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 and FRUIT LAB
Go into the school garden and find the following specimens. Bring them back for dissection and observation under the dissecting microscope.
FLOWER and FRUIT LAB
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.
Use a blank paper to draw your observations.
SPECIMENS: FOR EACH NUMBER BELOW, USE HALF A PAGE TO DRAW THE FOLLOWING:
1. Find a small HEAD type of flower and draw it (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.Draw these specimens
a. Find a branching type of flower, such as a SPIKE type of flower
b. Find a BRANCHING type of flower like a head type
b. Find a BRANCHING type of flower like a head type
c. Find any other type of BRANCHING type.
3. Find a BASIC FLOWER. Is it hypogynous, perigynous or epigynous? Draw it and label its parts
4. Fruit specimens: Classify these according to your colouring book reference. Examine a sample under the microsope. label any parts you see according to the reference. Draw the following: (these specimens are located in the Refridgerater next door)
a. strawberry
b. banana
c. pineapple
d. dragon fruit
5. Seed specimens:
a. sunflower seed
b. corn on the cob
50 marks for the specimens
15 marks for presentation, completeness, creativity
total: 65 marks
