Major Concepts
Chapter 30
- Comparing and contrasting the life cycles of mosses, ferns and gymnosperms
- Sexual reproduction in flowering plants...
- Structure and function of flowers (4 parts)
- Gametophyte formation in flowering plants
- Pollination and fertilization
- Adaptations for fruit and seed dispersal (3 major categories of fruits)
- Germination!
- Human methods of plant propagation
- Native flora of Pott County
- Identify via color, season and location
- Monocots vs. Dicots vs. Eudicots
- Annuals vs. Biennials vs. Perennials
Major Concepts
Chapters 6 and 31
- Everything about photosynthesis...
- Equation
- Purpose/Importance
- The two phases (Light Reactions and Calvin Cycle)
- Structure of cholorplasts and general flow of light energy to NADPH/ATP to G3P
- Definition and purpose of plant hormones, and the five major groups and their functions/uses
- The "what," and "how," of plant movement
- Nastic vs. Tropic
- Seasonal plant response
- Photoperiodism
- Flowering (Critical Night Length)
- Vernalization
Lesson plans for the week of April 11, 2011...
Lesson plans for the week of April 4, 2011...
Unit Three - Plant Cells, Tissues, Organs and Their Processes
Major Concepts
Chapter 4, 29 and 6
- Plant specific organelles (3)
- Types of plant cells (3) and tissue systems (3)
- Meristematic growth (apical, lateral and intercalary)
- Types/Adaptations of the following plant organs...
- Roots
- Stems
- Leaves
- Everything about photosynthesis...
- Equation
- Purpose/Importance
- The two phases (Light Reactions and Calvin Cycle)
- Chlorophylls, energy transfer, storage, etc.
- Environmental factors that affect/influence photosynthesis
Major Concepts
Chapter 28, 25 and 17
- The systematics and classification of plants (Kindgom Plantae and it's divisions)
- Various levels of taxa (DKPCOFGS)
- The general traits of an organism in Kingdom Plantae
- The ancestors of plants (Green Algae)
- The major adaptations made by plants to conquer land environments
- Plants, and the ability to alternate generations (Haploid and Diploid, Gametophyte and Sporophyte)
- General traits of...
- Non-vascular plants (Mosses)
- Seedless vascular plants (Ferns)
- Gymnosperms (Conifers)
- Angiosperms (Flowering Plants)
Major Concepts
Chapter 27 (pgs 545-556)
- The definition of science the scientific process
- History of plant cultivation
- Categories of food crops (descriptions and examples)
- Human increase in food production (positives and negatives)
- Non-food uses for plants (medicine, clothing, fuel, etc.)
- Plant contributions and interactions with their environments (Plant Ecology)
- Plants and their potential to cause harm
