SBI3UI UNIT 1 – PLANT ANATOMY, GROWTH AND FUNCTION
PLANNING PATHWAY
DAY
TOPIC (LESSON)
COMMENTS, HOMEWORK,
INCLUDING TIME SAVING
STRATEGIES
Homework: Are you ready
questions page 538 to 539. Finish
the questions for homework
Homework: Read pages 540 to
541. Why are plants important?
1.
Introduction to the unit
- Are you ready questions on pages 538 to 539
2.
Kingdom Plantae
- Review main characteristics of kingdom Plantae
- Refer to package given during the diversity of living
things unit – kingdom Plantae.
- Review similarities and differences between the four
groups of plants (Bryophytes, pteridophytes,
gymnosperms and angiosperms)
- Vascular plants Re: Angiosperms
3.
Vascular Plants - Angiosperms
- How a Plant Works (Video – 20 minutes) with a work
sheet.
- Complete worksheet and take up the questions
- Plant project Shades Mills Preparation. (See outline
and rubric on classnet. (N/A)
HW: Make sure you print the
project outline.
4.
Plant Project – Shades Mills Field Trip. (N/A)
- See project outline and rubric on classnet
HW: None
5.
Plant Project (N/A)
- Pressing and preserving plant samples.
- Finish off any unfinished work
HW: Read pages 542 to 545.
Characteristics of plants
6.
Importance of Plants and main characteristics of Plants
- Read page 540 and in your own words, explain why
plants are important i.e. uses of plants to humans and
other organisms.
- The characteristics of plants (pages 542 to 545)
- Basic needs of plants
- The vascular plant body (general)– terms and
definitions
- Updating the phylogeny of plants
- Compare and contrast between monocots and dicots or
eudicots.
HW: Answer questions on page
545 questions 1 to 8
7.
The vascular plant body - Leaves
- The leaf, its structure and function
- The cross section of the leaf and function of each part.
- Announce a test in 6 days (Start studying)
HW: Answer questions on page
551 questions 1 to 10. Homework
Check
8
9
10.
The vascular plant body - Stem – notes classnet
- Quiz on leaves as homework check.
- The stem, its structure and function
- The cross section of the stem and function of each part.
- Announce a test in 5 days (Start studying)
HW Answer questions 1 to 6 on
The vascular plant body - Roots – notes classnet
- The root, its structure and function
- The cross section of the root and function of each part.
- Announce a test in 4 days (Start studying)
HW Answer questions 1 to 10 on
Lab Activity
- Comparing and contrasting between monocots and dicots
HW: Lab due in 3 days
-
11
and
12
cross sections of roots, stems and leaves using microscopes
Draw Biological diagrams
Announce a test in 3 days (Start studying)
Soak seeds to observe the effect of light, water or
nutrients on seed germination, plant growth and
development of monocots and dicots.
Transport in Vascular Plants
- Design your experiment as per instructions on page
621.
- Then plant the seeds monocots and dicots
- Overview of transport
- Transport of water and nutrients
- Transport of sugars
- Announce a test in 2 days (continue studying)
page 557.
page 563
Read page 621 Factors affecting
Plant growth and differentiation.
Get ready to design an
experiment. It will be a modified
experiment e.g., we will use bean
and corn seeds. You will work in
groups of 4.
HW: Answer questions on page
570 questions 1 to 6. Day 11
HW: Study for the test tomorrow.
Use review questions on pages
580 to 585. This is Day 12. The
test is on day 13.
13.
Test – Chapter 12, Vascular plants
- Test on roots, leaves and stems, monocots and dicots
and transport.
- Remember to check and water your plants.
HW: Read page 586 and answer
questions 1 to 4 on page 586
14.
Succession, Reproduction and Sustainability
- Introduction – how do plants respond to changes in the
environment?
- Succession, Primary vs. Secondary succession
- Human activity and succession
- Remember to check and water your plants.
Asexual and sexual reproduction in seed plants
- Definitions
- Structures involved in sexual and asexual reproduction
- Benefits of asexual and sexual reproduction
- Sexual reproduction in angiosperms
- Pollination and fertilization
- Seeds and fruits and their uses
- Remember to check and water your plants.
- Start studying for a unit test.
HW: Answer questions 1 to 6 on
page 591
15
and
16.
HW: Answer questions 1 to 6 on
page 602
17.
Plant growth and Development
- Definitions
- Types of growth (primary secondary)
- Environmental factors that affect growth
- Remember to check and water your plants.
- Start studying for a unit test.
HW: Answer questions 1 to 6 on
page 612.
18.
Control of Plant Growth and Development.
- Definition of terms
- Plant growth regulators – types and function in plants
- Using plant growth regulators in plants
- Remember to check and water your plants.
- Start studying for a unit test.
HW: Answer questions 1 to 6 on
page 618
19.
Lab completion?
- Not a formal lab report
- Answer analysis and evaluation questions and apply
and extend questions only.
- Continue studying for a unit test.
20.
Review for a Unit Test
- Topics will be on classnet
21.
Unit Test
22.
Complete your scrap book the Shades Mills Project (N/A)
HW: Finish the lab analysis
questions. One set of questions
per group.
HW: Study. Use questions on
pages 632 to 641. Do not answer
all the questions. Pay attention in
class to identify important
concepts and answer those
questions related to the important
concepts.
Scrap book due a week from this
day.