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• RED SLIDE: These are notes that are very
important and should be recorded in your
science journal.
Copyright © 2010 Ryan P. Murphy
-Nice neat notes that are legible and use indentations
when appropriate.
-Example of indent.
-Skip a line between topics
-Don’t skip pages
-Make visuals clear and well drawn. Please label
• RED SLIDE: These are notes that are very
important and should be recorded in your
science journal.
• BLACK SLIDE: Pay attention, follow
directions, complete projects as described
and answer required questions neatly.
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• Keep an eye out for “The-Owl” and raise
your hand as soon as you see him.
– He will be hiding somewhere in the slideshow
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• Keep an eye out for “The-Owl” and raise
your hand as soon as you see him.
– He will be hiding somewhere in the slideshow
“Hoot, Hoot”
“Good Luck!”
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New Area of Focus: Leaf Identification.
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• Activity! Please describe the leaf below.
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• Answer! It’s green and round.
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• Answer! It’s green and round.
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• Answer! It’s green and round.
“That description is vague.
We need specifics.”
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• Leaves need to identified based on a
series of different criteria.
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• Leaves need to identified based on a
series of different criteria. There are
thousands and thousands of types of
plants,
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• Leaves need to identified based on a
series of different criteria. There are
thousands and thousands of types of
plants, and most are green.
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• Plants Part V Available Sheet
• Plants Part V Available Sheet
• We are going to go outside and collect a few
leaves to bring back to the classroom.
– Please make a rubbing of the leaves collected.
– Veins facing up will make a better rubbing.
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• We are going to go outside and collect a few
leaves to bring back to the classroom.
– Please make a rubbing of the leaves collected.
– Veins facing up will make a better rubbing.
Terms are addressed on the upcoming slides.
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• Blade: The entire leaf unit. Sometimes this
is made up of several smaller leaflets.
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• Veins: Contain vascular tissues.
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• Three basic types of leaf venation.
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• Three basic types of leaf venation.
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• Three basic types of leaf venation.
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• Three basic types of leaf venation.
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• Three basic types of leaf venation.
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• Three basic types of leaf venation.
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Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
• Does your leaf fit any of these for leaf
arrangement?
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• Visit the link below and try and identify this
tree species.
– http://www.oplin.org/tree/leaf/byleaf.html
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Next set of slides.
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• Which leaf type fits your leaf?
– Linear: Narrow and sometimes parallel.
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• Lanceolot: Lance shaped, spear point.
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• Oblong: Much longer than wide, with
nearly parallel sides.
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• Ovate: Egg-shaped, broader at the base
than the tip
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• Chordate: Heart-shaped, either the leaf
shape or base.
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• Reniform: Kidney Shaped.
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• Spatulate: Shaped like a spoon or spatula.
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• Orbicular: Round
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• Elliptic: Shaped like an ellipse, wider at the
center and tapering to equal tips
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Next slide.
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• Which leaf margin is your leaf?
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• A few common leaves in our area and
some tricks to learn them.
– Red Maple
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• A few common leaves in our area and
some tricks to learn them.
– Red Maple
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• A few common leaves in our area and
some tricks to learn them.
– Red Maple
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• A few common leaves in our area and
some tricks to learn them.
– Red Maple
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• Red Maple Shape:
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• Sugar Maple
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• Sugar Maple
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• Sugar Maple
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• Sugar Maple
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• Sugar Maple
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• Sugar Maple
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• Sugar Maple Shape:
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• Which leaf below is a Red Maple, and which
is a Sugar Maple?
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Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
• Which is a red oak, and which is a white oak?
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• Which is a red oak, and which is a white oak?
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• Which is a red oak, and which is a white oak?
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• Which is a red oak, and which is a white oak?
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• Which is a red oak, and which is a white oak?
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• Beech Tree Leaf
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• American Beech: Large
leaves. They are…
• American Beech: Large
leaves. They are…
– Ovate (shaped like an
oval) with a pointed tip.
• American Beech: Large
leaves. They are…
– Ovate (shaped like an
oval) with a pointed tip.
– Leaves have short stalks
and saw-toothed edges.
• American Beech: Large
leaves. They are…
– Ovate (shaped like an
oval) with a pointed tip.
– Leaves have short stalks
and saw-toothed edges.
– They are a dull dark
green on top and light
green on the bottom.
• American Beech: Large
leaves. They are…
– Ovate (shaped like an
oval) with a pointed tip.
– Leaves have short stalks
and saw-toothed edges.
– They are a dull dark
green on top and light
green on the bottom.
– American Beech leaves
turn yellow-brown in the
Fall.
• The leaves of the Beech tree don’t always fall
off in the fall.
– They are easy to identify in the winter.
• This is what a beechnut looks like. They
turn brown after they fall.
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• Birch Tree Leaf: The simple leaves are
alternate, singly or doubly serrate, featherveined, petiolate and stipulate.
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• Which is a Beech and Which is a Birch?
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• Which is a Beech and Which is a Birch?
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Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
• Develop your film.
• What is this common plant?
• What is this common plant?
• What is this common plant?
"Leaves of three? Let them be!" or "One,
two, three? Don't touch me."
• Chemical toxin is urushiol. (Alcohol)
•Learn more about treatment, identification, etc. at..
http://poisonivy.aesir.com/view
• Creams help ease the itching and provide
some relief.
• Burning or eating Poison Ivy can be
hazardous because the chemicals can be
inhaled.
• Burning or eating Poison Ivy can be
hazardous because the chemicals can be
inhaled.
• Poison Ivy in the spring.
• Poison Ivy in the spring.
•"Leaves of three? Let them be!" or "One,
two, three? Don't touch me."
• Summer
• Summer
"Leaves of three? Let them be!" or
"One, two, three? Don't touch me."
• Poison Ivy’s Flowers are white.
Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
•I thought I
was immune
to Poison Ivy
Can you fine some plants below that are
not poison ivy?
Can you fine some plants below that are
not poison ivy?
• Quiz Wiz –Poison Ivy Identification. 1-10,
Write Poison Ivy for the slides that are,
and Not Ivy for the others.
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Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
• Answers 1-10 Poison Ivy Quiz
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•"Leaves of three? Let them be!" or "One,
two, three? Don't touch me."
•"Leaves of three? Let them be!" or "One,
two, three? Don't touch me."
Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
• There are two general types of trees in this
area.
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• There are two general types of trees in this
area.
– Gymnosperms: Cone bearing, needles.
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• There are two general types of trees in this
area.
– Gymnosperms: Cone bearing, needles.
– Angiosperms: Flowering, broadleaf, Foliage.
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• Deciduous: Plants and shrubs that lose
leaves in fall and grow them back in spring.
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• Deciduous: Plants and shrubs that lose
leaves in fall and grow them back in spring.
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• Deciduous: Plants and shrubs that lose
leaves in fall and grow them back in spring.
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• Deciduous: Plants and shrubs that lose
leaves in fall and grow them back in spring.
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• Deciduous: Plants and shrubs that lose
leaves in fall and grow them back in spring.
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• Broadleaf deciduous leaves wouldn’t
survive the winter.
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• Broadleaf deciduous leaves wouldn’t
survive the winter.
– The cold temperatures would freeze the water
inside the leaf.
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• Broadleaf deciduous leaves wouldn’t
survive the winter.
– The cold temperatures would freeze the water
inside the leaf.
– Ice attaching to the leaves would snap the
branches.
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• Picture of what happens to tree when early
snow / ice storm occurs before leaves have
fallen.
• Evergreens: Needles can survive winter,
trees constantly grow and drop needles.
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• Evergreens: Needles can survive winter,
trees constantly grow and drop needles.
– Needles can survive cold (sap antifreeze).
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• Conifers, as their name hints, bear cones.
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• Conifers, as their name hints, bear cones.
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Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
• Eastern Hemlock: The needles are
narrow, flat and soft, less than 1 inch long.
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• Eastern Hemlock: The needles are
narrow, flat and soft, less than 1 inch long.
Dark green above, with two white lines
below.
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• Eastern Hemlock: The needles are
narrow, flat and soft, less than 1 inch long.
Dark green above, with two white lines
below.
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• Eastern Hemlock: The needles are
narrow, flat and soft, less than 1 inch long.
Dark green above, with two white lines
below.
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• Northern White Cedar: The needles look
like scales.
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• Eastern White Cedar:
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• Atlantic White Cedar:
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• Atlantic White Cedar:
Learn more about conifers at…
http://www.backyardnature.net/conifers.htm
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• Plants Part V Available Sheet
• Quiz! 1-11, Name that tree based on the
leaf / needles.
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Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
• Answer to the Quiz! Name that tree based
on the leaf / needles.
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Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
• Optional PowerPoint: Relative Abundance
(Leaf Gathering Activity) and Biodiversity
PowerPoint.
– Found in Activities Folder.
• Optional PowerPoint (Biomes)
– Found in the activities folder.
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New Area of Focus: Plant Life Cycles.
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New Area of Focus: Plant Life Cycles.
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New Area of Focus: Plant Life Cycles.
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New Area of Focus: Plant Life Cycles.
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New Area of Focus: Plant Life Cycles.
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New Area of Focus: Plant Life Cycles.
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New Area of Focus: Plant Life Cycles.
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New Area of Focus: Plant Life Cycles.
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Seed Plant Life Cycles.
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All plants undergo sexual reproduction (two
partners).
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All plants undergo sexual reproduction (two
partners).
 When
the sperm (pollen) and egg come together
you get a zygote / baby plant.
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Gymnosperm: Non-flowering, seeds usually
arranged on a cone.
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Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
• Which is the male cone (pollen producer),
and which is female (egg)?
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• Which is the male cone (pollen producer),
and which is female (egg)?
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• Which is the male cone (pollen producer),
and which is female (egg)?
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• Which is the male cone (pollen producer),
and which is female (egg)?
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• Which is the male cone (pollen producer),
and which is female (egg)?
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• Try again, Which is male, and which is
female.
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• Try again, Which is male, and which is
female.
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• Try again, Which is male, and which is
female.
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• Try again, Which is male, and which is
female.
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• Try again, Which is male, and which is
female.
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Angiosperm: Flowering, covered seed,
produce seeds enclosed in a fruit /ovary.
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• Which plant is an angiosperm, and which is
a gymnosperm?
• Which plant is an angiosperm, and which is
a gymnosperm?
• Which plant is an angiosperm, and which is
a gymnosperm?
• Which plant is an angiosperm, and which is
a gymnosperm?
• Which plant is an angiosperm, and which is
a gymnosperm?
• Which plant is an angiosperm, and which is a
gymnosperm?
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• Which plant is an angiosperm, and which is a
gymnosperm?
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• Which plant is an angiosperm, and which is a
gymnosperm?
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• Which plant is an angiosperm, and which is a
gymnosperm?
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• Which plant is an angiosperm, and which is a
gymnosperm?
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• Both Gymnosperms and Angiosperms
release pollen.
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• Both Gymnosperms and Angiosperms
release pollen.
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• Both Gymnosperms and Angiosperms
release pollen.
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• Both Gymnosperms and Angiosperms
release pollen.
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• Both Gymnosperms and Angiosperms
release pollen.
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“I hate Pollen, It
gives me wicked
allergies.”
• Picture of pollen under an electron
microscope.
• The male cone of a white pine releasing
pollen.
• Female cone of white pine that receives
the male pollen.
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• The seeds of white pine tree that have fallen
out the cone.
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• The seeds of white pine tree that have fallen
out the cone.
Learn more about plant life cycles at…
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts1b.html
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Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
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Biennials: Plant lives through first winter
and produces seed before dying.
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Biennials: Plant lives through first winter
and produces seed before dying.
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Biennials: Plant lives through first winter
and produces seed before dying.
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Biennials: Plant lives through first winter
and produces seed before dying.
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Biennials: Plant lives through first winter
and produces seed before dying.
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Biennials: Plant lives through first winter
and produces seed before dying.
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Biennials: Plant lives through first winter
and produces seed before dying.
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Biennials: Plant lives through first winter
and produces seed before dying.
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• Carrots are biennials
• Beets are biennials.
• Onions are biennials.
• Raspberries are biennials.
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Perennials: Plants that live for many years
producing seeds each year.
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• Activity! Plant Life Cycles Interpretive Dance.
• Activity! Plant Life Cycles Interpretive Dance.
Example from the Pros, but you have to do plant life cycles and the music is
enchanted and not Hip Hop http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFyvLuHKNTE
• Plant Life Cycles Dramatic Dance.
– Class will be divided into three groups (Annuals,
Biennials, Perennials)
– Each group will have 15 minutes to plan an
interpretive dance that explains their life cycle.
• Group shouldn’t discuss life cycle with words but
instead with dance and drama. Group can have a
narrator only if really needed. (Not recommended)
– Provided Music Links for Dramatic Dances /
Plant Life Cycle (Which one you get is a mystery
but they are all in the enchanted genre)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvW-QTiZLQ0
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo4PqelMj4Q
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3KUyPKbR7Q
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Flower: The reproductive organ of a plant
that makes the seed.
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• Enjoy the next minute looking at beautiful
flowers. Music– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-09ayPX_KVs
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Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
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Area of Focus: Parts of a Flower.
• What does the perfect flower look like?
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• A Perfect Flower: A flower that has both
the male parts and female parts in the
same flower.
Female
Male
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• Imperfect Flower: A flower that has either all
male parts or all female parts, but not both
in the same flower.
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• Plants Part V Available Sheet
Full to half a page needed
Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
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Stamen – Male part of flower (sperm).
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Filament: Supports the anther.
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Filament: Supports the anther.
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Filament: Supports the anther.
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Anther: Part of the stamen that holds the
pollen.
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Anther: Part of the stamen that holds the
pollen.
filament
filament
filament
filament
filament
filament
filament
• Which is the filament, and which is the
anther? Where is the pollen?
• Which is the filament, and which is the
anther? Where is the pollen?
Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
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Pistil: Female part of flower (egg).
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Stigma: Sticky bulb in the center of the
flower. Receives the pollen grains.
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Style: Long stalk that the stigma sits on
top of.
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Ovary: On bottom of the flower, has the
seeds inside and turns into the fruit.
Contains the ovules.
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Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
• Video Link! Flowers opening and closing time
lapse.
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1xv0T2auJU
filament
(Egg)
filament
(Egg)
filament
(Egg)
Receptacle
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Petal: The colorful, often bright part of the
flower.
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Petal: The colorful, often bright part of the
flower.
 They
attract pollinators.
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filament
(Egg)
Receptacle
filament
(Egg)
Receptacle
Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
• Plants Part V Available Sheet
• Quiz Wiz 1-10. Name that part of the flower.
Same answer can be used more than once.
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1
2
3
4
Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
• Answers 1-10. Name that part of the
flower. Same answer can be used more
than once.
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1
1 Filament
2
2 Ovules
3
3 Petals
4
4 Stigma
Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
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New Area of Focus: Matured Ovaries
• Activity! How many fruits can you name?
– Everyone stand, when it comes to you name
a fruit, if you can’t name one, or you name a
repeated fruit , then your out. Play until one
winner.
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• Activity! How many fruits can you name?
– Everyone stand, when it comes to you name
a fruit, if you can’t name one, or you name a
repeated fruit , then your out. Play until one
winner.
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• A few exotic fruits that you may not know
about.
– Durian, so smelly, it’s outlawed in many public
places.
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• A few exotic fruits that you may not know
about.
– Durian, so smelly, it’s outlawed in many public
places.
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• Dragonfruit: Native to Mexico
• African Cucumber
• Panapen: “The Breadfruit” South Pacific.
• Passion Fruit: South America
• Kiwano: “Horned Cucumber”
• Cherimoya: South America “Custard Apple”
• Mangosteen
• Rambutan: Southeast Asia
• Star Fruit: Sri Lanka
• Jaboticaba
• Physalis
• Cherimoya (South America)
• Fingered Citron
• Lychee: Southern China
• Akebi. Native to Japan
• Health alert!
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• Health alert! Many fruits are deadly
poisonous.
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• Health alert! Many fruits are deadly
poisonous.
– Don’t just eat fruits because they look good.
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• Watch out! Children will often eat wild
berries because they look like delicious
berries and candy they are use to.
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• Watch out! Children will often eat wild
berries because they look like delicious
berries and candy they are use to.
– Which picture are blueberries?
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• Watch out! Children will often eat wild
berries because they look like delicious
berries and candy they are use to.
– Which picture are blueberries?
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• Watch out! Children will often eat wild
berries because they look like delicious
berries and candy they are use to.
– Which picture are blueberries?
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• Watch out! Children will often eat wild
berries because they look like delicious
berries and candy they are use to.
– Which picture are blueberries?
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• Watch out! Children will often eat wild
berries because they look like delicious
berries and candy they are use to.
– Which picture are blueberries?
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• Watch out! Children will often eat wild
berries because they look like delicious
berries and candy they are use to.
– Which picture are blueberries?
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Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
• The ovary in the flower contains the
seeds. The ovary then becomes the fruits
with the seeds inside.
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Fruit: The matured ovary in the pistil.
Contains the seed.
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• Video Link! Flower to fruit time lapse and
animation.
•http://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=zVNsCW6eiiw
•http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=sEwmUbzN_-g
• The terms fruit and vegetable are somewhat
confusing because they have both a botanical
and a common usage. Botanically, a fruit
always develops from a flower and is
composed of at least one ripened ovary.
Botanically, a vegetable is any edible part of
a plant other than the flower.
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• The terms fruit and vegetable are somewhat
confusing because they have both a botanical
and a common usage. Botanically, a fruit
always develops from a flower and is
composed of at least one ripened ovary.
Botanically, a vegetable is any edible part of
a plant other than the flower.
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• The terms fruit and vegetable are somewhat
confusing because they have both a botanical
and a common usage. Botanically, a fruit
always develops from a flower and is
composed of at least one ripened ovary.
Botanically, a vegetable is any edible part of
a plant other than the flower.
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• Quiz Wiz 1-10 Is it a fruit or vegetable?
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• Quiz Wiz 1-10 Is it a fruit or vegetable?
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• Quiz Wiz 1-10 Is it a fruit or vegetable?
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• Quiz Wiz 1-10 Is it a fruit or vegetable?
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• Quiz Wiz 1-10 Is it a fruit or vegetable?
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• Quiz Wiz 1-10 Is it a fruit or vegetable?
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• Answers 1-10 Is it a fruit or vegetable?
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Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
• Final Question.
– If you get this question wrong then you have to
watch the eat your fruits and vegetables song
meant for kids.
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nyW8ZIAC
Ks
• Is this a fruit or vegetable?
• Is this a fruit or vegetable?
• Is this a fruit or vegetable?
• Is this a fruit or vegetable?
Mushrooms aren't true vegetables or fruits
meaning that they don't have any roots, leaves
or seeds. They are in the Kingdom Fungi.
• Fruits and Vegetables are good for you.
– Yum, Yum, Yum
– http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=9nyW
8ZIACKs
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Parts of a fruit.
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• Pericarp: Typically made up of three distinct
layers:
• Pericarp: Typically made up of three distinct
layers: the epicarp (sometimes called
exocarp),
• Pericarp: Typically made up of three distinct
layers: the epicarp (sometimes called
exocarp), mesocarp,
• Pericarp: Typically made up of three distinct
layers: the epicarp (sometimes called
exocarp), mesocarp, and the endocarp
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Epicarp: Outer covering of the fruit. “skin”
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Taxonomy and Classification Unit Link
• Meso - Middle
• Exo - Outside
• Endo - Inside.
Exocarp
Mesocarp
Endocarp
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• Activity! Fruit Dissection
– Please draw and label each fruit in your journal.
– What type of fruit it is? (From notes as we cover
each fruit a sample may be delivered)
– Epicarp / Exocarp – (exo=outside).
– Mesocarop – (meso = middle).
– Endocarp – (endo = inner).
– Where fruit attaches to plant (old receptacle)
• Example – next slide.
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• This is a plume, or simple fruit. It developed
from one ovary and has one seed.
– Has a very fleshy mesocarp and thin exocarp.
• Fruits are either considered to be
• Fruits are either considered to be fleshy
• Fruits are either considered to be fleshy or
dry.
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Fleshy Fruits
 Berry:
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Fleshy Fruits
 Berry:
A fleshy fruit that contains one to many
seeds. (No stony layer)
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• The term berry means that seeds are
inside of the fruit.
• The term berry means that seeds are
inside of the fruit.
• The term berry means that seeds are
inside of the fruit.
• The term berry means that seeds are
inside of the fruit.
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Pome:
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Pome: This fruit has a core as the true fleshy
fruit,
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Pome: This fruit has a core as the true fleshy
fruit, and it’s surrounded by a fleshy good
accessory layer.
• Which one is a Pome and which is a Drupe?
• Which one is a Pome and which is a Drupe?
• Which one is a Pome and which is a Drupe?
• Which one is a Pome and which is a Drupe?
• Which one is a Pome and which is a Drupe?
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• Strawberries develop from flowers with
many pistils.
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• Strawberries develop from flowers with
many pistils.
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• Strawberries develop from flowers with
many pistils.
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• Which is a fleshy aggregate fruit and which
is a berry?
• Which is a fleshy aggregate fruit and which
is a berry?
• Which is a fleshy aggregate fruit and which
is a berry?
• Which is a fleshy aggregate fruit and which
is a berry?
• Which is a fleshy aggregate fruit and which
is a berry?
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Fleshy Multiple Fruits: Form from a
cluster of several flowers.
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Fleshy Multiple Fruits: Form from a
cluster of several flowers.
 Pineapple
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Dehiscent Dry Fruits: A dry fruit that splits
at maturity releasing the seeds.
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Legume (Dry Fruit): An elongated pod
splitting along two seams. (Beans)
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Legume (Dry Fruit): An elongated pod
splitting along two seams. (Beans)
Learn more about fruits at…
http://www.floridagardener.com/misc/fruitsandseeds.htm
• Dry Dehiscent
– Silique: Dry dehiscent fruit that resemble a
legume, composed of two carpels with a
partition or septum down the center
• Dry Dehiscent
– Capsule: Seed pod splits open is various
ways and usually along several definite
seams
• Dry Dehiscent
– Follicle: A single ripened ovary (representing
a single modified leaf or carpel) that splits
open along one seam
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Indehiscent Dry Fruits:
 Pericarp
does not split open. These fruits
usually contain only one seed
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Indehiscent Dry Fruits:
 Pericarp
does not split open. These fruits
usually contain only one seed
Note: There are many types of
indehiscent dry fruits but we would
be nuts to cover them all today.
• Which is a dehiscent dry fruit and which is
an indehiscent dry fruit?
• Which is a dehiscent dry fruit and which is
an indehiscent dry fruit?
• Which is a dehiscent dry fruit and which is
an indehiscent dry fruit?
• Which is a dehiscent dry fruit and which is
an indehiscent dry fruit?
• Which is a dehiscent dry fruit and which is
an indehiscent dry fruit?
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• Plants Part V Available Sheet
• Lastly, Plants are incredibly valuable.
– We eat the many parts of a plant.
• Lastly, Plants are incredibly valuable.
– We eat the many parts of a plant.
• Lastly, Plants are incredibly valuable.
– We eat the many parts of a plant.
• Lastly, Plants are incredibly valuable.
– We eat the many parts of a plant.
• Lastly, Plants are incredibly valuable.
– We eat the many parts of a plant.
• Lastly, Plants are incredibly valuable.
– We eat the many parts of a plant.
• Lastly, Plants are incredibly valuable.
– We eat the many parts of a plant.
• Lastly, Plants are incredibly valuable.
– We eat the many parts of a plant.
• Lastly, Plants are incredibly valuable.
– We eat the many parts of a plant.
• Lastly, Plants are incredibly valuable.
– We eat the many parts of a plant.
• Lastly, Plants are incredibly valuable.
– We eat the many parts of a plant.
• Part V Review Game
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