Planning Chart for Apologia Botany
Lesson 1: Botany Topics
Botany Latin Botanist Taxonomy
Notebook Activities
Create Notebook for holding pages Narration Questions pg. 6 Older: Do one page w/ Illustration Younger: Narrate
Lapbook
By Project Title
Key Words
Biology Botanist Latin Taxonomy Binomial Nomenclature
Projects
Taxonomy Exercise: Shoe Taxonomy Demonstrates: Classification Supplies: Need lots of different shoes
Botany Field Guide
Collect: Page Label: Label Prepare and Print out the Classification Taxonomy for Plants and put it in NB Collect: Some vascular Leafs, prepare for FG. Page Label: Vascular Plants Label the midrib Collect: Nonvascular plant specimens 3 types Page Label: Nonvascular Plants Collect: Several types of flowering plants Page Label: Angiosperms, Phylum Anthophyta Label: Give the description of an angiosperm Collect: Take pictures of some cone bearing plants, collect a sample if possible of part of a cone Page Label: Gymnosperms, Phylum Coniferophyta Label: Give the description of
“On What day…” Binomial Nomenclature Lesson 1 Vocabulary Latin Booklet Taxonomy Booklet Vascular vs. NonVascular
Phyla Vascular Plants
Narration Questions pg. 9 Draw a Vascular Plant Leaf, identify the veins. Describe what makes a plant vascular and/or what the vascular system of a plant does.
Midrib Vascular Arteries
Look at a leaf and identify midrib Supplies: Vascular Leaf
Nonvascular Plants Moss Seed Homes
Nonvascular Moss Lichens pods
Paper Towel Activity Demonstrates water dispersal Supplies: paper towels
Angiosperms (Phylum Anthophyta)
Narration Questions pg. 13
Anthophyta Antho(flower), phyta(plant) Angio(container), sperm (seed) Angiosperm
Gymnosperms Phylum Coniferophyta (Cone bearing plant)
Gymno (uncovered) Sperm (seed) Conifer (cone bearer) Phyta (plant)
a gymnosperm Seedless Vascular Plants Phylum Pterophyta (Wing Plants) Ptero (wing) Phyta (plant) Sporangia (Spore Container) Angia (container)
*spores are not seeds b/c they have no food * they will never make a flower b/c they do not need to make a seed
Collect: Ferns with spores, show both sides in FG Page Label: Seedless Vascular Plants, Phylum Pterophyta Label: Spores
Nonvascular Plants: Phylum Bryophyta (Moss Plants)
Narration Questions pg. 16 Illustrate: The 4 types of plants. Angiosperm, Gymnosperm, Seedless Vascular, & Non Vascular Older: Write down the features of each plant which cause it to be classified in that group
Nonvascular Plants Bryophyta Bryo (Moss) Fungus, Algae
Term 1 Main Ongoing Project: Making a Light Hut and Growing Herbs
*(This project can be started anytime during term 1)
Collect: moss Page Label: Nonvascular Plants: Phylum Bryophyta (Moss Plants)
* Lichens are not moss
Decide what herbs to grow pg. 18 has some good suggestions
Lesson 2: Seeds
Seeds Testas Take Off Your Coat Narration Questions pg. 24 Lesson 2 Vocabulary Dormant, dormire (to sleep), seedling, embryo, testa, hilum, 5 Parts of a Seed Embryo: cotyledons, radicle, hypocotyl, epicotyl, plumule Project: “Open a Seed “ pg. 24 Supplies: Magnifying glass, sunflower seed, and several bean seeds
Begin soaking a few of the bean seeds in hot water 30 min. before you begin the lesson.
Locate the “belly button” or Hilum of the seeds, the 5 main parts of the embryo in the seed
Inside the Seed
Illustrate: the different parts of the seed (refer to free NB pages) Older: Describe what each part does (just a definition is
Draw and label a seed
Endosperm (food for the embryo)
What do these do?
cotyledons, radicle, hypocotyl, epicotyl, plumule Germination Booklet germination Mono (one), Di (two) Germination Project pg. 29 Nature Walk: Find Monocots and Dicots, Draw them in your notebook, and label them Option 2: Find pics on the internet, cut them out put in NB and label them and M. or D. Ongoing Project: Start a seed collection, pg. 34 has a seed collection pattern Collect: several monocotyledons, and several Dicotyledons examples Page Label: 2 Pages one for each Label In the Description tell why they are called Mono and Di (Label the difference)
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Germination Monocotyledons Dicotyledons Narration Questions pg. 28
Lesson 3: Flowers
Flowers Even the Flowers Obey Making Seeds Label the Flower Booklet Narration Questions pg. 39 God’s design for Angiosperms Booklet Herbivores, carnivores, dissecting, anatomy Flower Parts: Sepals, calyx, corolla, petals, nectar Male Flower Parts Stamen, filament, anther, Female Parts Carpel, stigma, style, ovary, ovules Flower Families Name the Flowers Booklet Lesson 3 Vocabulary Composite flowers Ray flowers Build a Clay Model of a Flower pg. 48 Preserve a Fresh Flower pg. 48 Collect: Pictures from Internet of both types Page Label: Composite Flowers, Ray Flowers (2 pages, 1 for each) Label: Describe the differences of each Carnivorous Plants Venus Flytrap Family Bladderwort Family Pitcher Plant Family Sundew Family Narration Questions pg. 46 Younger: Draw your favorite flower from the lesson Write/Dictate: How does a carnivorous plant trap and digest an animal, provide an illustration Carnivorous Plants Booklet Carn (Meat), carnivorous, Venus Flytrap, Bladderwort, Pitcher Plant, Sundews Nature Walk Activity: Using a magnifying glass study flowers notice the different parts. Pick one to sketch and color for your notebook Collect: Pictures from Internet of both types Page Label: Venus Flytrap, Bladderwort, Pitcher Plant, Sundews Label: Describe the differences of each Older: Using pg. 41 Draw and label a flower with all the parts Flower Dissection pg. 38
Lesson 4: Pollination
Pollination Animal Pollination Bees Creation Confirmation A Bee’s Landing Pad Orchid NB Activity p. 54 Illustrate: Using colored pencils, design a flower that looks like a living creature. Write/Dictate about the special way it will get pollinated Flower Color Nectar Guides A Bee’s Ultraviolet Vision Getting the Pollen Bees Booklet Visible spectrum, infrared light, ultraviolet light, nectar guides Flower Pollination pg. 60 Note: You will need a QSelf-Pollination Booklet Self-pollination, nectaries, evolutionists, evolution, landing pad
tip, a couple of attached flowers for this lesson
You will be demonstrating self pollination Butterflies Moths Hummingbirds Bat Pollinators Wind Pollination Why Most Flowers Do Not Self- Pollinate Self-Pollination The Pollinated Flower Illustrate: Using 4 template pages, draw each pollinator Write/Dictate: How they pollinate Narration Questions pg. 46 Illustrate: What you found interesting, provide a title for your picture Write/Dictate: What you found interesting What Happens After Booklet Make a Butterfly Garden pg. 69 “How does pollination” Booklet Comic Strip Activity pg. 68 Other Animals that Pollinate Flowers Booklet Proboscis, nocturnal
Lesson 5: Fruit
Fruits (pgs. 71-80) Human Dispersal Water Dispersal Wind Dispersal Mechanical Dispersal Animal Dispersal Grass Little Gardeners Seed Droppings Scattered Seeds Fruit Types (Skip for younger children) Fleshy Fruits Dry Fruits Fleshy Fruits Booklet Dry Fruits Booklet Pepo, Hesperidium, Pome, Grain or caryopsis, pods or legumes, capsules, follicle, achene, samaras A Nutty Game pg. 83-84 Project Split Squash: Spiritual Application ~ Planting Seeds Which Flies Farthest? Pg. 86 Narration Questions pg. 75 Illustrate: Using 5 pages of paper draw the 5 types of seed dispersal. Writing/Dictate: Describe what is taking place Seed Dispersal Booklet George de Mestral Booklet Botany Dominoes Booklet Seed Dispersal Examine a Burr under a microscope pg. 79