Botany Study

Read Introduction pg 6-9 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons

Plant Anatomy

• Read Cells, Tissues, and Organs pg 10-11 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Read The Stem pg 12-13 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• View plant slide samples under microscope
• Read Leaves pg 14-15 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Go on hike and find 5 types of leaves
• Experiment pg 7 Dig and Sow! How do plants grow?
• Read Roots pg 16-17 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Dig up a few plants and examine the roots.

Read George Washington Carver: An Innovative Life by Elizabeth MacLeod pg 4-9

Plant Physiology

• Read Photosynthesis pg 18-19 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Watch photosynthesis song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1_uez5WX1o
• Watch http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/29603-assignment-discovery-photosynthesis-video.htm
• Sprout seeds in a glass jar stuffed with wet paper towels.
• Watch  http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/30704-assignment-discovery-germination-of-a-seed-video.htm
• Read Plant Nutrition pg 20-21 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Read Growth and Development pg 22-23 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtK7w4F5GW0 Tree rings
• Watch  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFCdAgeMGOA Time lapse growing
• Watch  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-FO8tZQGfk
• Watch Bill Nye on Plants http://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/linfo.cgi?id=7688

Read George Washington Carver: An Innovative Life by Elizabeth MacLeod pg 10-15

Plant Reproduction

• Read Reproduction and Heredity pg 24-25 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Watch Pollination, Plants, and Insects http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiwkJui2mh0
• Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVhH2GPlckE Big flower pollination
• Read Asexual Reproduction pg 26-27 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYpOoye1WCs Plant reproduction
• Read Artificial Asexual Reproduction pg 28-29 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Make cuttings of a few plants and put in water to encourage roots.  Plant in soil when roots are well developed.
• Watch how to graft a tree http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTtXmBVsolY

Read George Washington Carver: An Innovative Life by Elizabeth MacLeod pg 16-21

• Read Flowers pg 30-31 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Watch Bill Nye Flowers http://www.gamequarium.org/cgi-bin/search/linfo.cgi?id=7691
• Go on hike to find several kinds of flowers.  Examine flowers to determine the parts.
• Read Fruits pg 32-33 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwCpQflmQG4 Fruit development
• Grow tomato and cucumber plants.  Once flowered take pictures every 3 days to document the change from a flower to a fruit.
• Read Seeds pg 34-35 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Watch examples of how seeds move http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbQ1jWl3AOM
• Seed dispersion – Walk around farm and gardens when ground is slightly damp.  At the end scrape off your shoe and place the scrapings in a container of soil.  See what grows.
• Cut open a bean + other seeds and examine the interior.
• Experiment pg 10 Dig and Sow! How do plants grow?

Read George Washington Carver: An Innovative Life by Elizabeth MacLeod pg 22-29

Ecology

• Read Physical Conditions of the Environment pg 36-37 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Watch soil types http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkWY0apO-NY
• Start a worm compost http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxhEQEA0GN8
• Read Plant Communities and Ecosystems pg 38-39 (intro to plant classification) Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Read Endemisms and Floral Kingdoms pg 40-41 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Watch saving plant species from extinction http://video.answers.com/saving-plant-species-from-extinction-304218314
• Read Vegetation and Landscape pg 42-43 (review on ecosystems) Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Read Special Forms of Plant Life pg 44-45 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Watch parasitic plant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmlUuR33h84

Kingdom Protista

• Read Microscopic Algae pg 48-49 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Watch Blue-Green Algae Mitosis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRFICkSGR9s
• Watch Diatoms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYB5529hDPI
• Take sample of aquarium water and examine it under a microscope
• Read The Higher Algae pg 50-51 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Watch Kelp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9eyK6C9nDA
• Watch Seaweed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsU6xRvGl8k
• Read The Lower Fungi (slime molds, algae-type fungi) pg 52-53 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Watch Slime molds  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkVhLJLG7ug
• Watch Why study slime molds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlJ0ElcOAv8
• Look at pictures of slime mold and hunt for it in a wooded area
• Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3mwrww_Ymc  Treatment of ich in fish tank

Kingdom Fungi

• Read The Higher Fungi (sac-type, club-type) 54-55 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Watch Truffle hunting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUcUX2oGgaU
• Watch Death cap mushroom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCylKeLRXcg
• Read Parasitic Fungi pg 56-57 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Watch Apple Canker Orchard Walk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WrgmWTxuI8
• Take a hike and search for fungus
• Read Fungal Symbionts pg 58-59 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Watch Lichens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te4qnLkHnS4
• Explore The Fungus Among Us http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Mushroom/English/index2.html
• Grow mushrooms http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Grow-Mushrooms-From-Old-Mushroom-Stem-Butts&id=2623916
• Watch lecture A Visit to the Mushroom Planet http://www.cornell.edu/video/?videoID=559

Kingdom Plantae

 Non-Vascular Land Plants (bryophytes)

• Read Mosses and Liverworts pg 60-61 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Watch Mosses life cycle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbSZbd02UEg
• Watch Liverwort http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz4ZTSJqQT0
• Watch Liverworts airborne sperm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALGDLzWcvnU
• Watch Liverworts time lapse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeA-W9c6OAk
• Watch Hornwort pest plant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgjwjPBZLqY
• Watch Hornwort in aquarium http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq7iZ2EjX1I
• Purchase hornwort and place in aquarium

Vascular Land Plants (tracheophytes)

• Read Ferns, Lycopods, and Horsetails pg 62-63 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Watch Lycopod drying http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-g4jrsphQw
• Watch Fireball Steve Spangler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAdElO1FCSM
• Watch Ferns http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4YtOT0Z6Ek
• Watch Horsetails http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPtDsXAwYfg
• Private Life of Plants Growing http://www.56.com/u32/v_NDUxOTM1NjU.html

Seed Plants (spermatophytes)

• Read Plants with Naked Seeds pg 64-65 conifers Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
• Pine tree cones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6Se_9y68P0
• Watch Conifer reproduction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI8iy2wRJ0Q
• Extract seeds from pine cone http://www.ehow.com/how_8069652_extract-pine-tree-seeds.html
• Grow pine seeds http://www.ehow.com/how_4482519_grow-pine-tree-seed.html

Angiosperms

• Read Dicotyledons pg 66-67 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons

Beech Tree

• Beech tree seed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rswfAzmLzHA
• Beech tree felling part 1          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXAqyPrlkYI
• Beech tree felling part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WaV4xx0SiA

Apple Tree

• How to sprout apples from apple seeds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRnBzn_ytQ4
• Apple varieties http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSWq8qI_cN0
• Store apple seeds in the fridge
• Taste test different varieties of apples

Peas

• How to plant peas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRhrC9VTF8c
• Time lapse pea growth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHaJhc-o–Q
• Plant peas

• Watch The Queen of Trees – 60 minutes

Olive Tree

• Olive tree http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ROyelV_K4A
• Picking and oil making http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6BjChiieSA
• Watch olive oil being made http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IalTzb6z-YY

Grapes

•  Plant grape vine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyO_c6kIXCk
• Growing grape seeds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mf4-haI9ng
• Set aside grape seeds for germination

Carnation

9. Rose

10. Clover

11. Alfalfa

12. Daisy

13. Cacti

14. Sweet Potato

15. Read Monocotyledons pg 68-69 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
16. Banana tree
    1. Growing bananas show (4 parts) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBlu8A68_Pc
17. Bamboo
    1. Bamboo forest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmunAx2-FYE
    2. Types of long bamboo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmUCEfWGqR4
    3. Types of short bamboo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxA9ewnZafk&NR=1
    4. Bamboo dome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g1-lBvvN9M&NR=1
    5. Bamboo bike http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk2i1rB17iA
18. Orchids
    1. Orchid care http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNtNFxBqfkw
    2. Pictures of different orchids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvqdHXeWw6Y
19. Irises
    1. Different irises http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V511CLkybWw&NR=1
    2. How to plant iris http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYyDdS53l4c
    3. Iris blooming time lapse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-m1chc04ZQ
    4. Origami iris http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJGC4aGfGoQ
20. Agaves
    1. Getting nectar from the agave plant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJQlQkumrvU
    2. Harvesting agave plant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi2CQgXu7kE
21. Onions
    1. Planting onion bulbs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEu295tkfoA
    2. Growing onions http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZYFtPN_jAk
    3. Plant sprouting onions from kitchen
22. Gladiolus
    1. Gladiolus overview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvGxQ4mJWuM
    2. How to care for them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiBIumjGDXo
23. Asparagus
    1. Asparagus time lapse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAQ3PmS3D0U
    2. How to grow them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSrgI1tBDo0
    3. Make and eat lemon roasted asparagus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zVu9t2sob4
24. Yucca
    1. Prune a  yucca plant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km8wQ4Q7Xbk
    2. Caring for yucca plants http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-FqlfqpYCE
    3. Prune and transplant Yucca plants outside
25. Coconut tree
    1. Harvesting coconuts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-jhkMo0BUs
    2. Coconut extraction machine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knK2IiFSH2s
    3. How to crack open a coconut  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C37qMgGiXMc
    4. Crack open a coconut and try the coconut water and meat
26. Go on a hike and collect flowering plants and determine if they are monocots or dicots

1. Morel mushroom
   1. How to find moral mushrooms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNh_RC5rSm4
   2. Preparing moral mushrooms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fasWd74taY
2. Blackberries
   1. Picking wild blackberries http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_sgvP7THhI
   2. Eating wild blackberries http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEzN9ChlqnE
3. Pine nuts
   1. Harvesting pine nuts and other edibles from the pine tree http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA39XQ8UAr4
   2. Try pine needle tea and attempt to find a cone and get pine nuts out.
4. Wild chestnuts
   1. Finding and preparing wild chestnuts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymNSnBaTmyE
   2. Roast a few chestnuts and eat them

1. Read Medicinal Plants pg 84-85 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
2. Chamomile

3. Willow bark

4. Nettles
   1. Hair loss prevention demonstration http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynblyb9CKdA

1. Read Aromatic Plants pg 86-87 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
2. Labiates family: Common mint
1. How to grow and use mint http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLKzW6AUjVs
2. Labiates family: Lavender
   1. Varieties of lavender http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ds9yC22DiQ
3. Labiates family: Basil
   1. Plant basil in pot with pruned cutting from grocery store http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFxcJBDK7lY
   2. Using basil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gop9S-8u9Hs

5. Ubellifers family: Wild chervil
   1. Identification of wild chervil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXLaTdM4nzA

6. Ubellifers family: Anise
   1. Describing anise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k75vN8zcsAE
7. Ubellifers family: Carrot
   1. How to grow carrots http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQsKs4B2LAo
   2. Farmer harvesting carrots http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WunwmZbIHY
8. Ubellifers family: Cilantro
   1. Growing cilantro in a pot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnb_4Qi8-5A

9. Perfume present only in flower: Jasmine
   1. Jasmine plant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Q2bo737bkc
10. Perfume present only in flower Violet
    1. Time lapse violet plants http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpQtQrirV4I
    2. How to grow and care for African violets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoV-J5sEWYY

11. Plant a small herb garden in a large pot with plants from a nursery.

1. Read Plants for Production pg 88-89 Essential Atlas of Botany by Barrons
2. Wheat
   1. Wheat production basics and possible problems http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVktysjCnWI
   2. From wheat to pasta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5ifBXqQTzU
   3. Wheat farmer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66UOLWOk1_g
   4. Planting winter wheat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_sev04KfeU

3. Rice
   1. Rice farming in Sri Lanka http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR3HVelt6Ys
   2. Rice growing time lapse http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbUVNBSwyLQ
   3. How to grow rice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXL1oMdCFUM
   4. Harvesting rice the modern way http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hzM4UPPfGE
   5. Harvesting rice by hand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyO0EMpkuNQ
   6. Rice processing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y43E_67IR3I and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SPmY7CXYtQ

4. Corn
   1. Planting corn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3nNIqhGKbI
   2. Picking sweet corn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laov42n9jXA&NR=1
   3. Sweet corn husker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l9z9fqan9U
   4. Corn cutter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o_EXsUO2I8
   5. How corn flakes are made http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DtpYcxnS4M
   6. How tortilla chips are made http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzIdZGOR9vo

5. Grapes for wine
   1. Visual tour of vineyard http://vimeo.com/13827401
   2. Vineyard and winery – year round work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeLhRjrWaSI
   3. I Love Lucy grape stomping http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXlFIdu8NJU
   4. Wine making http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57X-GAtTbeA

6. Coffee beans
   1. Coffee harvesting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmFUQxsYQ-U
   2. Coffee production from the bean to the cup http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa4tei_caravan-coffee-video-tour_school
7. Tea leaves
   1. Growth and production of tea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJFaYKEDle4
   2. Tea farm in Sri Lanka http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FQZ60XEg7U
   3. Black tea production http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTygb0ll2qE

8. Cotton
   1. Planting cotton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvZOFI_x8Vg
   2. Picking cotton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHE82R4i2Vo
   3. Processing cotton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0gx21jF51k

9. Hemp

1. Hemp, Hemp Horray.  Uses and benefits of eco-friendly hemp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTZbB9dsRww 1 hour

Watch BBC Life: Plants episode