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__Reading____:__ · Chapter 9, Pages 160-177, Cellular Respiration · Chapter 10, Pages 181-197, Photosynthesis · Chapter 29, Pages 573-588, Plant Diversity I · Chapter 30, Pages 591-606, Plant Diversity II · Chapter 35, Pages 712-734, Plant Structure, Growth and Development · Chapter 36, Pages 738-753, Transport in Vascular Plants · Chapter 37, Pages 756-767, Plant Nutrition · Chapter 38, Pages 771-784, Angiosperm Development · Chapter 39, Pages 788-813, Plants Responding to Signals __Lecture:__ · Cellular Respiration:Energy harvest, redox reactions, oxidizing agents, glycolysis, Krebs Cycle, Electron Transport Chain · Photosynthesis:Chloroplast, overview, non-cyclic electron flow, photosystems, Calvin Cycle, carbon fixation · Diversity:origins, evolution, characteristics, adaptations, bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms, angiosperms, life cycles · Structure & Growth:organ systems, tissue cell types, primary growth, secondary growth, · Transport:whole plant, cellular transport, xylem, phloem, cohesion of water, control, translocation · Nutrition:nutrients, soil, nitrogen fixation, symbiosis, parasitism and predation · Reproduction:Sexual reproduction, floral variations, gametophyte development, double fertilization, seed development, fruit development, seed germination <span style="font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: symbol; msofareastfontfamily: symbol; msolist: ignore;">· Responses:plant hormones, daily and seasonal responses __ Labs: __ <span style="font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: symbol; msofareastfontfamily: symbol; msolist: ignore;">· AP Lab 4:Plant Pigments <span style="font-family: 'courier new'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'courier new'; msolist: ignore;">o Students will separate plant pigments using chromatography and measure the rate of photosynthesis in isolated chloroplasts <span style="font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: symbol; msofareastfontfamily: symbol; msolist: ignore;">· AP Lab 5:Cell respiration <span style="font-family: 'courier new'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'courier new'; msolist: ignore;">o Students will measure oxygen consumption in germinating and non-germinating peas <span style="font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: symbol; msofareastfontfamily: symbol; msolist: ignore;">· AP Lab 9:Transpiration <span style="font-family: 'courier new'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'courier new'; msolist: ignore;">o Students will observe transpiration in plants under a variety of conditions <span style="font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: symbol; msofareastfontfamily: symbol; msolist: ignore;">· Design an Experiment: <span style="font-family: 'courier new'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'courier new'; msolist: ignore;">o Students will design an experiment to test a variable of their choice for growing a plant <span style="font-family: symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: symbol; msofareastfontfamily: symbol; msolist: ignore;">· Field Botany plant identification and presentation <span style="font-family: 'courier new'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New'; msofareastfontfamily: 'courier new'; msolist: ignore;">o Students will use a field guide to identify a plant, they will then press the plant and identify it according to arboretum standards
 * Unit 8 Plant Form and Function (5 Weeks Total, 10 Lab Days) **