Plant Parts Unit Daily Schedule

Day

Activities

Homework

3/29

Goals: Describe the general body plan of an

           Angiosperm

           Identify special adaptations of roots,

           stems, and leaves

Act. #1 – Flower, and R,S,L Discussion

Plant Parts Vocabulary due 4/2

Read pages 570-571 and 559–562

Study for Quiz #1

3/30 

 

Goals: Describe the general body plan of an

           Angiosperm

           Identify special adaptations of roots,

           stems, and leaves

Act. #2 – RSL Adaptation Lab 

Plant Parts Vocabulary due 4/2

Study for Quiz #1

3/31

Goal:  Describe how plants get food

          Explain how leaves get water

          Demonstrate water movement in plants

          Describe how roots get water

          Describe how food is distributed to

          roots & stems

Discuss Act. #2

Quiz 1 – Plant Parts & Adaptations

Act. #3 (page 1)           

Plant Parts Vocabulary due 4/2

Read pages 572-577

Planet Nuliphe Activity

4/1

Goal:  Identify parts of the leaf

          Identify leaf adaptations that make

          them successful in different habitats

        

Act. #3 (page 2 & 3)

 Act. #4 – Leaf Adaptations

 Act. #4A - Leaf Structure Double Check                              

Plant Parts Vocabulary due 4/2

Finish Act. #4 & Act. #4A 

4/2

Plant Parts Vocabulary due!

Rainforest Video

 

4/5

Goals: Demonstrate water movement in plants

           Describe how roots get water

           Describe how food is distributed to

           roots & stems

Discuss Act. #4 & #4A

 

Begin Act. #5 Lab – Structures of the stem

 

Act. #6 – Why did the tree die?

Complete Activity #6

 

Read pages 578-582

Study for Quiz #2

4/6

Goals: Demonstrate water movement in plants

           Describe how plants grow

 

Complete Act. #5

 

Complete Act. #5A – Leaves & Transport Tissues

Complete Act. #5A

Read pages 588-593

Study for Quiz #2

4/7

Goals: Describe how Plants grow

 

Go over Act. #5A

 

Quiz #2 – Leaves & Fluid Transport

 

Act. #7 Lab – How do plants Function                 

Complete Act. #7

Read pages 594-596

Complete Act. #12 review

4/8

Goals:  Describe the structure & function of

            Flowers

            Describe the process of pollination

            Describe how fruits and seed develop

            Identify the parts of a seed

 

Act. #9 – Notes

 

Act. #10 -- Pollination

Complete Act. #9A & #10

Read pages 552 – 558

Complete Act. #12 review

4/9

Goals: Describe how plants respond

 

Act. #8 – Tropisms

Act. #10 A

Study for Quiz #2 retakes

4/12

Go over #10A

Quiz #2 - Retakes and Make ups

Complete Act. #12 review

Extra Credit Puzzle - due tomorrow!

4/13

Goals:  Observe the structure and function of

            a flower

           Observe structure and function of a

           seed and fruit

 

Act. #11 – Flower & Seed dissection

Complete Act. #11

Read pages 597 - 602

Complete Act. #12 review

4/14

Review #12 Due! - check answers

Review for Test

Bring your book tomorrow!

STUDY!!!!!
4/15 Plant Parts Test Animal Kingdom Vocabulary due Monday, 4/26

 

Vocabulary (38 words)- Must be hand written, numbered, and underlined

Pollen grain, ovule, pollination, cotyledon, sepal, petal, stamen, anther, pistil, ovary, vegetative reproduction, plant propagation, epidermis, cork, cortex, root hair, root cap, herbaceous (fleshy) plants, vascular bundle, pith, heartwood, sapwood, petiole, xylem, phloem, primary growth, secondary growth, apical meristem, cork cambium, vascular cambium, annual ring, perennial, auxin, hormone, tropism, photoperiodism, monocot, dicot