Course curriculum

  • 1

    An Introduction To Elven Botany

    • Welcome From The School President

    • An Introduction From Your Instructor

    • Part 1: Plants as Organisms - Why Study Botany?

    • 1.2. Key concepts of Life Science

    • Lesson 1.2 Quiz

    • 1.3. Taxonomy and Plants

    • Lesson 1.3 Quiz

    • 1.4. Basic chemistry: water, nutrition, and plants

    • Lesson 1.4 Quiz

    • What Is Photosynthesis?

    • 1.5. Cells and Photosynthesis

    • Lesson 1.5 Quiz

    • 1.6. The Plant Body

    • Structure Of The Leaf Plant

    • Lesson 1.6 Quiz
  • 2

    Plants In Detail And Their Diverse Families

    • Plant Classification

    • Part 2: The Plant Types

    • 2.2. Bryophyta: the algae and mosses

    • Lesson 2.2 Quiz

    • 2.3. Pteridophyta: Ferns and allies

    • Lesson 2.3 Quiz

    • 2.4. Conifers, cycads, and ginkgo (gymnosperms)

    • Lesson 2.4 Quiz

    • 2.5. Flowering plants and trees

    • Lesson 2.5 Quiz

    • 2.6. Invasive plant species

  • 3

    A Healthy Plant Is A Healthy Planet

    • Plant Hormones

    • Plant Nutrition

    • Plant Disease
  • 4

    The Science Of Botany In Middle-Earth

    • Essay: Tolkien’s Trees

    • The plants of J.R.R. Tolkien’s legendarium

    • Part 3.3: Plants that appear in Tolkien’s works

    • The Science of Botany In MIddle Earth Quiz
  • 5

    Elven Botany Final Exam

    • Instrucitons for the final exam

    • Elven Botany Final Exam