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- 9th - 10th
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Students distinguish the characteristics that separate the flowering plants (angiosperms). Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students identify what makes a seed, what gymnosperms are and where they can be found, and the importance of gymnosperms. They identify conifers and explain how they reproduce. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students visit the New York Botanical Garden and draw angiosperms and gymnosperms from different terrestrial biomes. They label their drawing with the common and scientific names. Full Review »
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- 6th - 11th
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Students work in small groups to create posters illustrating the major facts and functions of plant organs. Within their groups, they assume the role of specialists creating specialized posters pertaining to the different parts of plants. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students identify characteristics of different types of trees and view a PowerPoint presentation about trees. They explore a dichotomous key and use it to identify the species of different trees. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students identify trees by their leaf type. They manipulate the GPS system to load waypoints of particular trees in their community. They transfer their information of ten types of trees to ARCview for presentation purposes. They create a PowerPoint presentation to reflect their knowledge of tree types, uses of trees and digital pictures they took. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students become familiar with the life cycle of a tree in this cooperative lesson. Throughout the lesson, students are engaged in activities wherein they can study about the life cycle through literature and fine arts. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students examine different categories of plant life and their roles as producers of food and oxygen for other organisms. They study the evolution of plants from simple organisms to very complex ones. They look at the different classes of plants, vascular and non-vascular plants, ferns, and seed groups. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the differences in nonvascular and vascular plants. They compare the differences between gymnosperm and angiosperms. Students compare the differences between moocots and dicots. They view a powerpoint presentation on the Monocots vs. Dicots. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students create phylogenetic trees to diagram the evolutionary connection between four plant groups. Using ferns, moss, angiosperm, and gymnosperm, they identify the reproductive structures and place them on the tree. Their posters include examples of each plant group. Full Review »