BCLN – Rev. June, 2015
BIO 11 UNIT 06: Introduction to Plants
Name: ___________________
Project 2: Plant Profile
Potential Credits:
/25
Project Goals:
 to develop and demonstrate your understanding of plants including being able to:
o identify the general characteristics of plants
o classify plants
o explain how they obtain their nutrition using photosynthesis and cellular
respiration
o explain how they reproduce
Scenario:
You are a lonely plant looking to expand your social circle so you have decided to create a social
media profile to "get yourself out there".
Instructions:
 Please read the Unit 6 Notes, Introduction to Plants, Non-Vascular Plants and Seedless
Vascular Plants.
 Please pick a plant, any plant, to create a social media profile for (you may choose the
social media format…twitter account, facebook/fakebook, tinder, plenty of fish, linkedin,
or some other site).
 The profile must include:
o the plant's scientific and common name
o identification of the characteristics that make the plant a plant
o the plant's classification according to the classification chart provided below
o identification of the particular characteristics that lead to the plant's classification
(such as…I have _______________ [some characteristic] and therefore, I am a
vascular plant looking to meet up with other vascular plants…")
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BCLN – Rev. June, 2015
BIO 11 UNIT 06: Introduction to Plants
o explanation of how the plant survives/gains its nutrition using photosynthesis and
cellular respiration (i.e., explain the two processes and the cellular organelles
involved)
o explanation of how the plant reproduces
o identification of any unique, defining and/or interesting features
o pictures/diagrams related to the plant and how it is classified, its reproductive
strategies and/or of any unique features/structures
o brief description of where this plant typically lives and what makes it happiest
(preferred growing conditions)
Marking Guide:
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scientific and common name
plant characteristics
classification
characteristics that lead to the plant's classification
explanation of photosynthesis and cellular respiration
explanation of how the plant reproduces
identification of any unique, defining and/or interesting features
pictures/diagrams related to the plant
preferred growing conditions
Total =
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25