Week 1 -- Schedule



|Week 1 -- Schedule |

|Date: |Day 1 |Day 2 |Day 3 |Day 4 |Day 5 |

|The World of Plants |

|Reading |Lesson 1 | |Lesson 2 | |Lesson 3 |

| |pgs. 8-11; Is It Alive? | |Pgs. 12-15; What is a | |Pgs. 16-19; Classification |

| | | |Kingdom? | |System |

|Drawing/ Worksheet/ |Is It Alive? | |Clue Cards | |Special feature: Carl |

|Special Feature | | | | |Linnaeus pgs. 20-21 |

|Questions |What did we learn | |What did we learn | |What did we learn |

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|Notes |

|Supply list: |

|Lesson 1: copy of “Is it alive?” worksheet; 6 items to display/discuss: some living, some non-living |

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|Lesson 2: poster board, copy of “clue cards”, pen, scissors |

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|Lesson 3: plant & animal guides or an encyclopedia |

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|Words to know: |

|(1)Respiration (2)taxonomy, zoology, botany, anatomy, kingdom (3) phylum, vascular tissue, class, order, family, genus, species, binomial classification |

|Week 2 -- Schedule |

|Date: |Day 6 |Day 7 |Day 8 |Day 9 |Day 10 |

|The World of Plants |

|Reading |Lesson 4 | |Lesson 5 | |Lesson 6 |

| |Pgs. 22-26; Plant & Animal | |Pgs. 28-32; Flowering | |Pgs. 33-36; Grasses |

| |Cells | |Plants | | |

|Drawing/ Worksheet/ |Draw & label a plant and | |Draw & label a plant | |Draw & label grass |

|Special Feature |animal cell | | | | |

| |Special Feature: Cells pg.| |Quiz 1 | | |

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|Questions |What did we learn | |What did we learn | |What did we learn |

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|Notes |

|Supply list: |

|Lesson 4: 2 small shoe boxes, 2 qt zipper bags, several green grapes, several raisins, 2 large red grapes, yellow gelatin mix (mix 1 hour before ready to use) |

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|Lesson 5: Field guide for flowers, access to several flowering plants; copy of Quiz 1 |

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|Lesson 6: Magnifying glass, grass plant |

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|Words to know: |

|(4)Cell, organelle, cell membrane, nucleus, vacuole, mitochondria, cytoplasm, cell wall, chloroplast, tissue, organ (5) roots, stems, leaves, flowers, |

|(6)turf grass, cereal grass, forage grass, ornamental grass |

|Week 3 -- Schedule |

|Date: |Day 11 |Day 12 |Day 13 |Day 14 |Day 15 |

|The World of Plants |

|Reading |Lesson 7 Pgs. 37-39;| |Lesson 8 Pgs. 41-44;| |Lesson 9 Pgs |

| |Trees | |Seeds | |45-47; Monocots & Dicots |

|Drawing/ Worksheet/ |Special Feature Pg 40; | | Germination Data Sheet | | Draw & label bean and corn|

|Special Feature |Redwoods | | | |seeds |

|Questions |What did we learn questions| | What did we learn | |What did we learn questions|

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|Notes |

|Lesson 7 - Index cards labeled w/ vocabulary words; Markers or crayons |

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|Lesson 8 – Copy of Germination Data Sheet, 5 jars (1 w/ a lid), paper towels; steel wool, 15-20 dried bean seeds, black construction paper, tape |

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|Lesson 9 – Several bean seeds (pinto, kidney, etc) **soak these seeds in water 24 hours prior to use, several corn seeds (not popcorn) **soak these seeds in water |

|24 hours prior to use, dissecting scalpel or sharp knife, magnifying glass, jar or plastic cup, paper towels |

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|Words to know |

|(7) woody plants, herbaceous plants, deciduous, angiosperm, evergreen , conifer, gymnosperm, bark (8) germinate, dormant (9) embryo, seed coat, |

|cotyledon, monocot, dicot, plumule, radicle, endosperm, hilum |

|Week 4 -- Schedule |

|Date: |Day 16 |Day 17 |Day 18 |Day 19 |Day 20 |

|The World of Plants |

|Reading |Lesson 10 Pgs. 48-51; | |Lesson 11 Pgs 55-58; | |Lesson 12 Pgs 59-61; |

| |Seeds-Where Are They? | |Roots | |Special Roots |

|Drawing/ Worksheet/ | Seeds Get Around | | Draw & label roots | | |

|Special Feature |Special Feature p. | | | | |

| |52-53; George Washington | |Quiz 2 | | |

| |Carver | | | | |

|Questions |What did we learn | |What did we learn | |What did we learn |

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|Notes |

|Supply list: |

|Lesson 10: Several different fruits & vegetables (apple, tomato, peach, etc.), baking dish lined w/ aluminum foil, several pinecones w/ scales tightly shut, copy |

|of “Seeds Get Around” worksheet |

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|Lesson 11: unpeeled carrot & any other roots you would like to examine, magnifying glass, jars w/ beans & corn from lesson 8 & 9; copy of Quiz 2 |

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|Lesson 12: Onion with roots, flower bulbs (tulips, daffodils, etc.) |

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|Words to know: |

|(10)disperse (11) vascular tissue, root cap, fibrous root, taproot (12) adventitious roots, aerial roots, pneumatophores, prop roots, parasitic roots, |

|haustoria |

|Week 5 -- Schedule |

|Date: |Day 21 |Day 22 |Day 23 |Day2 4 |Day 25 |

|The World of Plants |

|Reading |Lesson 13 | |Lesson 14 | |Lesson 15 |

| |pgs. 62-64; Stems | |Pgs. 65-67; Stem Structure | |Pgs. 68-70; Stem Growth |

|Drawing/ Worksheet/ | | |    | |Draw & label growth rings |

|Special Feature | | | | |Quiz 3 |

|Questions |What did we learn | |What did we learn | |What did we learn |

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|Notes |

|Supply list: |

|Lesson 13: stalk of celery w/ leaves, glass of water, food color (red or blue), 2 clear plastic cups w/ potting soil, jars w/ beans & corn from lesson 8 & 9 |

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|Lesson 14: drawing materials, plant w/ new growth, if available |

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|Lesson 15: none, copy of Quiz 3 |

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|Words to know: |

|(13) xylem, phloem, tuber, bulb, tendril, thorn, stolon, runner (14) shoot, terminal bud, axillary bud, lateral bud, node, internode (15) epidermis, cuticle,|

|cambium cells, heartwood, sapwood |

|Week 6 -- Schedule |

|Date: |Day 26 |Day 27 |Day 28 |Day 29 |Day 30 |

|The World of Plants |

|Reading |Lesson 16 | |Lesson 17 | |Lesson 18 |

| |Pgs. 72-75; Photosynthesis | |Pgs. 76-79; Arrangement of | |Pgs. 80-83; Leaves-Shape & |

| | | |Leaves | |Design |

|Drawing/ Worksheet/ |Draw & label | |Draw & label leaf | |Draw & label pinnate and |

|Special Feature |photosynthesis; | |arrangements | |palmate leaves |

| |Photosynthesis data sheet | | | | |

|Questions |What did we learn | |What did we learn | |What did we learn |

| |questions. | |questions. | |questions. |

|Notes |

|Supply list: |

|Lesson 16: 3 mint plants or other fast-growing plants, copy of “Photosynthesis Data Sheet”, scissors, 2 cardboard boxes that are big enough to cover a plant & |

|allow for growth, liquid measuring cup |

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|Lesson 17: Drawing paper, crayons, markers, or colored pencils |

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|Lesson 18: 1 or more large leaves freshly picked from a tree, knife or scissors, paper & colored pencils, red food coloring, bean & corn plants from lesson 8 & 9 |

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|Words to know: |

|(16) photosynthesis, stomata, guard cells, chlorophyll, catalyst (17) opposite leaf, arrangement, alternate leaves, whorled, rosette (18) venation, pinnate, |

|palmate, petiole |

|Week 7 -- Schedule |

|Date: |Day 31 |Day 32 |Day 33 |Day 34 |Day 35 |

|The World of Plants |

|Reading |Lesson 19 | |Lesson 20 | |Lesson 21 |

| |pgs. 84-86; Changing Colors| |Pgs. 87-89; Tree | |Pgs. 91-94; Flowers |

| | | |Identification: Final | | |

| | | |Project | | |

|Drawing/ Worksheet/ | | |Quiz 4 | |Draw & label 4 main parts |

|Special Feature | | | | |of a flower |

| | | | | |Flower Patterns |

|Questions |What did we learn | |What did we learn | |What did we learn |

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|Notes |

|Supply list: |

|Lesson 19: If it is autumn, collect different colored leaves. If not, use several colors of construction paper; scissors, glue, poster board, newspaper, heavy book|

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|Lesson 20: Tree field guide, zipper bags, access to trees w/ leaves, index cards, colored pencils, leaf press or heavy books and newspaper, colored paper, photo |

|album w/ magnetic pages or 3-ring binder with plastic sheet protectors; copy of Quiz 4 |

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|Lesson 21: Copy of “Flower Patterns”, green pipe cleaners, flexible soda straws, modeling clay, colored construction paper, scissors, glue, hole punch, corn meal or|

|yellow sand |

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|Words to know: |

|(19)xanthophylls, carotene, anthocyanin (20) (21) sepal, petal, stamen, pollen, pistil, ovule, ovary, fruit, staminate, pistillate |

|Week 8 -- Schedule |

|Date: |Day 36 |Day 37 |Day 38 |Day 39 |Day 40 |

|The World of Plants |

|Reading |Lesson 22 | |Lesson 23 | |Lesson 24 |

| |Pgs. 95-97; Pollination | |Pgs. 99-101; Flowering | |Pgs. 103-106; Fruits |

| | | |Plants | | |

|Drawing/ Worksheet/ |Flip Book | |Draw & label parts of a | | |

|Special Feature |Special Feature: p.98: | |flower | | |

| |Pierre-Joseph Redoute | |Special Feature p.102; A | | |

| | | |Rose… | | |

|Questions |What did we learn | |What did we learn | |What did we learn |

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|Notes |

|Supply list: |

|Lesson 22: Copy of “Flip Book” worksheet, crayons, markers or colored pencils, stapler, bean and corn plants from lesson 8 & 9 |

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|Lesson 23: Field A fresh flower w/ easily-visible reproductive parts (A lily or an alstroemeria is a good ex.) sharp knife or razor blade |

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|Lesson 24: Apple, strawberry, pineapple )all fresh & whole, if possible), knife |

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|Words to know: |

|(22) pollination, self-pollination, cross-pollination, pollinator, nectar (23) receptacle (24) simple fruit, aggregate fruit, multiple fruit |

|Week 9 -- Schedule |

|Date: |Day 41 |Day 42 |Day 43 |Day 44 |Day 45 |

|The World of Plants |

|Reading |Lesson 25 | |Lesson 26 | |Lesson 27 |

| |pgs. 107-109; Annuals, | |Pgs. 111-113; Meat-Eating | |Pgs. 114-116; Parasites & |

| |Biennials, & Perennials | |Plants | |Passengers |

|Drawing/ Worksheet/ |Plant Word Search | | | | |

|Special Feature |Quiz 5 | | | | |

|Questions |What did we learn | |What did we learn | |What did we learn |

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|Notes |

|Supply list: |

|Lesson 25: copy of “Plant Word Search” worksheet; Copy of Quiz 5 |

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|Lesson 26: Small box, stick or pole |

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|Lesson 27: Drinking straw, coffee stirrer (a narrow straw), field guide to plants, knife or scissors, sink |

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|Words to know: |

|(25) annual, biennial, perennial (26)carnivorous (27) parasite, host, passenger plant |

|Week 10 -- Schedule |

|Date: |Day 46 |Day 47 |Day 48 |Day 49 |Day 50 |

|The World of Plants |

|Reading |Lesson 28 | |Lesson 29 | |Lesson 30 |

| |Pgs. 117-119; Tropisms | |Pgs. 120-122; Survival | |Pgs. 123-125; Reproduction |

| | | |Techniques | |Without Seeds |

|Drawing/ Worksheet/ | | | | | |

|Special Feature | | | | | |

|Questions |What did we learn | |What did we learn | |What did we learn |

| |questions. | |questions. | |questions. |

|Notes |

|Supply list: |

|Lesson 28: Houseplant with several leaves |

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|Lesson 29: cactus plant, magnifying glass |

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|Lesson 30: potato, jar, potting soil, water |

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|Words to know: |

|(28) tropism, geotropism, hydrotropism, heliotropism/phototropism (29) succulent (30) vegetative, reproduction, vegetative propagation, rhizome |

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|Week 11 -- Schedule |

|Date: |Day 51 |Day 52 |Day 53 |Day 54 |Day 55 |

|The World of Plants |

|Reading |Lesson 31 | |Lesson 32 | |Lesson 33 |

| |pgs. 126-128; Ferns | |Pgs. 129-131; Mosses | |Pgs. 132-134; Algae |

|Drawing/ Worksheet/ | | | | | |

|Special Feature | | | | | |

|Questions |What did we learn | |What did we learn | |What did we learn |

| |questions. | |questions. | |questions. |

|Notes |

|Supply list: |

|Lesson 31: paper, paint & paint brushes, glue, corn meal or yellow sand, fresh fern frond, if available |

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|Lesson 32: Paper & glue, colored pencils or crayons, dried moss from a craft shop, magnifying glass |

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|Lesson 33: paper, colored pencils, clue, construction paper, scissors |

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|Words to know: |

|(31) frond, spore (32) peat (33) algae, primary consumer, secondary consumer, diatom |

|Week 12 -- Schedule |

|Date: |Day 56 |Day 57 |Day 58 |Day 59 |Day 60 |

|The World of Plants |

|Reading |Lesson 34 | |Lesson 35 | |End of The World of Plants!|

| |Pgs. 135-137; Fungi | |Pgs. 138; Conclusion | | |

|Drawing/ Worksheet/ |Mold Data Sheet | |Quiz 6 | |Final Exam |

|Special Feature | | | | | |

|Questions |What did we learn | | | | |

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|Notes |

|Supply list: |

|Lesson 34: 6 slices of bread (homemade works best), 3 plastic sandwich bags or zipper bags, copy of “Mold Data Sheet” |

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|Lesson 35: Dried leaves, flowers, grass, twigs, seeds, seed pods, cones, bark, etc. glue, poster board, copy of Quiz 6 |

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|Copy of Final Exam |

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|Words to know: |

|(34) fungi |

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