Aaron J. Powner, M.Ed.
High School Science Teacher
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Lab Safety: Contract | Quiz | Page
Online Botany Course
Crash Courses
Template for Lab Reports
Calendar of Assignments Jan 22 Welcome
History and Vocabulary: botany, botanical, horticulture, agriculture, herbology, peasant/paganus, heath, magus, apothicary, alchemy, chemistry, demarcation
Branches of Botany (Sampling): paleobotany, phytogeography, ethnobotany, agriculture/agronomy, dendrology, forestry, horticulure, marine botany, pomology, etc.
Jan 23 Lab Safety
Presentation
Safety Contract - Sign and Return *** Required ***
Safety QuizJan 30 - Feb 2
Tour of Textbook
Academic / Scholar Skills
Assignment: Write down titles of topics in textbooksFeb 5 - 9
Read Chapters 1 - 7 (Basics of Botany: these chapters are a review of what you learned in basic Biology)
Ch 2 Notes Topics: photosynthesis vs chemosynthesis, table 2-1 (overview of plant structures), animals (behavior based on movements, diversity based on number of species) vs plants (behavior based on growth, diversity based on variety of tissues), field guides (for species identification), examples of diverse forms and functions of similar tissues (stopped on PAGE 21)
Feb 14 - 23
Finish Review of Biology Basics (Read and Discuss Ch 03 - 04). Ch 03 topics include cells, organelles, membranes and transport, growth and division (mitosis). Special Note - plant cell types: shoots/root tips, leaf/stem epidermis, epidermal gland cells, green leaf cells, root epitermis, vascular cells, flower cells (petal cells, scent cells, nectary cells, stamen cells, carpel cells, fruit cells. Ch 04 topics include growth phase, S phase (endoreduplication and gene amplification for high rates of protein synthesis in rapidly dividing), mitosis, meiosis, independent division of chloroplasts and mitochondria,
Feb 26 - March 5
Read Ch 05: Tissues and the Primary Growth of Stems
March 7 - 26
Assignment: Hand draw and label the following diagrams from chapters 5 - 7
Due: March 23Fig 5-1 Herbaceous Body Plans
Fig 5-22 Plant Cuticles
Fig 5-39 Xylem and Phloem
Fig 5-40 Apical Meristem
Fig 6-1 Leaf Shapes
Fig 6-5 through 6-8 Leaf Shapes
Fig 6-10 Leaf Shapes
Fig 6-12 Leaf Margins
Fig 7-2 Basic Root Systems
Fig 7-5 Woody Root Systems
Fig 7-8 Root CapsMarch 26 - April 6
As a whole class: research, design, build, and nurture an indoor window-garden.
Group Notes: Botany Project Google Doc
So far...
- Mar 14 brainstorming/research notes - indoor plant species, indoor growing conditions, soil vs hydroponics, rough diagram of classroom window garden, watering system, horizontal vs vertical structure
- Mar 19 group choices 1 - soil, micro-sprinkler/drip hybrid watering system, horizontal structure with two troughs, water reservoir and pump to recycle nutrients
- Mar 21 group choice 2 - windowboxes: english ivy, snake grass, echinacia. hanging plants: spider plant, fern. Suculent: jade plant, aloe vera.
- Mar 28 group notes - learned about types of soils, price per volume, chose MG potting soil (moisture control), chose table/shelf base to support weight of two window boxes, heavy equipment on floor, began to build shopping list using Home Depot website
- bonus points - visit a large professional greenhouse/gardening center and speak to the person in charge to ask questions about gardening (horticulturist), write a report of the experience
- see Group Notes for more details
April 9 - April 13
- Gather materials for project construction
- Build shelving unit
- Purchase plants, soil, and fertilizer, transplant
Finished Stage 1 Construction!!!
April 23
Video: Life in Biosphere 2 - Jane Poynter
Review Video: Plant Science - An Intro to Botany | The Great Courses
April 25
Evaluate health of indoor plants. What changes need to be made? New ideas?
Review Video: Science of Seeds
Video: What Plants Talk About
May 7
Video: Nonvascular Plants - Crash Course Biology #36
May 16
Chapter 09: Flowers and Reproduction
Chapter 12: Transport Processes
May 18 -- IMPORTANT!!!
Parent Permission Form - The Martian (2015, rated PG-13)
Link: https://goo.gl/forms/ianws49uDE8jj6ny1
Download: Print Form
Assignment: Guided Viewing Worksheet | DOCX for Editing | PDF for Printing |
May 21
Chapter 13: Soil
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAvBwRrAXpA
