Flower Power: Plant Growth and Environmental Influences

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Flower Power Plant Growth and Environmental
Influences
Unit designed by Audrey Mallard,Wayne County
School Systemand GDOE/Division of Exceptional
Students, 2006

• GPS Standards Addressed
• SB4. Students will assess the dependence of all
  organisms on one another and the flow of energy
  and matter within their ecosystems.
• d. Assess and explain human activities that
  influence and modify the environment such as
  global warming, population growth, pesticide use,
  and water and power consumption.
• e. Relate plant adaptations, including tropisms,
  to the ability to survive stressful environmental
  conditions.
• SCSh3. Students will identify and investigate
  problems scientifically.
• a. Suggest reasonable hypotheses for identified
  problems.
• c. Collect, organize, and record appropriate
  data.
• d. Graphically compare and analyze data points
  and/or summary statistics.

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Stepwise Instructional Task Worksheet HS Science
- Flower Power Plant Growth and Environmental
Influences
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Recording, Comparing, Analyzing Data from
Environmental Influences on Plant Growth
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Recording, Comparing, Analyzing Data from
Environmental Influences on Plant Growth
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Environmental Influences on Plant Growth No
Water, No Light
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Recording, Comparing, Analyzing Data on
Daffodil Bulb Growth
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Daffodil Plant Book - Cover
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Daffodil Plant Book The Bulb (page 1)
(Brown cardboard/foam sheeting bulb wrapped in
brown pantyhose stocking)
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Daffodil Plant Book Roots Appear (page 2)
(Roots made from brown pantyhose stockings)
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Daffodil Plant Book Stem Shoot Appears, Roots
Grow (page 3)
(Stem shoot made from silk flower leaf)
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Daffodil Plant Book Leaves Appear (page 4)
(Leaves made from silk flower leaves)
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Daffodil Plant Book Daffodil Flower Opens (page
5)
(Flower made from silk flower)
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Daffodil Poem Spring by Robert McCracken
(page 6)