Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Plants - Embryophytes - Tracheophytes - 'Pteridophytes'

Equisetum hyemale releases spores
Life on Earth - 03 - The First Forests (21:40-28:08)

Classifying Nonflowering Plants by Francine D. Galko
Plants and Plant Life, Vol 7: Mosses and Ferns by Jill Bailey
Experiments with Plants by Salvatore Tocci

Vocabulary Added:
tracheophyte: throat-plant
pteridophyte: fern-plant
pterophyte: wing-plant
germination: growth from the seed

Discussion:
Inside a seed - plant germination

Activity:
Draw and label a horsetail and fern
Add horsetail and fern to Plant Kingdom tree
Go outside and look for ferns and horsetails
Take beans apart and identify the root, stem, and food parts

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