Plant reproduction

Vocabulary- Words are grouped into related things

Sepals
petals

Pollen
Stamen

Pistil
Style
Stigma
Ovary
Ovule
Embryo

Plant structure and metabolism

THIS WEEK: Plant Structures and Metabolism

terminal bud, epidermis, mesophyll, stomata, monocots, dicots,  photosynthesis, chlorophyll, transpiration, cellular respiration, transport

Also, the chemical equation for photosynthesis:

6H2O +6CO2-------------------> C6H12O6+6O2

                              (sunlight and chlorophyll)

Please bring plants and pizza boxes to school in time for class on Friday.  Plants should be pressed, dried, and in a ziploc bag with your name on it. 

Plant Collection Project

• Press all specimens in a large book at home using paper towels or newspaper.  Mosses may require a paper towel/wax paper combo to avoid damage to the book.
• Collect both flower or cone and a leaf or set of leaves or needles (fiddle head and capsule if possible for ferns and mosses)
• Five different kinds:  must include a fern, an evergreen cone-bearing plant, a flowering plant, a moss, and one free choice  which is different from the others
• DUE Friday May 23 In class!   Bring to class in a large ziploc bag labeled with your name.   We will mount them in our boxes in class and identify them with Latin names.

  
  

  **Wednesday was a note taking day and we spent time in class discussing the concepts and finishing a graphic organizer for some of our vocab. I do expect you to take notes and look up the vocabulary I assign in class. The graphic is not transferable to the blog as it is hand-drawn.
  
  Roots Rhizomes Fronds Leaves Bark Cambium Xylem Phloem Pith Sapwood Heartwood Epiphytes
  
  The six needs of plants per the notes we took in class on Thursday
  
  
  

New Vocabulary for Plant Unit, Pizza Boxes

• Bring a cleanish pizza box to class to house your future plant collection!   Label with your name using a Sharpie. 

• Cascade Lab on Friday 5/09

Plants are often uniquely described in this/that terms.  It either has "this" or  it has "that."
Much of our vocabulary is built on contrasting traits of plants, so learning one means learning the other.  I will pair them together, but you need to understand the differences.  

For example, if a plant has a vascular system that moves fluids and nutrients through the organism, then what does a non-vascular plant do?

• Definition of a plant

• Sporophyte/Gametophyte (latin is helpful)

• Vascular/nonvascular

• Spore/seed  

• Gymnosperm/angiosperm (latin is helpful)

• Annuals/biennials/perennials  (this, that, and the other)

• Humus (hint: not hummus, the yummy dip)

• Fragmentation

please check out this link to the slide show from Thursday if you aren't sure. 
Plant basics