Life science students learn about flowers
Students make models, dissect fruit. . .
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"And this part of the flower is . . ."
The Life science class has been
busying study plants; as part of their studies, they have been
learning about angiosperms (flowering plants). To help them
better understand the flower parts and processes, student groups
created a 3-D model of a flower. They had to have the four
main parts of a flower (sepals, petals, stamen, pistil) as well as
being able to describe the processes their plant used for
pollination, fertilization, fruit production, and seed
dispersal. Each group then presented to the other groups on
their processes.
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On another day, students entered the classroom to find “secret containers” on their desks. After much anticipation, they discovered that each container held a different fruit. They observed the outsides of the fruit, observing the nature of the fruit (dry, fleshy) and looking for marks such as the flower scar. They then predicted how many ovules (eggs) each flower their plant had initially had. They then all cut into their fruits and observed the seeds. Their ovule predictions were pretty close, as the fertilized eggs turn into seeds.
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