AIG God’s Design for Life 3rd Edition
Week 1 -- ScheduleDate: / Day 1 / Day 2 / Day 3 / Day 4 / Day 5
The World of Plants
Reading / Lesson 1
pgs. 8-11; Is It Alive? / Lesson 2
Pgs. 12-15; What is a Kingdom? / Lesson 3
Pgs. 16-19; Classification System
Drawing/ Worksheet/ Special Feature / Is It Alive? / Clue Cards / Special feature: Carl Linnaeus pgs. 20-21
Questions / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions.
Notes
Supply list:
Lesson 1: copy of “Is it alive?” worksheet; 6 items to display/discuss: some living, some non-living
Lesson 2: poster board, copy of “clue cards”, pen, scissors
Lesson 3: plant animal guides or an encyclopedia
Words to know:
(1)Respiration (2)taxonomy, zoology,botany, anatomy, kingdom (3) phylum, vascular tissue, class, order, family, genus, species, binomial classification
Week 2 -- Schedule
Date: / Day 6 / Day 7 / Day 8 / Day 9 / Day 10
The World of Plants
Reading / Lesson 4
Pgs. 22-26; Plant & Animal Cells / Lesson 5
Pgs. 28-32; Flowering Plants / Lesson 6
Pgs. 33-36; Grasses
Drawing/ Worksheet/ Special Feature / Draw & label a plant and animal cell
Special Feature: Cells pg. 27 / Draw & label a plant
Quiz 1 / Draw & label grass
Questions / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions.
Notes
Supply list:
Lesson 4: 2 small shoe boxes, 2 qt zipper bags, several green grapes, several raisins, 2 large red grapes, yellow gelatin mix (mix 1 hour before ready to use)
Lesson 5: Field guide for flowers, access to several flowering plants; copy of Quiz 1
Lesson 6: Magnifying glass, grass plant
Words to know:
(4)Cell, organelle, cell membrane, nucleus, vacuole, mitochondria, cytoplasm, cell wall, chloroplast, tissue, organ (5)roots, stems, leaves, flowers, (6)turf grass, cereal grass, forage grass, ornamental grass
Week 3 -- Schedule
Date: / Day 11 / Day 12 / Day 13 / Day 14 / Day 15
The World of Plants
Reading / Lesson 7 Pgs. 37-39; Trees / Lesson 8 Pgs. 41-44; Seeds / Lesson 9 Pgs 45-47; Monocots & Dicots
Drawing/ Worksheet/ Special Feature / Special FeaturePg 40; Redwoods / Germination Data Sheet / Draw & label bean and corn seeds
Questions / What did we learn questions / What did we learn questions / What did we learn questions
Notes
Lesson 7 - Index cards labeled w/ vocabulary words; Markers or crayons
Lesson 8 – Copy of Germination Data Sheet, 5 jars (1 w/ a lid), paper towels; steel wool, 15-20 dried bean seeds, black construction paper, tape
Lesson 9 – Several bean seeds (pinto, kidney, etc) **soak these seeds in water 24 hours prior to use, several corn seeds (not popcorn) **soak these seeds in water 24 hours prior to use, dissecting scalpel or sharp knife, magnifying glass, jar or plastic cup, paper towels
Words to know
(7) woody plants, herbaceous plants, deciduous, angiosperm, evergreen , conifer, gymnosperm, bark (8) germinate, dormant (9) embryo, seed coat, cotyledon, monocot, dicot, plumule, radicle, endosperm, hilum
Week 4 -- Schedule
Date: / Day 16 / Day 17 / Day 18 / Day 19 / Day 20
The World of Plants
Reading / Lesson 10 Pgs. 48-51; Seeds-Where Are They? / Lesson 11 Pgs 55-58; Roots / Lesson 12 Pgs 59-61; Special Roots
Drawing/ Worksheet/ Special Feature / Seeds Get Around
Special Feature p. 52-53; George Washington Carver / Draw & label roots
Quiz 2
Questions / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions.
Notes
Supply list:
Lesson 10: Several different fruits vegetables (apple, tomato, peach, etc.), baking dish lined w/ aluminum foil, several pinecones w/ scales tightly shut, copy of “Seeds Get Around” worksheet
Lesson 11: unpeeled carrot any other roots you would like to examine, magnifying glass, jars w/ beans corn from lesson 8 9; copy of Quiz 2
Lesson 12: Onion with roots, flower bulbs (tulips, daffodils, etc.)
Words to know:
(10)disperse (11) vascular tissue, root cap, fibrous root, taproot (12) adventitious roots, aerial roots, pneumatophores, prop roots, parasitic roots, haustoria
Week 5 -- Schedule
Date: / Day 21 / Day 22 / Day 23 / Day2 4 / Day 25
The World of Plants
Reading / Lesson 13
pgs. 62-64; Stems / Lesson 14
Pgs. 65-67; Stem Structure / Lesson 15
Pgs. 68-70; Stem Growth
Drawing/ Worksheet/ Special Feature / Draw & label growth rings
Quiz 3
Questions / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions.
Notes
Supply list:
Lesson 13: stalk of celery w/ leaves, glass of water, food color (red or blue), 2 clear plastic cups w/ potting soil, jars w/ beans & corn from lesson 8 & 9
Lesson 14: drawing materials, plant w/ new growth, if available
Lesson 15: none, copy of Quiz 3
Words to know:
(13) xylem, phloem, tuber, bulb, tendril, thorn, stolon, runner (14) shoot, terminal bud, axillary bud, lateral bud, node, internode (15) epidermis, cuticle, cambium cells, heartwood, sapwood
Week 6 -- Schedule
Date: / Day 26 / Day 27 / Day 28 / Day 29 / Day 30
The World of Plants
Reading / Lesson 16
Pgs. 72-75; Photosynthesis / Lesson 17
Pgs. 76-79; Arrangement of Leaves / Lesson 18
Pgs. 80-83; Leaves-Shape & Design
Drawing/ Worksheet/ Special Feature / Draw & label photosynthesis; Photosynthesis data sheet / Draw & label leaf arrangements / Draw & label pinnate and palmate leaves
Questions / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions.
Notes
Supply list:
Lesson 16: 3 mint plants or other fast-growing plants, copy of “Photosynthesis Data Sheet”, scissors, 2 cardboard boxes that are big enough to cover a plant & allow for growth, liquid measuring cup
Lesson 17: Drawing paper, crayons, markers, or colored pencils
Lesson 18: 1 or more large leaves freshly picked from a tree, knife or scissors, paper & colored pencils, red food coloring, bean & corn plants from lesson 8 & 9
Words to know:
(16) photosynthesis, stomata, guard cells, chlorophyll, catalyst (17) opposite leaf, arrangement, alternate leaves, whorled, rosette (18) venation, pinnate, palmate, petiole
Week 7 -- Schedule
Date: / Day 31 / Day 32 / Day 33 / Day 34 / Day 35
The World of Plants
Reading / Lesson 19
pgs. 84-86; Changing Colors / Lesson 20
Pgs. 87-89; Tree Identification: Final Project / Lesson 21
Pgs. 91-94; Flowers
Drawing/ Worksheet/ Special Feature / Quiz 4 / Draw & label 4 main parts of a flower
Flower Patterns
Questions / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions.
Notes
Supply list:
Lesson 19: If it is autumn, collect different colored leaves. If not, use several colors of construction paper; scissors, glue, poster board, newspaper, heavy book
Lesson 20: Tree field guide, zipper bags, access to trees w/ leaves, index cards, colored pencils, leaf press or heavy books and newspaper, colored paper, photo album w/ magnetic pages or 3-ring binder with plastic sheet protectors; copy of Quiz 4
Lesson 21: Copy of “Flower Patterns”, green pipe cleaners, flexible soda straws, modeling clay, colored construction paper, scissors, glue, hole punch, corn meal or yellow sand
Words to know:
(19)xanthophylls, carotene, anthocyanin (20) (21) sepal, petal, stamen, pollen, pistil, ovule, ovary, fruit, staminate, pistillate
Week 8 -- Schedule
Date: / Day 36 / Day 37 / Day 38 / Day 39 / Day 40
The World of Plants
Reading / Lesson 22
Pgs. 95-97; Pollination / Lesson 23
Pgs. 99-101; Flowering Plants / Lesson 24
Pgs. 103-106; Fruits
Drawing/ Worksheet/ Special Feature / Flip Book
Special Feature: p.98: Pierre-Joseph Redoute / Draw & label parts of a flower
Special Feature p.102; A Rose…
Questions / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions.
Notes
Supply list:
Lesson 22: Copy of “Flip Book” worksheet, crayons, markers or colored pencils, stapler, bean and corn plants from lesson 8 & 9
Lesson 23: Field A fresh flower w/ easily-visible reproductive parts (A lily or an alstroemeria is a good ex.) sharp knife or razor blade
Lesson 24: Apple, strawberry, pineapple )all fresh & whole, if possible), knife
Words to know:
(22) pollination, self-pollination, cross-pollination, pollinator, nectar (23) receptacle (24) simple fruit, aggregate fruit, multiple fruit
Week 9 -- Schedule
Date: / Day 41 / Day 42 / Day 43 / Day 44 / Day 45
The World of Plants
Reading / Lesson 25
pgs. 107-109; Annuals, Biennials, & Perennials / Lesson 26
Pgs. 111-113; Meat-Eating Plants / Lesson 27
Pgs. 114-116; Parasites & Passengers
Drawing/ Worksheet/ Special Feature / Plant Word Search
Quiz 5
Questions / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions.
Notes
Supply list:
Lesson 25: copy of “Plant Word Search” worksheet; Copy of Quiz 5
Lesson 26: Small box, stick or pole
Lesson 27: Drinking straw, coffee stirrer (a narrow straw), field guide to plants, knife or scissors, sink
Words to know:
(25) annual, biennial, perennial (26)carnivorous (27) parasite, host, passenger plant
Week 10 -- Schedule
Date: / Day 46 / Day 47 / Day 48 / Day 49 / Day 50
The World of Plants
Reading / Lesson 28
Pgs. 117-119; Tropisms / Lesson 29
Pgs. 120-122; Survival Techniques / Lesson 30
Pgs. 123-125; Reproduction Without Seeds
Drawing/ Worksheet/ Special Feature
Questions / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions.
Notes
Supply list:
Lesson 28: Houseplant with several leaves
Lesson 29: cactus plant, magnifying glass
Lesson 30: potato, jar, potting soil, water
Words to know:
(28) tropism, geotropism, hydrotropism, heliotropism/phototropism (29) succulent (30) vegetative, reproduction, vegetative propagation, rhizome
Week 11 -- Schedule
Date: / Day 51 / Day 52 / Day 53 / Day 54 / Day 55
The World of Plants
Reading / Lesson 31
pgs. 126-128; Ferns / Lesson 32
Pgs. 129-131; Mosses / Lesson 33
Pgs. 132-134; Algae
Drawing/ Worksheet/ Special Feature
Questions / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions. / What did we learn questions.
Notes
Supply list:
Lesson 31: paper, paint & paint brushes, glue, corn meal or yellow sand, fresh fern frond, if available
Lesson 32: Paper & glue, colored pencils or crayons, dried moss from a craft shop, magnifying glass
Lesson 33: paper, colored pencils, clue, construction paper, scissors
Words to know:
(31) frond, spore (32) peat (33) algae, primary consumer, secondary consumer, diatom
Week 12 -- Schedule
Date: / Day 56 / Day 57 / Day 58 / Day 59 / Day 60
The World of Plants
Reading / Lesson 34
Pgs. 135-137; Fungi / Lesson 35
Pgs. 138; Conclusion / End of The World of Plants!
Drawing/ Worksheet/ Special Feature / Mold Data Sheet / Quiz 6 / Final Exam
Questions / What did we learn questions.
Notes
Supply list:
Lesson 34: 6 slices of bread (homemade works best), 3 plastic sandwich bags or zipper bags, copy of “Mold Data Sheet”
Lesson 35: Dried leaves, flowers, grass, twigs, seeds, seed pods, cones, bark, etc. glue, poster board, copy of Quiz 6
Copy of Final Exam
Words to know:
(34) fungi
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