Flower Lab /20 and Seed lab also /20

I gave you a colouring book showing the structures of flowers, leaves and fruit.
Use this as a reference.


FLOWER LAB IS OUT OF 20 MARKS
Go into the school garden and find the following specimens.  Bring them back for dissection and observation under the dissecting microscope.
Draw each specimen.  2 marks
Identify the flower type and label the parts.  2 marks
Write one interesting observation you notice  1 mark

 Each drawing should be at least a half page.  You should have three specimens:

Use a big legal size paper to draw your observations.

1.  Find a small HEAD type of flower  (simlar to a sunflower)  It ought to have a disk flower and ray flower within the head.  Observations:  Count the disc flowers in your specimen.  What is the advantage of this kind of flower?

2. a.  Find a SPIKE type of flower
    b.   Find an UMBEL TYPE of flower
 
3.  Find a BASIC FLOWER.  Is it hypogynous, perigynous or epigynous?  Draw it and label its parts

CONTENT:  YOU COMPLETED THE ASSIGNMENT    15 MARKS  (5 marks per question)
you answered all the questions with care and you discover something interesting/

CARE IS TAKEN IN DRAWING and observing   out of 5
6/5   you make exceptional,  careful drawings with clean lines.  It is beautifully done and neat, it's in colour.  This stands out.  Bonus marks
4-5/5   you make exceptional careful drawings. This is beautifully done and neat
2-3/5   your drawings are complete and neat
1/5      you needed more time as your drawings seem a bit rushed and incomplete.


SEED AND FRUIT LAB  ALSO OUT OF 20 MARKS

For each specimen, draw it and label its parts.  Write a few sentences that describe its role in angiosperm reproduction. Each drawing should be at least half a page and neatly drawn, in colour.

draw three seed specimens 5 marks:  Which of these are dicots and which are monocots?  How do you know?
soybean sprout
corn nut
coconut


Fruit specimens: 5 marks Classify these according to your colouring book
strawberry
dragonfruit

find one more fruit  OR seed specimen in the school garden 5 marks

RUBRIK
CARE IS TAKEN IN DRAWING and observing   out of 5
6/5   you make exceptional,  careful drawings with clean lines.  It is beautifully done and neat, it's in colour.  This stands out.  Bonus marks
4-5/5   you make exceptional careful drawings. This is beautifully done and neat
2-3/5   your drawings are complete and neat
1/5      you needed more time as your drawings seem a bit rushed and incomplete.

CONTENT:  YOU COMPLETED THE ASSIGNMENT    15 MARKS  (5 marks per question)
you answered all the questions with care and you discover something interesting/

total:  20 marks
       

Species Inventory Project

Do a species inventory of Central Park area.  This will be due the last day of November for term 1. I will go over how to do a Personal Experience And Perception analysis and also a dichotomous key in class

Angiosperm Reproduction Quiz, open book

Work in a pair or alone.  Use all the vocab words in Angiosperm reproduction and create a poster showing all the steps of angiosperm reproduction

1. make drawings/cartoon 10 marks
2. included all the key words   5 marks
3.  make it interesting, humorous or unique in some way ...out of 5 marks

stamen, pistil, ovule, anther, filament, microspore mother cell, megaspore mother cell.  Mitosis, meiosis, haploid, diploid, triploid.  n, 2n, 3n, n+n,  polar nucleus, pollen,    double fertilization, embryo, seed coat,  endosperm, cotyledon, monocotyledon, dicotyledon, ovule,  fruit

3.  Make an analogy of one part of angiospermae reproduction:  Write a paragraph with a picture (example, double fertilization is like blowing up death star... )  5 marks 

angiospermae- quiz next day on this

test on Classification and Kingdom plantae coming up

Classification notes
Kingdom plantae diagram
Diversity of Plant Kingdom notes
Plant Evolution Notes Organizer (our lecture on Oct 4) based on this powerpoint


Test date on: Oct 11, 2018

open book quiz - illustrate and answer in complete sentances.

1.  Why are mosses adapted to water environments?
2.  What are the earlest tracheophytes in evolutionary history
and how are they dependant on water for survival?
3.  What are 2 adaptations of conifers which allow them to  live without water?
4.  Give three examples of angiosperms and list some adaptations which help them survive