Angiospermae morphology and reproduction notes: images from the lesson today

 Read the Angiosperm Review Sheet  

(review sheet copyright Ms. V. Hui)

Have a look at the drawing I made for the lecture (below) and make a creative project describing the morphology and reproduction of flowers.  Include all the vocab that you see here and read the evaluation criteria below

EVALUATION CRITERIA BELOW for the CREATIVE ASSIGNMENTS

Creative response to the practice questions and exercises: out of 20 

17-20     You created an outstanding creative response, for example: a inked and coloured cartoon            summary or poster of the completed questions or a rap song or a poem or propose your   own  creative response. including all the vocab words or a video any creative manner to  show you understand the concepts. You included all the words and concepts and it is brilliant  

14-16.   You created an impressive and amazing creative response. It is an inked and coloured cartoon or a song or a video. It needs finishing touches and you included all the words and concepts. It is really good. 

10-13.  You did a really good start, this is creative! and your cartoon, or rap or video needs some finishing touches to truly complete it. You included most words and concepts, you need to include a few more

 0-10. You started this project and it looks promising! You need to spend some time on it to make it complete 

Fruit and Flower lab

I am giving you a handout which is like a  colouring book showing the structures of flowers, leaves and fruit.  It is from the "Botany Colouring Book", a resource for university level botany courses.

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.  If you cannot find the flower, show me a pic from the internet that shows the same kind of flower.

Use a blank 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 35 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 15 marks:  Which of these are dicots and which are monocots?  How do you know? Label the parts.
soybean sprout
corn kernel
carton of coconut milk


20 marks Fruit specimens: Draw 4 specimens 5 marks each Classify these according to your colouring book
strawberry
zucchni

pineapple

bean

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

Plant Evolution lab part 2: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms

 Today you will continue with the  Plant evolution lab activity .  You can finish up drawing the mosses and ferns while observing underneath the dissecting microscope.  

Materials:

1. Go into the school garden and retrieve the following materials:  Small conifer branch with its cones. (cones might be on the ground under the conifer)

2.  Pick a flower where you can actually see the pollen.  (be careful!  if you are allergic to pollen, then get your lab partner to handle it and also use the gloves which are located in the back room.

3.  Your teacher will look for petri dishes (the teacher can perhaps ask Mr. Ho across the hall) so you can examine the specimens under the dissecting microscope. 

ASSIGNMENT:  Take a picture of the following and upload each as an image on TEAMS.

1.  Answer the questions in the booklet.  You can answer the questions on the Conifer section by referring to the notes included in the lab activity.  For example, the questions on page 11 can be answered by looking at the notes on page 7.   Also page 13 asks questions about wood.  

2.  make a half page clear and coloured drawing of

a. a gymnosperm branch and its cone

b. a flower, including ovule, stamen

c.  A view of the flower under the microscope

d.  There is a piece of wood located in the class near the windows.  Draw this and label the annual rings.  Estimate the age of the tree when it was cut down. (count the rings!)

.DRAWINGS

EVALUTATION CRITERIA:

22-25 marks :  you make slow careful drawings that are IN COLOUR. the drawing of each specimen takes half a page. You label any structures you find!  And take note of any animals you find (any bugs?) Your drawings show excellence and care. It is brilliant in how artistic it is.  You upload pages 9 and 10 of your plant evolution activity and the answers are in complete sentences.

18-21 marks:  you make drawings that are beautiful!  These are really amazing artistic drawings.  You did not label the structures in the drawings.  You upload pages 9 and 10 of your plant evolution activity and the answers are in complete sentences.

12-16 marks:  These are beautiful drawings and it is a good start.  You need a bit more time to make this complete.  You did not upload pages 9 and 10.

0-11 marks:  While this is a wonderful start with very beautiful drawings, it is incomplete. 

Animalia Intro

I would like you to watch some intro videos on animalia and then do the assignments.
Your notes introducing you to Animalia are here.   Please watch these introductory videos which will try to explain a few of the concepts.  I still need to make the one on the primary germ layers though.
See the assignment below:




Assignment 1:  Draw a poster OR write a poem that rhymes (not both)  to answer these questions and submit them as your first assignment. I want to see that you read the notes and understand the main concepts. 

EVALUATION
10 points:  poster or cartoon is brilliant, it stands out, it summarizes the main points in a creative format, it is inked and in colour

8-9:  your cartoon is excellent and includes all the main points. inked and in colour

5-7 your cartoon is complete it may not be inked or in colour
1-4 your cartoon is incomplete


POEM.
10 points: your poem is brilliant and it rhymes and it includes all key points. it stands out
8-9:  your poem is really excellent and it rhymes and includes all key points.
6-7 - your poem doesn't rhyme but it includes all key points.
1-4 your work is incomplete.

Plant Evolution Lab Part 1: Mosses and Ferns

I am away on Dec 14.   I plan to be back next day.   Open the classroom windows.  Remember to wear your mask in class and wash hands frequently. 

Dec 14 schedule: 

TEAMS ASSIGNMENT :MAKE STUDY NOTES: 

 Make your own one page notes on Kingdom plantae evolution notes slides.  Upload your notes on TEAMS with your name on it (5 marks)

TEAMS ASSIGNMENT : PLANT EVOLUTION LAB PART 1 MOSSES AND FERNS: 25 MARKS

Photocopies of this are located in the class. They might be at the back of the room near windows.  You will also need drawing paper. Ask the teacher to get some from the photocopy room.  Please bring your own pencil crayons.

Here is a  Plant evolution lab activity which will take us maybe two periods.  For the first day (Monday)...Read over this lab.  Answer the questions.  For your drawings, use a *separate paper* to make detailed coloured drawings on white paper. Note that the majority of the answers for this lab can be found by carefully reading pages 1-8 of the lab activity. 

Each drawing ought to be half a page. 

First go into the school garden and bring back some mosses and fern specimens.  Do not use the moss growing in the tub in class. There are delicate tiny carnivorous  sundew specimens growing there which are too young to be disturbed. 

1.  Examine MOSSES and FERNS by using the DISSECTING MICROSCOPES located in the back room.   These have TWO OCULAR LENSES: two eye pieces, not one.   

2.  Draw your specimens while observing under low power. Put your specimens on paper towel.   if a petri dish is available, try submerging your moss under water. It looks very mich like seaweed. Why does it resemble algae?  

3.  Upload pictures of page 9 and 10 of the  Plant evolution lab activity with your name on it. 

When you clean up, wipe the microscopes with hand sanitizer, put the cover on and carefully put the microscopes back into the room between mine and Ms. Mergens.

EVALUTATION CRITERIA:

22-25 marks :  you make slow careful drawings that are IN COLOUR. the drawing of each specimen takes half a page. You label any structures you find!  And take note of any animals you find (any bugs?) Your drawings show excellence and care. It is brilliant in how artistic it is.  You upload pages 9 and 10 of your plant evolution activity and the answers are in complete sentences.

18-21 marks:  you make drawings that are beautiful!  These are really amazing artistic drawings.  You did not label the structures in the drawings.  You upload pages 9 and 10 of your plant evolution activity and the answers are in complete sentences.

12-16 marks:  These are beautiful drawings and it is a good start.  You need a bit more time to make this complete.  You did not upload pages 9 and 10.

0-11 marks:  While this is a wonderful start with very beautiful drawings, it is incomplete. 

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As you work through this lab, note that we do not have certain specimens. We have no liverworts or horsetails in our school garden so you cannot examine them.  Just answer the questions for liverworts and horsetails.  

Plants alternate their generations.  If humans did this, it would be something like this: I will explain this when I come back to school.

Watch this video and learn about alternation of generation 

Have a look at the Plant Evolution Power point and do the plant evolution worksheet

 

Please look at this Plantae evolution power point

Fill in this worksheet with the main ideas from the powerpoint and hand it in through TEAMS.  5 marks.

Get ready for yet another open book quiz which will be posted on Friday!  You will need to complete the quiz on Friday. 

Do this Plant Evolution webquest! And go on a scavenger hunt to find different plants.

Please have a look at this website and start at the bottom of the page "timeline".

 Now, do    this webquest on plant evolution.   

5 marks for the completed webquest.

Furthermore, go OUTSIDE and take the following pictures: 

Your hand pointing to 

1. a moss

2. a fern

3. a horsetail

4.  A selfie beside a gymnosperm

5. your hand pointing to an angiosperm fruit and seed. 

5 marks for each picture   your hand or yourself must be in all pics.

 hand it in through TEAMS.

Walk to Trout Lake on Dec 4

We will go for a walk to Trout Lake and do a Scavenger Hunt on your own or with a partner.  

Photograph the following and compile a 10 slide power point to hand into Teams.

These are your slides in order:

1. TITLE PAGE: A SELFIE of you and your lab partner!!! with your names.

2. PERCEPTION PAGE.  Find somewhere quiet... and do the perception exercise here:

1.  What time is your observation and what are the weather conditions?
2. . Choose a section of Trout Lake: Why did you choose this place? What are the qualities of this place?
3..  What do your sensory perceptions tell you about this place?
a. What do you see? What colours do you perceive?
b. Close your eyes, what sounds do you hear?
c. What is the mood?
d.  Take a deep breath, What do you smell, what scents are here?
e.  What are some textures here, Reach out your hands, what do you touch? What is the temperature, the wind, is it hot, cold? humid?
f.   Name 3 living things around you. What do you notice first, plants, animals, fungi? 
g.   Movement and Circulation: how do you move to and from this place (bike, walk, run...)

SCAVENGER HUNT SLIDES:

3. . two plants that are the same species.  (use inaturalist to identify the species)

4.. two animals that are the same species.  

5. Two organisms (your choice) that are the same genus but different species

6.  Find one example each of an animal, plant, fungus that are occurring in the same location. How are they interacting? 

7.  Homologous traits:  Find two organisms that show homologous traits

8.  Analogous traits: Find two organisms that show analogous traits

8.  Adaptations for survival:  Go to the water's edge and observe animals in the water. 

a.. What animals do you see 

b. What  inherited characteristics are on their body to help them survive in their environment? 

c.  What learned characteristics did they pick up to help them survive?

9.  Competitition:  Evolution can happen when species compete with other species for survival in an ecosystem.   Find a section of Trout Lake where you can see species competing for something: food, territory, mates, light.  Who is winning the competition (hint, there is usually more of the species which is winning, compared to the species which is not winning)

10.  Variation in a population:  Evolution occurs because there is variation within a population, and some organisms survive and some die.  Find a group of organisms.  They might LOOK like they are identical, but usually there is some variation.   Find a population here at Trout Lake and note the variation.  This might be variation in size, colour, pattern of markings, what variation do you observe in the population.

20 points

18-20

Excellent, complete and beautifully presented.  You demonstrate that you understand the key terms and your presentation is visually appealing. Your Personal perception writing shows insight and thoughtfulness.

14-16

This presentation is excellent and beautifully done. It is very well done. Some of the observations demonstrate that you need to communicate your understanding more clearly

4-12

This presentation is a good start but it needs a bit more time to complete it. 

Here's a little quiz in evolution, and go to Trout Lake tomorrow. We will meet in class first for attendance

your evolution quiz  has been sent to you on microsoft teams. Please do it!  Furthermore, tomorrow we will be going to trout lake on a field study.  

Remember to dress warmly everyone! 

Week 3: Evolution Notes

These are your intro notes on evolution, 

and also notes on
How evolutionary change occurs

TODAY, DO TWO TASKS
1. WRITE A SUMMARY OF HOW SPECIATION OCCURS, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
Review THE BIRD video on the steps of speciation and take notes on this, outlining the steps.  You will be given a work period mark out of 5 for making notes in your own words for "How evolutionary change occurs" and also for the Speciation video below 

2.  NEXT, write a summary of the human evolution video
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/video/human-origin-101/

Read this article about Neanderthals:
https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/neanderthal/






Here's the crash course discribing Darwin's journey on the Beagle