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
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.
you answered all the questions with care and you discover something interesting/
total: 20 marks
