Fern and Moss Life Cycles

Today we reviewed Section 21-2 and went over moss and fern life cycles.

Homework: read Moss and Fern sections and do p.37 of handout booklet # 7-12

Alternation of Generations in Moss

Today we reviewed the type of life cycle that plants have called an alternation of generations, in which they grow as haploid male or female gametophytes (gamete producing plants) in one generation and as diploid sporophytes (spore producing plants) in the next generation.

Students completed Section Review 21-1 #1-2 and Section Review 21-2 #1-3 in class. As well the following question was assigned as #4:

Explain in your own words the "moss" life cycle (use fig.2-6 in the textbook).

The First Land Plants

Today we completed our final observations in class for the Bread Mold Lab assignment and began learning about moss and ferns, the first land plants.

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Non-Seed Producing Plants

Today we learned about the three phyla of algae (Phaeophyta - brown, Chlorophyta - green, and Rhodophyta - red) and compared different examples of the Green Algae from a new handout package.

Homework: complete p.37 #1-6 from handout package

Kingdom Plantae: Algae

Today blocks G and F had their Fungi Test and they started Chapter 20, completing a question sheet in class on algae.

Homework:

• Algae question sheet
• Block H will have their Fungi Test on Wednesday, Feb. 18.

Fungus Review

Today students handed in their Fungi Mind Map and wrote down observations for their Bread Mold Lab. Since the Fungi Test is next class, we wrote down a list of items to know about fungi:

1. They are helpful by:
2. They are harmful because:
3. How they get their food is:
4. Three forms of asexual reproduction are:
5. They spend most of their lifetime as this kind of cell:
6. Two examples of symbiotic relationships with fungi are:
7. The 5 phyla are:
8. These phyla each go by another more common name and so another name for each phylum is:
9. Know the characteristics, examples, types and details of reproduction for each phyla (i.e. the phyla chart)
10. Be able to label any diagrams and to recognize & name the phyla of any pictures of fungus.

Students looked back into their notes or the textbook (19-1 & 19-2) to find the above facts to study.

Also, we got a "self quiz" handout and played a review game.
("self quiz" ANSWERS: 1b, 2c, 3b, 4c, 5d, 6a, 7d, 8b, 9c, 10c, 11b, 12b, 13d, 14c, 15b, 16a, 17c, 18d, 19b, 20b. #5 & 14 you are not expected to know)

Homework: Kingdom Fungi test - this Thursday, Feb. 12

Mold Eperiment and Diseases Caused by Fungi

Today we began an experiment to find out what conditions best help prevent mold growth on bread.

Then we finished up our notes on fungi diseases from Section 19-2.

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Homework:

• Fungi Mind Map project - due Tuesday, Feb.10
• Kingdom Fungi test - Thursday, Feb. 12

Fungi in the Environment

Today we learned about the role of fungi in the environment.

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Homework:

• Section Review (p.423) 19-2 # 1-4
• Fungi Mind Map project - due Tuesday, Feb.10
• Kingdom Fungi test - due Thursday, Feb. 12