1st Quarter CURRENT
HOMEWORK
Photosynthesis
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8/20/03
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9/01/06
Fastplant terms:
Assign Vocab: Quad, cell, water wick, water tray, water mat, & anti - algae squares
Plant your seeds Fastplant
timeline (photos) click here
Assignment: Start
your story on how a root works ?
Root Vocab: Germination,
Root, Root Hair, Epidermis,
Apical Meristem
Xylem and Phloem
Top water your plants and look for root
Plant Booklet Requirement
Part A
Your Plant
Booklet must contain information in Story form
(Once upon a time...) which
includes the following
sections like chapters
in a book:
Here are the words to use in your story. Start your story with the Root Vocab.
Root Vocab:
Germination, Root,
Root Hair, Epidermis, Apical Meristem
Xylem and Phloem
Stem Vocab: Bark, Xylem, Phloem
Leaf Vocab:
Cotyledon, Stoma, Guard Cells, Epidermis, TRUE Leaves
Flower Vocab: Flower
Parts ( look these up) , Pollination, Photosynthesis,
Seed Pods,
Fertilization, Bee Stick
Part B
17 leaves from school and 6 from home
Include: Common name, Scientific name, tag #, use of tree
By the way, this is your textbook:
Take a look!
Start growing your
Wisconsin Fastplants - Brassica rapa
Fastplant web site : Fast plants
Other Plant: Links
Record # of seeds produced so far
at WHS is 13,034
set in 2003
Quiz next week! YOU MAY USE
NOTES
9/05/06
Look for cotyledons
measure plants, add seeds, print out safety contract,
work on root outline/story and start leaf vocab
Leaf Vocab:
Cotyledon, Stoma, Guard Cells, Epidermis, TRUE Leaves
9/06/06
Top water your plants and look for leaves and measure height
Work on leaf vocab.
9/07/06
Quiz on Tuesday. Do you have any notes?
Start typing your root story. Save to a disk if you have one
9/08/06
( Test on 23 leaves from home using Elmo at the end of the quarter)
Assign
Vocab: simple/compound, opposite/alternate
pinnate/palmate, coniferous/deciduous
Visit the EDZ and start filling out the tree data table
Find the tags
Collect data Data Sheet
Use Tree ID to identify Tree Facts
or go to these sites for pictures and info on trees: Jordan's Link A B C
Others: Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 Link 4
At home you must also collect these leaves:
Label them A, B, C, D, E, F on your data sheet
Red Oak, White Oak, Gingko, Mountain Ash, Ironwood, Elm
9/09/04
Assignment:
Draw (you may trace diagrams in textbook) and label diagram of root, stem, & leaf.
Use a ruler when you label.
Why do leaves change color? ==> LEAF
White Pine - Deciduous or Coniferous ?
Are the needles falling off ?
Sam working on her tree booklet
She is using clear transparent contact paper
Try going to Google and type in name of
tree, hit Google Search
then select Images . This
will show you a photo of the tree. Try it!
9/10/04
You must have your leaf collection system today
Start collecting leaves
For your Booklet:
Fast Plant relatives :
Brassica
rapa
Wisconsin Fast Plants
Brassica chinensis
Pak choi
Brassica narinosa
Tsatsai
Brassica nipposinica
Mizuna, Mibuna
Brassica oleifera
Turnip rape, Toria
Brassica parachinensis Saichin,
Choy sum
Brassica pekinensis
Chinese cabbage
Brassica perviridis
Tendergreen, Komatsuna
Brassica rapifera
Turnip
Brassica trilocularis
Yellow sarson
Brassica utiIis
Broccoletto, Broccoli raab
Add this to your booklet - Look up one relative and get some interesting info
9/11/06
Top water your plants and look for root
( Test on 23 leaves from home using Elmo at the end of the quarter)
Assign
Vocab: simple/compound, opposite/alternate
pinnate/palmate, coniferous/deciduous
Visit the EDZ and start filling out the tree data table
Find the tags
Collect data Data Sheet
Use Tree ID to identify Tree Facts
or go to these sites for pictures and info on trees: Jordan's Link A B C
Others: Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 Link 4
At home you must also collect these leaves:
Label them A, B, C, D, E, F on your data sheet
Red Oak, White Oak, Gingko, Mountain Ash, Ironwood, Elm
9/12/06
Look for cotyledons
measure plants, add seeds, print out safety contract,
work on root outline/story and start leaf vocab
Leaf Vocab:
Cotyledon, Stoma, Guard Cells, Epidermis, TRUE Leaves
9/13/06
Top water your plants and look for leaves and measure height
Work on leaf vocab.
How about a quiz on Thursday?
9/14/06
Quiz
9/15/06
Fair Day no school
Assignment for
today: (IF YOU HAVE FLOWERS)
Make a bee stick and Cross Pollinate
Fastplants this week Photos
Measure plants, pollinate flowers when they form all this week
I will demo how to do this. Flower parts you need to know
Fastplant timeline (photos) click here
Start using the Tree ID if we have time
Homework:
Work on your leaf story and leaf diagram page 649ish : (Due: Ask Miss Lundquist)
Leaf Vocab: Cotyledon, Stoma, Guard cells, Epidermis, True leaves
9/18
Assignment:
Work on plant vocabulary. They must first define each word using their textbook or computer.
After the get the definition they are to continue writing their plant story.
They already have the root chapter done.
Here are the words to use in your story.
Root Vocab:
Germination, Root, Root Hair, Epidermis, Apical Meristem Xylem and Phloem
Stem Vocab:
Bark, Xylem, Phloem
Leaf Vocab:
Cotyledon, Stoma, Guard Cells, Epidermis, TRUE Leaves
Flower Vocab:
Flower Parts ( look these up) , Pollination,~ Photosynthesis, Seed Pods,~Fertilization,~Bee Stick
9/19
Students can also work on leaf identification using tree ID green book and their leaves.
We collected 17 leaves around the school last Thursday.
Use data collected and the Tree ID book to identify each leaf.
Write down all the page #'s you looked up in order to find the name of the leaf.
9/20
Assignment for today:
(IF YOU HAVE FLOWERS)
Make a bee stick and Cross Pollinate Fastplants this week
Measure plants, pollinate flowers when they form all this week
I will demo how to do this. Flower parts you need to know
9/21
Day 14 Fertilize fastplants
I will demo how to do this.
Flower parts you need to know - Diagram flower photo and label parts
9/22
Introduction to microscopes. Page 1137 in text.
Go here to get diagram of a microscope
Introduction to microscopes. Page 1137 in text.
Click here to study microscope parts
Copy this photo into notes Quiz
9/25
Assignment:
Make a slide of a Brassica rapa pollen grain.
Draw a picture of it on a lab sheet
9/26
Work day.
Due Thursday: Chapters 2 and 3
1. Paragraph (story) how a stem and leaf works
2. Go over stem and leaf vocab
3. Work on paragraphs in story.
9/27
Work on paragraphs in story.
Identify your leaves.
9/28
Fastplant day # 21. You know what to do.
9/29
Have you done your 2 hours of environmental community service?
Tucker started sprouting his , have you?
Leaf Booklet Assignment - Due October ??
Bring necessary materials you need like your leaves and booklets !!!!!!!
Work on:
Plant Booklet Requirements due end of quarter: here
Bio flash :
Have you done your 2 hours of environmental community service?
10/2
Lab
on stomas
Look at the leaf diagram on page 649ish.
(remember some of your books have different page #'s)
Note the position of the stoma.
Using page 644ish in your textbook, Do the Mini Lab.
Title: What do stomata look like?
Remember to start in low power and adjust your light
Hints:
Make a slide
using a leaf from tree #9. Lab sheet
Look at the underside of the leaf.
Observe under low and high power.
Under high power, draw a stoma and label its parts.
Label
: guard cell, stoma, & chloroplasts
Using page 644ish in your textbook,
Do the Mini Lab.
Answer questions 1-3 on the back of the lab sheet.
Look on page 643 for an explanation on how the guard cells work.
10/3
Can you xplain how a leaf works and is involved in photosynthesis?
10/4
Microscope / Tree vocab. Quiz - NO Notes
10/5
Work on:
Type a letter home to parents about biology
.
Leave a space for me to include your grade
and a place for them to sign and date.
Include list of ALL of the 1st
quarter projects.
Fastplant day #28. Last day to fertilize.
10/6
Root, leaf, and flower diagrams due
Due next Wednesday:
1. Paragraph (story) how a flower works
Flower Vocab: Flower Parts, Pollination,
Photosynthesis, Seed Pods,
Fertilization, Bee Stick
Plant Booklet Requirements due end of quarter: here
10/09
Why do leaves change
color?
Try here
first
Colors
explained
or here
From leaf lab yesterday
Questions:
1. Where do leaf colors come from?
2. How do leaves change color in the fall? List the colors or the other pigments in the leaf.
3. Why are mostly all of the leaves on trees green in the summer?
4. Do leaves change color because of weather?
5. Why do leaves fall?
6. Explain the process of photosynthesis. Include a chemical formula.
10/10
Start Paper Chromatography Lab photos
10/11
Can you xplain how a leaf works and is involved in photosynthesis?
10/12
The 6 leaves from home are due in school on Monday.
10/13
Workday
10/16
Quiz
The 6 leaves from home are due today.
10/17
Take Fastplants off of water and light
10/18
Workday
10/19
1. Paragraph (story) how a flower works
Flower Vocab: Flower Parts, Pollination,
Photosynthesis, Seed Pods,
Fertilization, Bee Stick
10/20
Workday
10/23
Over 40 days have passed since we planted our seeds.
Today we will harvest the seed from the pods.
Will we reach or beat our goal of 12,414?
Make a seed pod chart with data per seed pod
How many pods per plant?
How long is each pod?
How many seeds per pod?
How many seeds per plant?
Total # seeds you harvested?
Class total = ?
Total for 2006 Biology is = ?
10/24
Update data for this year
Results from Fall Harvest
Fastplant web site : Fast plants
Leaf and Fast plant booklet check list here Due 10/30
10/25
Final work day on Plant Booklet
10/26
No School
10/27
No School
10/30 - 11/3
This week the schedule will be interrupted with State testing
thought out the week and we will also be having the School Play.
The plan in Biology is to hand in the Plant Booklet and review for
the Big Leaf Quiz
Practice using
The Tree Finder for the quiz
(Next year: Test on 23 leaves from home using Elmo)
Bio
flash :
Have you done your 2
hours of Environmental
Community Service
? Due
today
Have you started trying to grow a tree at home ? Due in May
Have you selected a genetically related novel yet?
TBA
Mid Term Test
Please answer the following questions:
1. What is the difference between pollination and fertilization in plants?
2. Explain the process of photosynthesis using "the formula."
3. How do you use the Tree Finder book?
Please include what leaf/tree information
you need to know in order to
use the Tree Finder.
4. Coming soon to a biology class near you!
Above and Beyond
Ask if you are interested!
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