Course Title: Honors Biology Unit: Exploring Plants Glenbard District 87 Unit Title: Ch. 19, 20 + 22 Plant Diversity Stage 1 – Desired Results Established Goal(s): What relevant goals (e.g. Content standards, course or program objectives, learning outcomes, etc.) will this address? •Students will understand the basic form and function, regulation, interactions with the environment, and evolution of plants. Understanding(s): Students will understand that… Essential Question(s): What provocative questions will foster inquiry, understanding, and transfer of learning? Students will understand the roles that plants play in our lives and in What are the basic structures that allow for these organisms to obtain the ecosystem. and use energy, transport substances, reproduce, and interact with their environment? Knowledge: Students will know… Skills: Students will be able to … •the structures and functions of the cell parts of each organism. •recognize the parts of a simple plant on a diagram. •how these organisms are helpful to humans and the environment. •compare and contrast the parts of the different divisions of plants. •the adaptations that plants have made to allow for life on land. •look at a leaf cross-­‐section and understand how its structures relate •the divisions of the major groups of plants (mosses, ferns, to photosynthesis. gymnosperms, angiosperms…) •the basics structures and functions of a leaf, a root and a stem.