Plant Growth and Changes

Plants are all around us, but why are they important? How do they grow and survive?

Essential Question

What is the value of the plant kingdom?

Targets

At the end of this unit, you should be able to answer the following questions:

1. What is the importance of plants?

1.1 How are plants important to humans?

1.2 How are plants important to their natural environments?

1.3 How do humans affect plants?
2. How do plants grow and make other plants?

2.1 What are the various parts of a plant and their purposes?

2.2 What do plants need to grow?

2.3 How do flowering plants propagate?

2.4 How are seeds distributed?
3. What are plant communities?

3.1 What are plant communities?

3.2 What do plants living in my backyard have in common?

3.3 What plants have special needs?