Objectives:
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After completing reading in the manual, online module, and class activities, the student will in class:
- List basic plant functions
- Identify plant organs and a purpose of each
- Use proper botanical nomenclature
- Identify a plant response to an environmental condition
- Create a foundation in plant sciences in which to build upon in future lectures
Lecture:
- Presented by Denny Schrock, Iowa Master Gardener Coordinator; Used with permission of Iowa State Extension
- Video is ~1.5 hours long
- Botany playlist
Quiz:
Student Materials:
Extra Stuff
Additional links:
- Botany Exercise, North Carolina State University
- Wisflora: Wisconsin Vascular Plant Species
- Field Identification of 50 Most Common Plant Families for Temperate Regions, Rutgers (PDF)
- Botany Primer, National Phenology Network (PDF, large file)
Plant Sciences
Additional Introduction to Plants Videos
Coordinator Materials:
