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Following new curriculum standards for middle
school courses in Biology and Life Sciences, this video program introduces middle school
students to the basic biology of plants. Topics covered include: cellular respiration and
photosynthesis, including detailed equations for both; the roles of water, sunlight,
carbon dioxide and oxygen; the process of taking and using nutrients from the environment;
asexual and sexual reproduction; growth and repair of damaged plants; and response to
stimuli (light, water and gravity); carbon fixation (light independent reactions) and
photolysis (light dependent reactions.)
Using live-action photography, animation, video graphics and illustrations, the program
takes viewers on a step-by-step introduction to plants by first establishing that plants
are indeed “living organisms,” then carefully examining the remarkable biology
that allows plants to live and flourish among other living organism.
In addition to the topics listed above, students will learn the characteristics that
plants share with all living things. Students will be able to identify the various parts
of a plant and understand the function of each part. Students will examine the chemistry
of photosynthesis and the energy conversion that occurs.
Student viewers will build a strong plant biology vocabulary, and in addition to the
topics covered above, will understand fission, fragmentation, budding, spores, angiosperms
(flowering plants), monocot and dicot flowers, sepals, petals, calyx, stamen, pollen,
anther, carpel, stigma, pollination, zygote, endosperm, stomata, chlorophyll and more.
Running Time: 20 minutes
Close Captioned
Includes: Video and Teacher's Resource Book
This item is available in the following formats:
ORDER CODE: HRM3K588V
VIDEO
ORDER CODE: HRM3K588DV-DVD
DVD
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