Flower Dissection and slideshow Lesson 9.1

Students started to look at flowering plants today to understand the different structures in a flower.  This will allow them to begin to classify the plants into the categories of perfect or imperfect which links to the ways they can reproduce.  

They took pictures with our digital microscopes and took cross-sections of the pistils of some plants.  

Here are some of the images they took.

9.1 Dissecting the Perfect Flower Google Slidehow

Complete the following reading by Friday December 18th.

Lesson #9 - "The Wonder of Flowering Plants"

p. 116-119

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9.1 -Parts of a Flower Slideshow

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Students creating slideshows of parts of a flower.

Interactive Flower Dissection Lab.

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Students making Flower Foldables to learn the Structure and Function in Flowering Plants.

Here are some pictures from our activity today.  

Students are creating Flower Foldables to learn the structure and function of the parts of flowering plants.  

Parts of a Flowering Plant

Click here to access the online sites to help with parts of a flower.  

BBC- Kids Site

Parts of a Flower - bgfl.org

BBC - Bitesize - Resource

7th Grade Student Botanist at work!

Monocot and Dicot Helpful Links.

Untamed Science Crew Explains Monocot and Dicot Plants

UC Berkeley - monocot vs. dicot

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Junior Master Gardener - Great pictures and explanations.

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Lists of Monocots and Dicots.

Monocots Lily: Oriental Lily, Day Lily Tulip Orchid Bluebell Daffodil Jonquil Crocus Freesia Amaryllis Lily of the Valley Day Flower Lesser Celandine (below) Agapanthus

Dicots Rose Daisy Sweet Pea Cosmos Nasturtium Hollyhock Foxglove Portulaca Begonia Ranuculus Marigold

Classifying Flowering Plants - Plant Reproduction

Complete the following reading by Friday December 18th.

Lesson #9 - "The Wonder of Flowering Plants"

p. 116-119

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Here is a link to the questions on the reading "The Wonder of Flowering Plants" p. 116-119

Make a copy an complete these by Friday December 18th.

Great Growth shown in our corn and bean plants!

We can see the splitting of the cotyledons and the formation of the true leaves!

Students finding pulse rates of blackworms

Here are some photos of students finding pulse rates of blackworms.

Here is the video one student was able to capture.  

Study Guide for Assessment Macro to Micro Chapters 1 - 5

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If you choose make a copy and type answers into the questions.  

Black Worm Reading

WowBug Images

Here are some images at low (x100) and high power (x400).

Lesson #5 Readings

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Nutritional Needs Reading

Wisconsin Fast Plants p. 47- 49

From Seed to Seed p. 58-62

Questions on p. 55 A-G

History of and Using a Compound Microscope

Hooke and Leeuwenhoek - Microscope Pioneers

Microscope Pioneers Reading

p.26-27

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Steps to use a compound microscope:
(when viewing and sketching at low power)

1. Plug it into the outlet, already placed between table

2. Make sure stage is down, on x40 (scanning)

3. Choose slide/ specimen

4. Turn on microscope, center slide over light

5. Adjust diaphragm if needed

6. View specimen, slowly turn course knob to focus

7. When focused, switch to low power

8. ONLY use fine adjustment, if problem finding specimen or focusing go back to scanning.

9. Once in focus, sketch on provided sheet.

10. When done switch to scanning, lower stage, take out slide.

11. Turn off, unplug, coil up and put away.

Microscopes and magnification

Good video to help with parts of a microscope.

Link to help for parts of a microscope.

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Link to Magnification and Powers of a Microscope
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Macro to Micro - Ecosystem, Habitat, and Niche

Lesson #4 Reading
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Click here to make a copy of the guided notes:

Your Habitat is in my Ecosystem.

Reading in Macro to Micro

Macro to Micro
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Please read p. 6-11
"That's Life." and "What's in an organisms name?"

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Reading in Chapter 1

That's Life and What's in a Name?

Taxonomy - What is it?

Animal Characteristics Game

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Classification and Taxonomy.

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Science Channel - History of Classification
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Click here to access Brain Pop Video

Macro to Micro
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Please read p. 6-11
"That's Life." and "What's in an organisms name?"

Complete the guided notes defining taxonomy and binomial nomenclature

Classification Video