Module 15: Plant Physiology and Reproduction

High School kids need to do the study questions at the end of the chapter.

Lab Day Schedule:

Talk on plant reproduction

Make a nail polish cast of monocot and dicot leaves

Short walk noting the different ways angiosperms reproduce and collecting a variety of flowers to dissect. 

Dissecting flowers
Dissect monocot and dicot seeds

View Elodea
view stomata on nail polish cast
bromthymol blue photosynthesis lab 

Video Resources

Mitosis vs. Meiosis

High School lecture - plant structure

High School Level -Plant Transport and Nutrition

High School Lecture - Plant Control

High School Lecture - double fertilization in flowers

AP Lab - Transpiration

How to make a potometer

AP Lab 4 - Plant Pigment and photosynthesis

Plant Transpiration

Turgo Pressure Video

Magic School Bus In a Bee Hive

Module 14: Kingdom Plantae: Anatomy and Classification

Schedule for lab day:

Set up notebook. Talk about how to record varieties of plants in notebook.

Go on plant collecting hike.

Look at parts of plants under a microscope.

Look at Elodea leaf

Labs

Elodea Lab-examining the structure of a leaf
Elodea Lab-demonstrating that plants use carbon dioxide

Plant/Leaf Collecting

Leaf collections

Chart of four plant groups
Plant Classification Chart

Plant Diversity for Primary and Middle School videos

Four types of plants
Bryophytes-mosses
Ferns
Gymnosperms
Angiosperms

AP Biology Plant Videos - very good, but you have to deal with the evolution

Monocot and dicot comparison




Large Leaf  Identification Chart download large size



Plant Structure printouts

xylem and phloem animation

interactive cell structure

Moss Life Cycle -very good

Moss life cycle-short and sweet

The Magic School Bus Gets Planted

The Magic School Bus Goes to Seed

Bill Nye Plants