| Big Ideas: Plant Beginnings and Diversity / Structure and Function of Plants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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? What are the various cells/tissues that make up plants? What defines a root, stem, and leaf? How is water and nutrients carried? Do plants have hormones? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vocabulary: gymnosperms, angiosperms, monocot, dicot; epidermis, xylem, phloem, parenchyma, roots | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Month | Content | Skills | Asessment | Standards | Instructional Activities, Strat |
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| September | Plant Diversity: | Formative: | Formal Indiana State Core Standards Are Not Available | Provide Topic Reading Assignments and Vocabulary List | |||||||||||||||||||||
| * Seedless Vascular Plants (Evolution of Vascular Tissue, Club Mosses, Horsetails, Ferns) | Examine a fern in order to help understand the anatomy and physiology of Tracheophytes. | Student Partipiation and Dialog | Deliver Information via Lecture, Discussion and Handouts | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| * Seed Plants (Gymnosperms and Angiosperms, Cones/Flowers, Seeds, Fruit, Introduction to Monocots and Dicots) | Examine anatomical structures of a dicot seed and embryo | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Grow and observe plant development from seed to near maturity using a controlled experiment and to make daily observations, | Lab Practicles and/or Projects | Offer Review Opportunities (Study Guides and Study Sessions) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| records and analysis for the growing plant | Chapter Quizzes | Visit:https://www.in.gov/doe/students/indiana-academic-standards/science-and-computer-science/ | Supplement Topic Discussion with Labs/Projects/Demonstrations | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Roots, Stems, and Leaves: | Reading / Vocabulary Exam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * Plant Tissues (Epidermal, Vascular (Xylem/Phloem), and Ground (Parenchyma, Collenchyma, Sclerenchyma)) | Be aware of various types of ground tissue in plants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * Structures, Types, Adaptations (Anatomy and Physiology of Mainly Roots, Stems, and Leaves) | Observe and understand the external and internal structures and functions of roots | Summative: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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