Blast through Botany Scientastic

Lesson Plan Overview  Plant Body Structure  Plant Cell  Leaf Cross Section  Vascular Tissue  Plant Body Structure  Angiosperm  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  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  Charophytes – plant like algae  Bryophytes – Liverworts, hornworts, and mosses  Pterorphytes – Ferns and horsetails

Monocots and Dicots Video Link MONOCOTSDICOTS Embryo with single cotyledonEmbryo with two cotyledons Pollen with single furrow or porePollen with three furrows or pores Flower parts in multiples of threeFlower parts in multiples of four or five Major leaf veins parallelMajor leaf veins reticulated Stem vacular bundles scatteredStem vascular bundles in a ring Roots are adventitiousRoots develop from radicle Secondary growth absentSecondary growth often present

Angiosperms  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