Sunday, April 22, 2007

Week Thirty-Four

This week we will continue our study of plants, which focuses on chapters 8 and 9 in the textbook.

Monday - Bean Lab Set-up and discussion / Plant Booklet
Tuesday - Section 9.1 / Group Seed Lab
Wednesday - Notes Gymnosperms and Angiosperms / Plant Booklet
Thursday - Dissecting Seeds Lab / Monocot vs. Dicot W.S. / Plant Booklet
Friday - Dissecting Flowers Lab / Plant Booklet

Homework this week includes BRING IN a FLOWER TO DISSECT BY FRIDAY (preferably a lily with male and female parts - refer to picture above), Plant Booklet through page 4 and 3 seeds due Tuesday, 9.1 worksheet and Plant Vocabulary 13 - 21 due Wednesday, 9.2 Worksheet due Thursday , 9.3 Worksheet and Plant Vocabulary 22 - 36 due by Friday, Plant Booklet through page 7 due by Monday.

Helpful Websites for Plant Study:

Non-vascular Plants
Vascular Plants
Seedless Vascular Plants
Gymnosperms
Angiosperms
Biology of Plants
Great Plant Escape
Flower Dissection and Quiz