4/29-5/10

Remember that the Seed Germination Lab is due Thursday, May 16th!  You need to get your data taken soon so that you can complete the write-up on time!

• Mon 4/29:  Brainstorm plant questions, share with small group, and then share out with large group.
• Tues 4/30:  Plant origins and roots.  Leaf worksheet.  Answer questions on side 1 and color side 2.  Get checked off.  Skim Chapter 29.
• Thurs 5/2:  Notes on stems.  Gather plant parts in the Lincoln Yard.  Get 10 different leaves, 3 roots and 3 stems.  In the classroom, draw 5 leaves, 2 roots, and 1 stem.  Label all the parts that you can and then write a caption describing the features of each sample (color, texture, where it was found, special features).  Read 35.1.
• Mon 5/6:  Notes on plant growth.  Finish drawings and turn in.  Read 35.2-35.4.
• Tues 5/7:  Water transport in plants.  Transpiration.  Adaptations of Xerophytes.  Start short transpiration lab.  Read 36.1-36.4.
• Thurs 5/9:  Plant reproduction:  flowers. Monocots vs. Dicots.  Read 38.1-38.2 (move to next week).  Transport in phloem.  Compare xylem and phloem.  Finish transpiration lab from Tuesday.  On-line transpiration simulation.  There is a hand-out on this website and a link to the site on this website.  For people who were here, the assignment is due Tuesday, 5/14 and for students with excused absences or taking IB tests, the assignment is due Monday 5/20.