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Lesson Plan Overview Plant Body Structure

Plant Cell Leaf Cross Section Vascular Tissue Plant Body Structure

Angiosperm Evolutionary Tree of Plants Monocots and Dicots Flower Structure

Station Lab Activity

Plant Structure: Plant Cell

Plant Structure: Leaf Cross Section

Plant Structure: Xylem and Phloem

Plant Structure: Overall Body

Plants in the Evolutionary Tree

Plants are one of the kingdoms of life (Fungi, Protista, Bacteria, Achaea, Animals)

Plant cells have a specialized organelle called chloroplasts that carry out the function of photosynthesis

The diagram to the right demonstrates the evolutionary tree of plants Charophytes – plant

like algae Bryophytes –

Liverworts, hornworts, and mosses

Pterorphytes – Ferns and horsetails

Monocots and DicotsVideo Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI2RxzAT-ww

MONOCOTS DICOTS

Embryo with single cotyledon Embryo with two cotyledons

Pollen with single furrow or pore Pollen with three furrows or pores

Flower parts in multiples of three Flower parts in multiples of four or five

Major leaf veins parallel Major leaf veins reticulated

Stem vacular bundles scattered Stem vascular bundles in a ring

Roots are adventitious Roots develop from radicle

Secondary growth absent Secondary growth often present

Angiosperms Angiosperms are

flowering plants Angiosperms are

the dominating species of plants

Many sources of our food are angiosperms

The diagram to the right demonstrates the reproductive system of angiosperms