Plant Cell Journal - Elodea
• Make a wet mount slide and observe the Elodea under the
microscope.
• Draw and color FIVE to SIX plant cells from what you see in
the microscope on either medium or high power.
• Label the cell walls and chloroplasts containing chlorophyll.
Vocab Definitions:
Photosynthesis (110)
Chlorophyll (110)
Cell wall (79)
Producer (9 or 78)
Cellular Respiration (111)
Plant Cell Journal – Elodea (continued)
Nonvascular Plant Journal - Moss
• Observe moss and the parts listed below under a
dissecting microscope.
• Draw, color and label: leaflike structure, stalk, spore
capsule and rhizoid using your own eyes or low power.
Vocab Definitions:
Nonvascular plant (80)
Rhizoid (82)
Vascular Seedless Plant Journal - Fern
• Label the parts of the fern on the diagram using the word
bank.
• Observe the parts of the fern under a dissecting scope.
Draw, color and label: the frond (leaf), spore packs
(underneath of frond), and fiddlehead (if available) using
your own eyes.
Vocab Definitions:
Vascular plant (80)
Spore (61)
Vascular Seedless Plant Journal – Fern (continued)
Word Bank:
frond
rhizome
fiddlehead
root
Gymnosperm Journal – Conifer Needles
• Using a dissecting microscope, observe and compare the
conifer needles of an Arborvitae branch to a Douglas fir
branch. Describe the difference in the two types of needles.
Vocab Definition:
Gymnosperm (80)
Gymnosperm Journal – Conifer Cones
• Use a dissecting microscope to observe, draw, color and
label the female cone of Norway Spruce. You can draw
the cone using your own eyes. Label the female cone
and a seed inside the cone.
Angiosperm Root Types Journal
• Compare a fibrous root system to a tap root system
• Draw, color and label a fibrous root system and a tap
root system
Vocab Definitions:
Tap root system (93)
Fibrous root system (93)
Angiosperm (80)
Angiosperm Root Parts Journal
electron
micrograph
of soybean
root hairs
Angiosperm Stem Type Journal
• Compare a herbaceous stem to a woody stem
• Follow directions on the “stem” journal entry for woody stems.
• Answer the questions under the woody stem diagram using the actual
woody stem cross section.
• Observe, draw, color and label a cross section of a herbaceous celery
stalk. Use the dissecting scope to observe the stained vascular tissue
of the celery stalk. Label the herbaceous stem and vascular tissue.
• (IF TIME): Observe under low power using a compound microscope
the slide with both the young and old pine stem. Use the completed
woody stem diagram to identify the parts of the pine stem cross
sections.
Vocab Definitions:
Xylem (92)
Phloem (92)
Herbaceous stem (94)
Woody stem (95)
Angiosperm Stem Type Journal
Herbaceous Stem
Woody Stem
Angiosperm Leaf Parts Journal
• Follow directions on the “leaf” journal entry.
• Label and color the parts of a leaf using the textbook and
the word bank.
• Observe, draw and label the stomata and guard cells on
medium or high power using the compound microscope
and the prepared slide.
• Write the equation for photosynthesis.
Vocab Definitions:
Stoma (stomata) (112)
Transpiration (112)
Cuticle (78 or 96)
Angiosperm Leaf Parts Journal
Angiosperm Flower Journal
•Observe and identify the parts of a flower listed below using your sample flower.
•Using tweezers remove the petals and sepals to expose the female and male
reproductive parts of the flower.
•Draw, color and label both the stamen (male) and pistil (female) of your flower in the
box provided. Use a dissecting scope to help observe the flower parts.
•Answer the provided questions
•Label the following flower parts on the two diagrams (#1-12).
Sepals
Petals
Pistil
Stamen
Anther
Filament
Stigma
Style
Ovary
Receptacle
Ovule
Pollen
Vocab Definitions:
Sepal (97)
Petal (97)
Pistil (98)
Stamen (98)
Anther (98)
Ovary (98)
Ovule (98 or 114)
Angiosperm Flower Journal (continued)
Angiosperm Sexual Reproduction Journal
• List the SIX steps of angiosperm sexual reproduction
using the provided diagrams.
Vocab Definitions:
Pollen (86)
Pollination (89)
Unscramble the steps:
 Under favorable conditions, the seed germinates
(sprouts).
 A pollen tube grows to the ovule
 The ovary around the ovule becomes a fruit
(protects & helps spread the seed)
 Fertilization: sperm & egg fuse in the ovule
 Pollination: pollen moves from anther (male) to
stigma (female)
 Ovule develops into a seed
Angiosperm Sexual Reproduction Journal
Angiosperm Fruits Journal
• Compare: a tomato fruit to a silver maple fruit
• Draw, color and label: each type of fruit and its seeds.
Use a dissecting microscope to help observe some of
the detail within the fruits and seeds.
Questions:
How are the seeds within the fruits
dispersed within an environment?
How have these fruits adapted to
their method of dispersal?
Angiosperm Seed & Germination Journal
Part 1
• Dissect a lima bean seed that has been soaking in water
overnight by removing the seed coat and separating the seed
in half.
• Draw, color and label the seed coat, young plant, and
cotyledon (stored food)
Part 2
• Draw the germination of a pea seed.
Vocab Definitions:
Seed Coat (87)
Dormant (116)
Germination (116)
Angiosperm Seed & Germination Journal
Tropism Journal
• Draw and label an example of each type of tropism:
– Gravitropism (gravity)
– Hydrotropism (water)
– Phototropism (light)
– Thigmotropism (touch)
• Try to determine if the tropism is positive or negative:
– Positive tropism (growth towards the stimulus)
– Negative tropism (growth away from the stimulus)
Vocab Definitions:
Tropism (118)
Limiting Factor Journal
• List SIX limiting factors that you observe outdoors.
Vocab Definitions:
Limiting factor (not in book)