Big Ideas: Plant Beginnings and Diversity

Essential Questions: What are the basic plant life cycles? How did plants basically evolve? How are plants classified?  What examples are there that define some of the earliest plants?

Vocabulary: life cycle, evolution, bryophytes, moss, liverworts

Month

Content

Skills

Assessment

Standards

Instructional Activities, Strategies, and Differentiation

August

Plant Diversity:

Formative:

Formal Indiana State Core Standards Are Not Available

Provide Topic Reading Assignments and Vocabulary List

* Introduction to Plants (Definition, Life Cycle, Survival, Early Plants)

Examine moss and liverwort in order to help understand the

Student Partipiation and Dialog

Deliver Information via Lecture, Discussion and Handouts

* Bryophytes (Groups, Life Cycle, Mosses)

anatomy and physiology of Bryophytes

Study Guide Assignments

However, Some Related State Standards Associated with General Biology Could Apply

Use Technology (ie Simulations/Illustrations/Videos), Various Manipulatives and Word Play

Lab Practicles and/or Projects

Offer Review Opportunities (Study Guides and Study Sessions)

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Chapter Quizzes

Visit:https://www.in.gov/doe/students/indiana-academic-standards/science-and-computer-science/

Supplement Topic Discussion with Labs/Projects/Demonstrations

Reading / Vocabulary Exam

Summative:

Chapter Exam