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Botany Lab Science


Description
Grades: 9-12th
Course Length: One Semester
Credit Available: Science Lab 1.0

Students will learn about edible and dangerous plant life that can heal or hurt. Be aware of your surroundings and how to tell the difference between the plants. You will make a plant book and what each plant does for the body or the environment. This course is video based, easy to follow and a wonderful edition to our repertoire.
Content
  • Course Content
  • Course Syllabus
  • Course Contract
  • Assignment Checklist
  • Extra Credit Activities
  • Additional Activities: Use When You Finish Weekly Activities Early
  • Additional Activity: Gardens - Spider- When You Finish Weekly Activities Early
  • Additional ActiivitySpringtime Science - When You Finish Weekly Activities Early
  • Additional Activity: Leaves - When You Finish Your Weekly Activity Early
  • Week 1 - Chocolate
  • Watch Chocolate - 1
  • Watch Chocolate Video - 1 - Describe Steps
  • Make a Slide Show - Chocolate - 2
  • Chocolate - 3
  • Chocolate - 3
  • Chocolate Video -4
  • History of Chocolate Quiz
  • History of Chocolate - Short Answer
  • History of Chocolate - Short Answer
  • Week 2 - Cooking With Plants
  • Watch Video # 1
  • Watch Video # 1 and Respond
  • Watch Video # 2
  • Watch Video # 2 and Respond
  • Watch Video # 3
  • Watch Video # 3 and Respond
  • Watch Video # 4
  • Watch Video # 4 and Respond
  • Watch Video # 5
  • Watch Video # 5 and Respond
  • Watch Video # 6
  • Watch Video # 6 and Respond
  • Watch Video # 7
  • Watch Video # 7 and Respond
  • Choose an Activity
  • Week 3 - Plant Cell
  • Watch Plant Cell Video
  • Watch Plant Cell Video and Respond
  • Need TPT Handout to Create Plant Cell
  • Make Model of a Plant Cell
  • Week 4 - Carl Linnaeus
  • Resource # 1
  • Resource # 2
  • Resource # 3
  • Slide Show - Carl Linnaeus
  • Week 5 - Plant Parts
  • Watch Video - Parts of a Cell
  • Watch Video # 1
  • Watch Video # 1
  • Watch Video # 2
  • Watch Video # 2 and Respond
  • Week 6 - Xylem & phloem
  • Read / Watch Vascular Systems of Plants
  • Vascular Systems of Plants
  • Lord of the Tree Rings
  • Watch Video # 1 (Lord of Tree Rings) and Respond
  • Watch Video # 2 and Respond
  • Watch Video # 3 and Respond
  • Watch # 4 (The Celery Experiment)
  • Celery Experiment Report
  • Complete the Celery Report
  • Week 7 - Stems
  • Materials Needed
  • Watch Video # 1
  • Watch Video # 1 and Respond
  • Activity with Straw
  • Watch Video # 2
  • Watch Video # 2 and Respond
  • Watch Video # 3
  • Read and Do Activity: Growing a Potato in Waterh
  • Activity: Write a Poem
  • Report on Potato Experiment
  • Week 8 - Roots and Potatoes
  • Week 8 - Materials Needed
  • Watch Video # 1
  • Watch Video # 1 and Respond
  • Watch Video # 2
  • Read - What Roots Can We Eat
  • Watch Video # 2 and Respond
  • Watch Video # 3
  • Watch Video # 3 and Respond
  • Bonus - Observe Roots
  • Watch Video # 4
  • Watch Video # 4 and Respond
  • Read - About Potatoes
  • Read - About Potatoes and Respond
  • Week 9 - Catch up!
  • Week 10- Soil
  • Materials Needed
  • Watch Video # 1
  • Watch Video # 1 and Respond
  • Watch Video # 2
  • Watch Video # 2 and Respond
  • Watch Video # 3
  • Watch Video # 4
  • Watch Video # 3 and #4 and Respond
  • Watch Video # 5
  • Make a Model of the Layers of the Soil
  • Soil Model Video
  • Types of Soil Erosion Experiment Report.pdf
  • Do the Experiment to Discover the Difference Between Water and Wind Erosion
  • Watch Video #6
  • Soil Erosion Experiment
  • Soil Erosion Experiment Report.pdf
  • Soil Erosion Experiment
  • Interview or Research - Impact of Erosion
  • Week 11 - Worms
  • Resources Needed and Instructions
  • Build a Wormery
  • Read: About Earthworms
  • Watch Video # 1 (Earthworm Dissection)
  • Write a 2-3 paragraph Reflection - About Earthworms
  • Week 12 - Peanuts and George Washington Carver
  • Materials Needed
  • Read: Peanut Power: How to Grow Peanuts
  • Explain the Steps for Growing Peanuts
  • Watch Video # 1
  • Write About Peanuts
  • Difference of Taste of Raw and Roasted
  • Difference Between Fresh and Pre-Package
  • Read: Gardner: Yes, You Can Grow Peanuts Up North
  • Read Gardner and Research as Needed
  • Week 13 - Leaves
  • Materials Needed
  • Watch Video # 1 - Leaf Chromatography Experiment
  • Leaf Experiment Report
  • Define Words About Leaves
  • Watch Video # 2
  • Write a paragraph explaining why leaves change color.
  • Read About Leaves
  • Complete This About Leaves
  • Week 14 - Plant Reproduction-Sexual & Asexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants
  • Materials Needed
  • Watch Video # 1
  • Watch Video # 1 and Respond
  • Watch Video # 2
  • Watch Video # 2 and Respond
  • Watch Video # 3
  • Watch Video # 3 and Respond
  • Watch Video # 4
  • Watch Video # 4 and Respond
  • Read: Rosemary
  • Read and Do Rosemary Activity
  • Watch Video # 5
  • Watch Video # 5 and Respond
  • Week 15 - Seeds
  • Watch Video: Seed Germination
  • Experiment Worksheet
  • Seed Germination Experiment
  • Week 16 - Cones and Flowers
  • Materials Needed
  • Watch Video #1
  • Watch Video # 1 and Respond
  • Watch Video # 2
  • Watch Video # 2 and Respond
  • Make a Craft with Pinecones
  • Week 17 - Bees and Pollen
  • Pollen - Smithsonian
  • Plan a Trip OR Explore Some Educational Videos
  • Smithsonian in the Classroom - Anatomy of Plant and Honeybee
  • Smithsonian in the Classroom - Adaptive Stuctures Worksheet
  • Smithsonian in the Classroom - Bee-Free BBQ
  • Read: Our bees are swarming!
  • Read: Beekeeping365
  • Trip or Video - Respond
  • Read: Beekeeping365 and Respond
  • Watch Video
  • Watch Video and Respond
  • Week 18 Catch up & Project Power Point
  • Week 18 Power Point
  • Week 19 - Fruits
  • Reseach and Respond
  • Report for Plant Experiment
  • Plant Experiment
  • Week 20 -Photosynthesis
  • Watch Video # 1 and Take Notes
  • Watch Video # 2 and Take Notes
  • Watch Virtual Lab
  • Experiment Worksheet
  • Write Up Virtual Lab
  • Write Using Notes from Videos 1 and 2
  • Experiment Worksheet
  • Write Conclusion of Monday Lab
  • Week 21 - Moving Plants Through Materials
  • Read: How_do_Plants_Move_Material
  • Read and Respond - 1
  • Read and Respond -2
  • Read and Respond - 3
  • Read and Respond - 4
  • Read and Respond - 5
  • Week 22 - Regulating Plant Development and Growth
  • Watch Video: Phototropism - Mechanics of Plant Growth - Take Notes
  • Watch Video: Plant Growth Regulators - Take Notes
  • Watch Videos, Do Research and Respond
  • Week 23 - Plant Genetics
  • Read and Take Notes
  • Read and Respond - 1
  • Study Notes and Create
  • Take Online Quiz
  • Week 24 - Characteristics of Plants in Different Environments
  • Watch Video and Take Notes
  • Review of this Class
  • Watch, Read and Respond
  • Read and Take Notes
  • Week 25 - Mosses and Ferns
  • Define
  • Watch Video # 1
  • Watch Video # 2 and Take Notes
  • Watch Video # 2 and Respond
  • Research and Define
  • Watch Slides and Take Notes
  • Study Notes and Create a Poster
  • Study Notes and Create
  • Read Life Cycle of Moss
  • Read: Fern Life Cycle
  • Week 26 - Fungi
  • Materials Needed
  • Watch Video and Take Notes
  • Experiment Worksheet
  • Mold Observation Sheets
  • Grow Mold
  • Read: Spore Printing with Mushroom – Botany Lesson with Fungi
  • Read and Complete
  • Week 27
  • Catch up Week
  • Week 28 and Week 29- Gymnosperms and Angiosperms
  • Watch Video # 1 and Respond
  • Watch Video # 1 and Respoind
  • Watch Video # 1
  • Read: Angiosperms vs. Gymnosperms
  • Read: Angiosperms vs. Gymnosperms and Respond
  • Watch (green button) and Test Yourself (Button)
  • Watch (green button) and Test Yourself (Button)
  • Watch Video # 2 and Take Notes
  • Create a Chart Contrasting Monocot and Dicots
  • Week 30 - Plant Ecology and Biomes
  • Read: Sciencing_Icons_Science SCIENCE
  • Define Words
  • Experiment Report - Print 5
  • Choose 5 of 7 Biomes - Complete Experiment Report for Each
  • Week 31 - Symbiosis
  • Read: Relationships Between Organisms
  • Read and Explain
  • Read: Symbiosis facts for kids
  • Read: Symbiosis Facts for Kids and Complete Notes
  • Week 32 - Trees
  • Read and Complete Notes
  • Tree Activities - Enjoy
  • Read and Take Notes
  • Create a Tree Meal
  • Week 33 - Strange Plants
  • Create Slide Show on Strange Plants
  • Read: 10 Most Strangest Plants in the World
  • Watch: 15 Strange Plants
  • Research and Create Slide Show
  • Research and Report
  • Week 34 - Plant Diseases
  • Research Plant Disease
  • Research and Report
  • Research and Report
  • Research and Report
  • Research and Report
  • Week 35 and 36 - Research
  • Research Beyond the Seeds Tour and the Living with the Land
  • Final Project
  • Review Course
  • Hours
  • Congratulations! You have completed the course!
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed