Nonflowering Plants
Follow
the progression of nonflowering plants from life in the sea to life on land in
this unique survey. Vivid re-creations of the environments in which these plants
evolved change before your eyes. Detailed illustrations show land adaptations in
the three groups of nonflowering plants: the nonvascular plants, the seedless
vascular plants, and the seed-bearing vascular plants. Beautiful photographs and
plant descriptions teach students characteristic differences used to identify
the nonflowering plants, from the often-overlooked hornworts to the bizarre
Welwitschia to the more familiar ferns and pines. Students will discover the
value of nonflowering plants as they learn of their importance, past and
present.
OUTLINE:
I. Introduction
A. Objectives
B. Plant characteristics
1.
Photosynthesis
2.
Generic lifecycle (alternation of generations)
a.
haploid/diploid
b.
mitosis/meiosis
c.
overview
II. Plant classification
A. Nonvascular and vascular plants
III. Ancestry
A. The beginning
1.
first adaptations
2.
cuticle formation
3.
enclosed gametes
IV. Plant Divisions
A. Nonvascular plants
(Bryophytes)
1.
Division Bryophyta
a.
Mosses
(1)
Lifecycle
(a)
Gametophyte
stage
(b)
Sporophyte
stage
b.
Liverworts
(1)
Asexual
reproduction
c.
Hornworts
B. Vascular Plants
1.
Seedless plants
a.
Additional adaptations
(1)
Dominant sporophyte stage
(2)
vascular tissue
b.
Divisions
(1)
Division
Pterophyta
(ferns)
(a)
Uses
(b)
Lifecycle
(1)
Sporophyte
stage
(2)
Gametophyte
stage
(2)
Division Psilophyta (whisk ferns)
(3)
Division Sphenophyta (horsetails)
(4)
Division Lycophyta (club mosses)
c.
The Carboniferous forests and coal formation
C. Seed bearing plants (Gymnosperms)
1.
Additional adaptations
2.
Divisions
a.
Division Coniferophyta (conifers)
(1)
Uses
(2)
Pine lifecycle
(a)
Pollination
(b)
Fertilization
b.
Division Cycadophyta
(cycads)
c.
Division Ginkgophyta (gingkos)
d.
Division Gnetophyta
V. Conclusion
