First go into the school garden and bring back some mosses and fern specimens. You will start this Plant evolution lab activity . It starts on page 9 of this booklet.
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 much like seaweed. Why does it resemble algae?
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.
