Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Plants - Embryophytes - Tracheophytes - Angiosperms - Dicots - Magnolias

Classifying Flowering Plants by Francine D. Galko
First Field Guide: Trees by the National Audubon Society
It Could Still Be a Flower by Allan Fowler

Vocabulary Added:
angiosperm: vessel-seed
magnolia: (named after a French botanist, Magnol)

Discussion:
Flowers - structure, parts, purpose
Pollination
Fruit
Sassafras - an ancient magnolid

Activity:
Go outside.  Identify Magnolias.
Obtain nutmeg.  Grate it.  Cook something with it.
Add dicots - magnolias - to Plant Kingdom tree

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