Blast through
Botany
Scientastic
Lesson Plan Overview
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Plant Body Structure
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Angiosperm
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Plant Cell
Leaf Cross Section
Vascular Tissue
Plant Body Structure
Evolutionary Tree of Plants
Monocots and Dicots
Flower Structure
Station Lab Activity
Plant Structure: Plant Cell
Plant Structure: Leaf Cross Section
Plant Structure: Xylem and Phloem
Plant Structure: Overall Body
Plants in the Evolutionary Tree
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Plants are one of the
kingdoms of life
(Fungi, Protista,
Bacteria, Achaea,
Animals)
Plant cells have a
specialized organelle
called chloroplasts
that carry out the
function of
photosynthesis
The diagram to the
right demonstrates
the evolutionary tree
of plants
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Charophytes – plant
like algae
Bryophytes –
Liverworts, hornworts,
and mosses
Pterorphytes – Ferns
and horsetails
Monocots and Dicots
Video Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI2RxzAT-ww
MONOCOTS
DICOTS
Embryo with single cotyledon
Embryo with two cotyledons
Pollen with single furrow or pore
Pollen with three furrows or pores
Flower parts in multiples of three
Flower parts in multiples of four or five
Major leaf veins parallel
Major leaf veins reticulated
Stem vacular bundles scattered
Stem vascular bundles in a ring
Roots are adventitious
Roots develop from radicle
Secondary growth absent
Secondary growth often present
Angiosperms
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Angiosperms are
flowering plants
Angiosperms are
the dominating
species of plants
Many sources of
our food are
angiosperms
The diagram to
the right
demonstrates
the reproductive
system of
angiosperms