PLANT PROJECT Due April 1920 Supplies Bradded folder

PLANT PROJECT Due April 19/20

Supplies • Bradded folder • White computer card stock • clear mailing/packing tape www. website. com

Guidelines: • You cannot use the same type of plant twice. Example: you cannot use pine needles for Gymnosperm and modified leaves. • Your project must be bound in a brad folder. • All specimens must be mounted on sturdy, white, unlined card stock paper www. website. com

Guidelines: 4. Each plant specimen must be neatly pressed flat and covered completely with clear mailing tape. 5. Your name must be hand-written in the upper right hand corner of every page of the project. Pages without a handwritten signature will receive no credit! The signature and specimen must be on the same piece of paper. 6. The project must be put together in the order listed on the following pages. 7. The information must be presented neatly; ineligible handwriting will have points deducted www. website. com

Order of pages: • Title page- Name, Date, Class period & title of the project 1. Root information v given to you to fill out 2. Mounted Roots with labels and signature v Tap root & Fibrous root 3. Stem information v given to you to fill out 4. Mounted Stem with labels and signature v Herbaceous & Woody

Tap vs Fibrous Root

Herbaceous vs. Woody Stems

Order of pages 5. Leaf information v Given to you to fill out 6 - ? Mounted Leaves with labels and signature One simple leaf with parallel venation One simple leaf with pinnate venation One simple leaf that is pinnately lobed One simple leaf that is palmately lobed Label: the type of leaf as listed above, the petiole and blade on one simple leaf v 2 modified leaves, must identify the type of modification (Don’t choose needle if you collect the Gymnosperm) v v v

Leaves Simple w/ Parallel Veins Label: the type of leaf as listed above, the petiole and blade on one simple leaf

Leaves simple leaf with pinnate Veins Label: the type of leaf as listed above, the petiole and blade on one simple leaf

Leaves simple leaf that is pinnately lobed

Leaves simple leaf that is palmately lobed

Leaves 2 modified leaves, must identify the type of modification (Don’t choose needle if you collect the Gymnosperm)

Order of pages Page _____ Flower Information v Given to you to fill out Page ____ Mounted flowers with labels and signature v One Monocot flower including an attached leaf v Label: Monocot & parallel venation v One Dicot flower including an attached leaf v Label: Dicot & pinnate venation

Mounted Flowers Monocot • Flower petals in multiples of 3 • Leaves have parallel veins

Mounted Flowers Dicot • Flower petals in multiples of 4 or 5 • Leaves have pinnate veins

Order of pages Page ____ Tropism information v Given to you to fill out Extra: Page ___ Examples of Local plants v Collect, press and mount the following plants • • Bryophyte (moss) Pterophyta (fern) Gymnosperm (pine tree) Gymnosperm seed

Examples of Local plants • Bryophyte (moss) – Found in damp areas. Usually around the edge of buildings or along ponds/ditches

Examples of Local plants • Pterophyta (fern) – Usually found in damp areas

Examples of Local plants • Gymnosperm (pine tree) • Gymnosperm Naked Seed – Found everywhere… This is KINGWOOD

Rubric Title page- Name, Date, Class period w/Title of the project…_1 pts Pg. 1 Roots Information………………………_____ 7 pts Pg. 2 Mounted roots……(2 pts each root & 1 pt each label)…___6 pts Pg. 3 Stem information ………………………. . . ____ 9 pts Pg. 4 Mounted Stem. . (2 pts each stem & 1 pt. each label) …___ 6 pts Pg. 5 Leaf information ………………………____ 13 pts Pg. 6 - ? Mounted Leaves …. . (2 pts each leaf & 1 pt. each label)……__ 20 pts Pg. ____ Flower information……………………………____ 13 pts Pg. ____ Mounted Flowers …. . (2 pts each flower & 1 pt. each label)…. _8 pts Pg. ____ Tropism……………………………………_______6 pts Neatness………………………………………… ______10 pts Extra Credit: Pg. ____ Local Plants …. (2 pts each plant) ………______ 7 pts Total: ……………………………………………_______/100 www. website. com