INTRODUCTION TO PLANTS FIELD STUDY

Lesson 1: Form and Function

• Vocabulary• Leaf• Flower• Stem• Root• Germinate

Online Activities

Plant Parts Diagramhttp://webinstituteforteachers.org/~agrosenheider/myparts.htm

Bean seed sprouting activityhttp://www.green-planet-solar-energy.com/plant-science-experiment.html

“Fast” Plantshttp://www.carolina.com/category/10000/10200.do

Lesson 2: Photosynthesis

• Vocabulary• photosynthesis• chlorophyll• carbon dioxide• sunlight• water• oxygen• plant sugar/glucose• nutrients

Online Activities

Photosynthesis Diagram http://hubpages.com/slide/A-Simple-Diagram-of-Photosynthesis/701794

Video on Photosynthesishttp://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=62625&title=Photosynthesis

Chromatography Instructionshttp://chemistry.about.com/cs/howtos/ht/paperchroma.htm

Lesson3: Seed Dispersal

Vocabulary:• Seed dispersal• Sexual Reproduction• Asexual Reproduction

Online Activities

Seed Dispersalhttp://www.countrysideinfo.co.uk/seed_dispersl/index-2.htm

Wind Dispersalhttp://waynesword.palomar.edu/plfeb99.htm#gliders

Seed Story Supplement Lesson Planhttp://www.ecologycenter.org/tfs/pdf/2002winter/seedstory.pdf

Lesson 4: Plants as Food Producers, Consumers, and

Decomposers

Vocabulary : • Fungi• Lichen• Algae• Producer• Consumer• Decomposer

Online Activities

Food Chains Videohttp://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/science/organisms_behaviour_health/food_chains/activity.shtml

Modeling Food Web Create A Food Web Modelhttp://ecoplexity.org/model_collection http://ecoplexity.org/model_assessment

Systemshttp://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/earth.html

What is in my Lunch? http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/food.html

The Dirt on Soil Activity http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/soil/field_guide.html

Ecoplexity Protocol Finderhttp://teachers.ecoplexity.org/views/protocols

Lesson 5: Disturbance and Succession

Vocabulary : • Disturbance

• Natural• Human caused

• Erosion• Landslide• Forest fire• Catastrophic Event• Succession

Before And After A Forest Fire

Online Activities

Forest Succession Modelinghttp://teachers.ecoplexity.org/node/496

Build A Prairiehttp://www.bellmuseum.org/distancelearning/prairie/

Teacher Sampler Packet from OFRIhttp://www.oregonforests.org/FactsAndResources/Publications.html#pub_95

Succession and Forest Habitats Lesson Planhttp://www.doe.virginia.gov/instruction/elementary_school/science/lessons_bay/lesson_plans/succession_forest/succession.pdf

Lesson 6: Comparing and Contrasting

Plants Vocabulary: • Trees

• Deciduous• evergreen

• Shrubs• Grasses• sedges and rushes• Forbs (flowers/herbs)• Fungi

Online Activities

Dichotomous keyhttp://arboretum.harvard.edu/programs/tree_basics.swf

Plant Typeshttp://www.discoverplants.com/plant-types.php

Lesson 7: Transpiration

Vocabulary• Transpiration• water vapor• Stomata• cooling effect

Online Activities

Image of water cyclehttp://www.atmos.uiuc.edu/earths_atmosphere/images/water_cycle/hydrologic_cycle2.jpg

United States Geological Societyhttp://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycletranspiration.html

Plant Transpiration Labhttp://www.ucar.edu/learn/1_4_2_18t.htm

Lesson 8: Root systems

Vocabulary • root system• root tip• root hair• tap root• fibrous roots• Tubers• Rhizomes• Absorption• Erosion• nitrogen fixers

Online Activities

You Tube video of seeds sproutinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d26AhcKeEbE

You Tube video overview of plantshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXbhdBzx1Ag&feature=related

EcoTreehttp://www.bcb.uwc.ac.za/ecotree

Lesson 9: Invasive Species

Vocabulary • Native• Invasive• Biocontrol• herbicide

Online Activities

Online video from OPB, “The Silent Invasion”

http://www.opb.org/programs/invasives/videos.php?page=full

Oregon Weed Mapper

http://www.weedmapper.org

Western Society of Weed Science

http://www.wsweedscience.org

Weed Science Society of America

http://www.wssa.net

Oregon Department of Agriculture

http://oregon.gov/ODA/PLANT/WEEDS