Plant Science Lesson Plans

    Plant science lesson plans designed for high school, middle school, and elementary school science teachers are downloadable here.  Lesson Plans Inc. offers many great science lessons. Click the titles below to see a list of lessons for each category.

Photosynthesis Lesson Plans

• Light Dependent Reactions - photosystem 2, photosystem 1, electron transport chain, NADP+.
• Light Independent Reactions - Calvin cycle, NADPH.
• Chloroplasts - thylakoid, granum, stroma, mesophyll, guard cells.
• Pigments - chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b.
• Photorespiration
• 4 Carbon Plants.
• CAM Plants.

Plant Tissue Systems Lesson Plans

• Dermal Tissue - epidrmal cells, trichomes.
• Vascular Tissue - xylem, tracheids, vessel elements, phloem, sieve tube elements.
• Ground Tissue - parenchyma, collenchyma, sclerenchyma.
• Meristematic Tissue - plant growth by mitosis.
• Leaves - blades, petiole, compound leaf, leaflet.
• Stems - node, internode, bud, vascular cambium, primary growth, secondar growth, heartwood, sapwood, bark.
• Roots - fibrous roots, taproot, root hairs, root cap, cortex, endodermis, vascular cylinder.
  

Plant Classifications Lesson Plans

• Vascular Tissue, Seeds, Flowers.
• Sporophyte - spore producing plant, diploid.
• Gametophyte - gamate producing plant, haploid.

Gymnosperm Lesson Plans

• Gymnosperm - Gnetophytes, Cycads, Ginkgoes, Conifers.
• Pollination - wind, pollination drop.
• Pollen Cones - male gametophytes, pollen grains.
• Seed Cones - female gametophytes, ovules.

Angiosperm Lesson Plans

• Flowering Plants - Monocotyledonae, Dicotyledonae.
• Monocots - flower parts in mliples of 3, single cotyledon, parallel viens, scattered vascular bundles, fibrous roots.
• Dicots - flower parts in multiple of 4 and 5, paired cotyledons, branched veins, arranged vascular bundles, taproot.
• Annuals - complete life cycle within one year.
• Biennials - complete life cycle within two years.
• Perennials - complete life cycle longer than two years.