Wednesday, April 9, 2014

7th Grade Class - Nature Survival Class - December 4, 2013

Dream plant- mugwort-  rub in ur hands and it becomes cotton 

Acupuncture - maxa take from dream plant to draw energy thru on ur body

Plants tell people what uses it has. 

Feel if the plant is food, medicine poision. Smell it, feel it. 

Curly dock - medicine and edible plant (big leaves) 

Poison Hemlock - poison plant most seductive plant . If u eat it u feel dizzy and get very sick and can die. Don't go near carrot like leaf. 

Pregnant or wanting to get pregnant - stinging nettle 

Mallow - cheeses- edible - pull a fruit out and it looks like a cheese wheel. Whole plant is edible. Medicine good on your stomach.  

Cottonwood tree has a neat bark that gets fluffy and fiberous. Inner bark is like paper and can be shredded.
Used as toothbrush. Has propolis in it, helps to brush ur teeth. 

Cutting boards- Glass and plastic cultivate bacteria. All wood is antibacterial.  Bacteria reduced after time in the wood cutting boards. 

Tinder bundle - making for fire 

Chaga mushroom edible can catch on fire and helps with cancer 

Flint and steel - creates sparks

Charred cloth - take blue jeans and burned them without oxygen = pure carbon.  In the past they were taking wood and making charred cloth out of that. 

Raker file - and a sharp stone like quartz 

Sow Thistle - can be eaten , tastes like celery 





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