Chapter 4 Review

Materials:

• Vocabulary review Sheet
• Practice Test (Optional)1

Objective:

• Students will uderstand that plants are classified according to their similar structures.
• Students will explain the differences between vascular and nonvascular plants.
• Students will explaoin the differences and similarities between plants with seeds and seedless plants.
• Students will describe angiosperms, gymnosperms, ferns, and mosses.

Alaska Standards:

• SCI A-12 Students will distinguish the patterns of similarity and differences in the living world in order to understand the diversity of life and understand the theories that describe the importance of diversity for species and ecosystems.
• SCI A-15 Students will use science to understand and describe the local environment.
• SCI B-1 Students will use the processes of science: classifying.

Whole Chapter review: Students will review the classification (evolution) tree. Or use the diagram on P67. Students and teacher will discuss how plants are divided first on vascular and non-vascular. Show student pictures of each type. Then the non-vascular plants are broken up into three differnet groups, Liverworts, Hornwarts, and Mosses. The vascular plants are divided into two groups. the seed plants and the seedless plants. Show pictures of both. The seedless vascuar plants are mainly ferns. The seeded vascular plants are broken down again into two groups. Angiosperms and gymnosperms. The Angiosperms are flowering plants and they produce a seed with a food supply and protection. The gymnosperms do not flower and produce a seed with little or no protection and no food supply. Show pictures of both.

Lesson 1 review: review with the students the advantages and disadvantages of being vascular and non-vascular. Show a picture of a vascular plant and a non vascular plant. Then while showing both in this picture have the students identify which plant the given advantage is for:

1. This type of plant can grow tall so that it gets more sunlight.
2. This type of plant can absorb nutrients and get them almost instantly to the cells that need them.
3. This type of plant can transport nutrients from deep in the soil to the cells that need those nuitrients high in the air.
4. This type of plant can live better in extremely moist conditions.
5. This type of plant can absorb huge amounts of water in its tissue and live on rock surfaces where the other type can't.
6. The size of this plant is not limited by water moving from cell to cell because the cells produce tubes where large amounts of water can be transferred quickly.

Lesson 2 review: Seed plants are broken down into two groups. Show a picture of each and have the students name the group. (Angiosperms, Gymnosperms) Angiosperms are broken down into two groups, dicots and monocots. Show the diagram of the monocot verses the dicot. Then read the following statements and have the students say whether it is a monocot or a dicot:

1. Two cotyledons
2. Netlike leaf veins
3. One cotyledon
4. Parallel leaf veins
5. Vascular bundles not in rings
6. Vascular bundles in rings
7. Fibrous roots
8. Flower parts in multiples of 3
9. A taproot (usually)
10. Flower parts in multiples of 4 or 5

Lesson 3 review: Seedless plants. There are two types of seedless plants we covered, ferns and mosses. What are the characteristics of a fern? What are the characteristics of a moss. What do we get from these types of plants? Show the diagram of a fern and list the different parts.

Full Chapter review: End of class Day 1 and before day 2 Students should work on the vocabulary review sheet. If you like you can have your students work on this practice test for chapter 4.

(Day 2) Full Chapter Game review: Students will play connect 4. The game board will have a total of 64 squares. Each time a site gets the right answer on a question the students will get to create an icon in their square.

Closure:

Independent Practice: Students will work on make-up tests and quizzes. Thursday is the last day to complete things for the first quarter.

Duration:

30 minutes + 10-15 for Independent Practice (Could be longer if taken for homework).