Module Description: Botany: From Basic to Bizarre!

Explore the science and mystery of plants in this brand new K.A.S.T. module from UConn’s Plant Growth Facilities, part of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology’s Biodiversity Collections, and the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History. This week of botanical adventure will begin by learning firsthand the secrets of how plant scientists identify different plants. You will experience tropical forests to deserts right here at UConn, make a terrarium of flesh-eating carnivorous plants and one of a desert dweller to take home, taste some really bizarre fruits, go on a wild botanical treasure hunt, and learn the special tools botanists use to solve the mysteries of plant life.

Offered July 6-10