Plant Anatomy, Growth and Function Candice, Sarah, Stratton, Megan

Unit Plan SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday Day 1 Diagnostic Day What are the needs of plants Introduce Summative Assignment (Factors that affect plant growth) Day 2 Uses of Plants Nature of Science History Case study assignment Day 3 Bill Nye Plants Video Classification of Plants Day 4 Kingdom Plantae Plant structure and function Day 5 Structure of a flowering plant Day 6 Plant Life cycle Day 7 Monocots and Dicots Lab investigation Day 8 The Leaf The Stem The Roots Day 9 Plant Tissue Lab Inquiry Day 10 Plant Organ Cross Section Quiz Vascular Systems & transport in plants Day 11 Plant Development Soil Elements Day 12 Plant Nutrition Plant Hormones Day 13 Pollination & Fertilization in Flowers Day 14 Flower Dissection Bill Nye Flowers Day 15 Plant Quiz Day 16 Plant Propagation Primary & Secondary Succession Day 17 Plant Technology Day 18 Summative Test Hand in summative assignment 3031

Major Unit Concepts Structure of plants Plants as resources Plants organs and Function Transport in plants Plants growth and development Reproduction in Plants Succession and Sustainability

Big Ideas & Ministry Clusters BIG IDEAS: Plants have specialized structures with distinct functions that enable them to respond and adapt to their environment. Plant variety is critical to the survival and sustainability of ecosystems. OVERALL EXPECTATIONS By the end of this course, students will: F1. Evaluate the importance of sustainable use of plants to Canadian society and other cultures; F2. Investigate the structures and functions of plant tissues, and factors affecting plant growth; F3. Demonstrate an understanding of the diversity of vascular plants, including their structures, internal

Misconceptions Plants obtain their energy directly from the sun Truth: plants use the sun to produce energy Plants have multiple sources of food (heterotrophic as well as autotrophic) Truth: Plants cannot consume food like animals therefore they must produce their own, plants are autotrophs Plants feed by absorbing food through their roots Plants use heat from the sun as a source of energy for photosynthesis Plants absorb water through their leaves Plants only give off oxygen Truth:……and sugar

Plants get their food from the environment rather than manufacturing it internally Truth: they make their own food through carbon fixation Food for plants is taken in from the outside. Soil supplies most of the “raw materials” for photosynthesis Truth: Not the soil that supplies the materials for photosynthesis there must be sunlight} Water and minerals are food for plants Soil is the plant’s food. People put food (fertilizer) in the soil for plants to eat Truth: it’s the nutrients in the soil that plants require and the soil allows for a moist environment and physical support Photosynthesis is a plant process and respiration is an animal process Truth: The process of photosynthesis is the plants mechanism for storing energy that will be used in respiration. The energy is stored as chemical energy. Once the sun goes down, the plant enters the respiration cycle and uses the stored energy during the night.

Connections to other Units Diversity of living things: -Human activity -Classification (anatomical and physiological traits) Animals, structure & function: -Reproduction ie.mitosis -Cell structure and organelles -Respiration in humans vs. plants Genetic Processes: - Selective breeding practices -Phenotypes -Plant traits Scientific investigation skills -Lab safety -technological investigations