Topic+3+Plant+Reproduction

// Plant Science is one of my favourite topics for as it is a real opportunity to link many of the core ideas of Biology together. Think of not just as a series of assessment statements to check off, but as a chance to revise everything you have learned so far. // Consider this diagram of germination. How many links across the syllabus can you make? =

= This image is adapted from a [|diagram at Click4Biology]. For some of my suggestions of how this diagram alone represents over 20 links across the curriculum, click here: // [|Bean there, done that…] //

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= = =__Presentations:__= Interactive presentation is used with the Plant Reproduction Worksheets. If you cannot open the ppt then you can try the pdf form below. Lecture on Seed Structure and Function =__Labs:__= Plant and Seed Reproduction Lab



=__Handouts:__= Plant Structure Coloring Plant Reproduction Worksheet (email me for the answers)

=__USEFUL WEBSITES:__=

Flowering Plant (Dicots) Reproduction
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Tutorial on Double Fertilization []

The effect of Day and Night in Plants []

Flowering Plant Reproduction Online Lab []

Seed Biology Place []

** Top links: ** Click4Biology [|plant science page] North Harris College [|animations links] ** Readers: ** [|Life without bees?] from David Suzuki’s blog. And who can leave out [|this hillbilly-tastic video] : media type="youtube" key="d26AhcKeEbE" height="480" width="640" align="center"

// Key terms: monocotyledon, dicotyledon, xylem, phloem, meristem, cambium, leaf, vein vascular bundles, adventitious, tap roots, waxy cuticle, palisade layer, spongy mesophyll, guard cells, stomata, chloroplasts, photosynthesis, stems, leaves, tubers, tuberous roots, tendrils, apical, lateral, mitosis, growth, wood, auxin, hormone, tropism, phototropism, geotropism, //// xylem, phloem, evaporation, cohesion, adhesion, transpiration, diffusion, active transport, translocation, ion exchange, cation, anion, mycelium, boundary layer, sink, source, root, leaves, abscisic acid, stomata, xerophyte, CAM. //