October 2023
Monday, October 2nd, 2023
Do Now: Take out your notebook and your computer
Next: Practice quiz. Go over quiz answers together. Study for test.
Graded test will be on Thursday (10/5)
Exit Ticket: Something you did last weekend
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023
Do Now: Research Ironweed (characteristics, benefits, and stratification process of seeds for propagation)
Next: Out to the garden to harvest ironweed seeds and oregano cuttings. Also cut and bag the seed heads of thistles.
Then: Back up to the classroom. Stratify ironweed seeds.
Exit Ticket: one thing you learned about ironweed
Thursday, October 5th 2023
Do Now: Study for the test (review your notes, slideshow on Google classroom, talk to your peers, ask me questions) - 10 minutes
Next: Take the Unit 1 Botany test on Google classroom
Then: Read, draw, or work quietly until everyone is finished with the test
If time remains: watch and reflect on the evolution of plants - crash course
Exit Ticket: One word to describe how you felt about the test
Friday October 6th, 2023
Do Now: Check Skyward for your test grade
Then: Review test results
Next: Stratify Ironweed seeds. Out to the garden! Tackle the Box Elder and Creeping Thistle.
Exit ticket: Something you noticed while you were outside
Monday, October 9th, 2023
Let me know if you want to retake your Botany test. You have one re-take opportunity. I will take the better of the two grades. Must be supervised by me and completed before Friday 10/13.
Do Now: Copy these vocabulary words and their definitions in your notebook...
Nonvascular- no xylem or phloem to transport water or nutrients
Xylem- vascular tissue in plants that conducts water and dissolved nutrients upward from the roots to the stem and leaves (one-way flow)
Phloem- composed of living tissue that transports sugars to plant organs such as the fruits, flowers, buds, and roots
Haploid- having a single set of unpaired chromosomes (two way flow)
Diploid- a cell containing two complete sets of chromosomes (one from each parent)
Bryophytes: Nonvascular, seedless plants that include mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
Next: Organize your notebooks and be sure you have the following items included...
Definitions of autotroph and heterotroph
Trophic pyramid sketch
Definitions of the terms prokaryotic and eukaryotic
Garden observation (sketch and research notes)
See/think/wonder on videos about photosynthesis and chloroplasts up close
Notes on cell theory (classical and modern)
Notes on macromolecules
Notes on plant cell organelles
Plant cell diagram (labeled and colored)
Definitions of thylakoids, grana, stroma, and stoma
Sketch of plant cells observed under the microscope (onion and algae)
Notes on photosynthesis
Then: nonvascular plants - crash course see/think/wonder
Exit ticket: something you learned about mosses
Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
Do Now: Take out your notebook and copy down these terms and definitions...
gametophyte- haploid phase of the life cycle from which the sporophyte arises
sporophyte- diploid, spore forming structure that grows from the gametophyte
archegonium- female reproductive structure of bryophytes (egg)
antheridium - male reproductive structure of bryophytes (sperm)
rhizoids- nonvascular filaments that anchor the plant
Next: Watch video on meiosis
Then - discovering bryophytes. Takes notes on slideshow.
Last: watch video on the bryophyta life cycle
Exit Ticket: sketch a moss gametophyte and sporophtye in your notebook
Thursday, October 12, 2023
Do Now: Take out your notebook
Next: Life cycle of nonvascular plants (slides and notes)
Then: Bryophytes worksheet
Exit Ticket: What are the three plants that are in the phyla bryophytes?
Friday, October 13th, 2023
Do Now: Take out your notebook and the bryophytes worksheet that we started yesterday
Next: Watch Liverwort life cylce and pause and a do see/think/wonder (at 5 minutes), parts/purposes/puzzles (at 10 minutes), and take note - what did you find interesting?- at the end of the film
Then: Finish the bryophytes worksheet
Monday, October 16, 2023
Do Now: Copy down the following vocabulary terms and definitions...
Sphagnum moss- a type of moss which is only found in wet acidic areas
Peat - an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter
Bog - wetland of soft ground made mostly of decaying plant matter (nutrient poor and acidic)
Carbon sequestration - process of capturing carbon emissions and storing them underground
Next: Take out your bryophytes worksheet (get it back from me if you turned it in already). We will go over questions #7, 14, 20 and 21 together.
Exit ticket: Something that made you smile last weekend
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Do Now: Grab your notebook and a copy of the article Algae: the world’s most important “plants” off the table.
Next: Read pages 5 & 6 of the article. Track new vocabulary words and take Cornell notes. We will do this together as a class.
Exit Ticket: Something you learned about algae
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Do Now: Grab a copy of the full length article Algae: the world’s most important “plants” off the table.
Next: Read pages 7 & 8 of the article. Take Cornell Notes and write down any vocabulary words that are unfamiliar to you. Think/pair/share.
Then: Out to the garden - let's mulch!
Exit Ticket: How do you feel about managing the school gardens? (fist to five)
Friday, October 20, 2023
Welcome Guest Teacher Jillene
Do Now: Take our your notebook and the the article "Algae: the world’s most important “plants”.
Next: P1 read through pages 9 & 10. P7 should read pages 7 & 8. Extra copies of the article are on the table by the notebook crates. Highlight and underline content as needed. Take Cornell Notes and track unfamiliar vocabulary words in your notebook. Remember to date your notes.
Then: Think/Pair/Share - Spend 3 minutes sharing out your notes with a person next to you. Then each group should share out one to two key points with the whole class.
Last: Watch the video on bryophytes and ferns and do a see/think/wonder in your notebook
Exit ticket: something you found interesting from the reading or video
Monday, October 23, 2023
Do Now: Take out your notebook. Look up the name of the plant on your table. Write down five facts about it. (P1)
Next: Planting of propagated plants (P1)
Observe moss under the microscope
Continue reading and taking notes on the article "Algae: the world’s most important “plants”.
Then: Learn more about ferns (slideshow and notes)
Exit Ticket: Something you did over the weekend
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Do Now: Take out your notebook. Look at moss using magnifying glass (P1)
Next: Cornell notes on algae article
Then: Lycophytes (slides and notes)
Exit Ticket: Why is algae important?
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Do Now: Say hi to your plant. Take out your notebook.
Next: continue notes on pteridophytes
Exit Ticket: Something you're looking forward to over the three day weekend
Monday, October 30, 2023
Do Now: Take out your notebook and copy down these terms and definitions
Gymnosperm - seed producing vascular plants, 'naked seed'
Angiosperm - plants that bear flowers and fruits
Next: slideshow with thinking routines
Exit Ticket: name an example of a gymnosperm
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Happy Halloween!
Do Now: Take out your notebook
Next: finish gymnosperm & angiosperm videos & thinking routines from yesterday
Then: double fertilization
fertilization and seed formation connect/extend/challenge
Exit Ticket: What is the difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms?