What do plants living in my backyard have in common?


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?
Targets

 Notebook

REMINDER:  You will be taking weekly observations of your lima bean plants for the Explore – Growing Your Own Plant activity. Be sure to note these in your chart!
Look at the pictures of various plants found in Alberta. These plants grow naturally in Alberta.  Have you seen some of these outside as you play in the park or go for a hike?  What do these plants have in common?