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What Makes a Plant a Plant?

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For a plant unit in your biology curriculum, here is a slide show that bestows the basics of plant structure, reproduction, and classification. The information is general. The main point of the lesson is to highlight what characterizes plants, making them different from other organisms. Ideally, you will want to present more details on photosynthesis, plant cell structure, and the specialized tissues in vascular plants to make this lesson complete.

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parts of a plant, plants, plant reproduction, scientific classification, taxonomy, chloroplasts

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classification, plant reproduction, plant structure, chloroplasts, cuticle, plant cell structure, plant characteristics, science
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9th - 12th
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Science
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