Friday, March 12, 2010

Finished Botany today!

Today we finished up our study of Botany. We used an Answers in Genesis book called The World of Plants. It was a good fit for our family, with short chapters and interesting activities for each lesson.

Topics included:
Classification system
Carl Linnaeus
Plant and Animal Cells
Flowering Plants
Grasses
Trees
Seeds
Monocots & Dicots
George Washington Carver
Roots
Special Roots
Stems
Stem Structure
Stem Growth
Photosynthesis
Arrangement of Leaves
Leaves
Tree Identification
Flowers
Pollination
Pierre-Joseph Redoute
Fruits
Annuals, Biennials, and Perennials
Meat Eating Plants
Parasites and Passengers
Tropism
Other Survival Techniques
Reproduction without Seeds
Ferns
Mosses
Algae
Fungi

Next up we will be learning to use a microscope.

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