Exploring plant-based medicines and ethnobotany (the scientific field that examines a culture’s knowledge, customs, and uses of plants) in the classroom is a timely and valuable way to engage students in science. Because many medicinal plants have never been tested using the Western scientific method, laboratory investigations of plant-based medicines give students the opportunity to do authentic science, with real opportunities for scientific discovery. Integrating current scientific problems into the classroom is a good way for students to apply disciplinary core ideas, engage in science and engineering practices, and potentially make valuable contributions to science or their communities.
- Lecturer : Osmund Enechi
- Lecturer : kenneth obiudu