Medicinal Plant Research Matrix

by Eric Gonzalez-Payne

Grade 6Ages 11 to 12·Nature and science·Worksheet
Medicinal Plant Research Matrix

Six plants down the side, source types across the top. Fill it and look at the pattern.

The pattern is the finding. Some plants have consistent claims across every source, and some are claimed to do wildly different things depending on who is asked. Consistency is not proof but inconsistency is informative.

The page has the matrix, source categories, and an analysis frame. It also introduces the difference between a traditional use and a tested effect, which is the distinction the entire medicinal thread has been building toward and which grade six is ready to hold properly.

Eric Gonzalez-Payne

Eric Gonzalez-Payne

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Ed.M. in Educational Leadership, Harvard Graduate School of Education

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