&nbsp;Activity One: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/quills\/language-scavenger-hunt\/\"><strong>Language Scavenger Hunt<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em>&nbsp;Teachers can choose to do one or more of the following activities with their students:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a. Students think creatively to record Western scientific knowledge of the plant (name, habitat, description; etc.), the history of the plant\u2019s use in settler&nbsp;culture, and Indigenous uses for the plant (ie: medicinal, spiritual, utilitarian, food etc.) To learn more students can check out the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Indigenous-and-WS-Plant-Knowledge_2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indigenous and WS Plant Knowledge worksheet.pdf<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>b. Students find a story from an Indigenous perspective about their chosen plant. If possible, teachers should have books on hand for students to explore.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/goodminds.com\/products\/9780920915790\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Medicines to Help Us<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/goodminds.com\/products\/091964516x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Indian Use of Wild Plants<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/goodminds.com\/pages\/search-results-page?q=plants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">More books on plants from Indigenous authors <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Teacher can also show students the video <em>Ohonts\u00e1:ke Sha\u2019kont\u00f3n:ni ne Ken\u2019niyohont\u00e9sha&#8217;<\/em><em> (When Strawberries Came to Be)<\/em> read in Kanyen&#8217;k\u00e9ha by the late Joe Brown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Joe Brown is<\/em><em>&nbsp;<\/em><em>a <\/em><em>Kanyen\u2019keh\u00e1:ka, Turtle Clan Knowledge Keeper <\/em><em>from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory who contributed to the creation of the QUILLS Learning Bundles and passed away on February 9<sup>th<\/sup>, 2022.<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video is accessible on the QUILLS website. In this Haudenosaunee story, a young Kanyen\u2019keh\u00e1:ka girl gifts her brother with strawberries after they get into a fight. This story explains why the Haudenosaunee give the gift of strawberries when repairing relationships.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Kanyen\u2019k\u00e9ha:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>K\u00ed ok\u00e1:ra ken\u2019nityakoy\u00f3n:\u2019a Kanyen\u2019keh\u00e1:ka wah\u00f3n:yon ne yatate\u2019k\u00e9nha ne ken\u2019niyohont\u00e9sha&#8217; shahyateriy\u00f3hsi. K\u00ed ok\u00e1:ra ne wathr\u00f3:ris oh nonty\u00e9:ren ne Haudenosaunee shakonahyan\u00f3n:tens ne ken\u2019niyohont\u00e9sha&#8217; aonsahatirihwakwat\u00e1:ko tsi na\u2019teh\u00f3n:tere akohr\u00e9nshon.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This story was originally shared to accompany interpretive signs at Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre (ELEEC). Signs can be accessed on the ELEEC trail app. <a href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/app\/<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>c. Students learn to do a proper sketch of their plant for classification purposes using the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Steps-to-Make-a-Scientific-Drawing_2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steps to Make a Scientific Drawing<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Scientific-Drawings-of-Plants.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scientific Drawings of Plants worksheet<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp;Students walk their neighbourhood to find their plant,&nbsp;reflect on their relationship to the plant, record their observations of the plant and its environment, and sketch the plant in their notebooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>d. Students&nbsp;create a poem\/short story\/song about their plant. Students find the plant in the natural world and read their creation to it privately.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e. If at the Elbow Lake Environmental Education Centre students can also practice creating a herbarium specimen.&nbsp;<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Optional Extension Activity: Sharing our Gifts<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Students can choose a creative way to share what they have discovered about their plant with the rest of the class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Indigenous-and-WS-Plant-Knowledge_2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indigenous and WS Plant Knowledge Worksheet<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Steps-to-Make-a-Scientific-Drawing_2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steps to Make a Scientific Drawing<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Scientific-Drawings-of-Plants.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scientific Drawings of Plants Worksheet<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/02.-Getting-to-Know-our-Plant-Relatives_2023-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Printer Friendly Activity<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"quills-learning-environment":[79,78],"quills-season":[76,74,75],"curriculum-focus":[73],"quills-subject-area":[21,18,41,43,22],"quills-theme":[35],"bundle":[30,31],"content-type":[49],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - 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