- - AGRICULTURE CORE CURRICULUM - - (CLF300) Core Area: PLANT SCIENCE (CLF320) Unit Title: Basic Botany (continuation of CLF310) UNIT DIRECTORY: ____________________________________________________________________________ Code Topic Title Hours Year(s) ____________________________________________________________________________ (CLF321) Transpiration 0.5 2 (CLF322) Translocation 0.5 2 (CLF323) Plant Growth Requirements 3 1 (CLF324) Plant Propagation Lab: From Seed 3 1 TOTAL TIME FOR UNIT = 6 hours ____________________________________________________________________________ UNIT GOAL: Students shall understand growth and development of plants, including the functions of plant parts, reproductive systems. and auxins. ____________________________________________________________________________ UNIT OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this unit, the students will be able to: 1. Describe the process of transpiration. 2. Describe the process of translocation. 3. List six basic plant growth requirements and indicate the importance of each. (i.e heat, temperature, light, moisture, CO2, 02 and nutrients). 4. List factors that cause poor seed germination. 5. Demonstrate skills required to start new plants from seed. 6. Raise a plant from a seed or cutting to a marketable or harvestable size. ____________________________________________________________________________ REFERENCES Bishop, D. D., Carter, L. P., Chapman, S. R. & Bennet, W. F. CROP SCIENCE AND FOOD PRODUCTION. San Francisco, CA: McGraw-Hill Book Company. ISBN 0-07-005431-2. Editors of Sunset Magazine and Sunset Books. SUNSET WESTERN GARDEN BOOK. Menlo Park, CA: Lane Publishing Company. Otto, J. H., Towle, A. & Bradley, J. V. MODERN BIOLOGY. New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Publishers. ISBN 0-03-056031-4. Raven, P, Evert, R.F.& Curtis, H. BIOLOGY OF PLANTS. New York, NY: Worth Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-87901-054-1. Richardson and Moore. (1980). Working in Horticulture. Gregg division of McGraw-Hill.(Activity guide included.) (1987). Lab Resources For Life Science (teachers' guide). Janus Books (Contains 75 duplicable work masters.) ____________________________________________________________________________ RESOURCES Bishop, Chapman, & Carter. (1978). Working in Plant Science (activity guide). Gregg Division of McGraw-Hill Company. California Vo-Ag Curriculum Guidelines: Introduction to Agriculture Cooperative Extension, University of California Carolina Biological Supply Company, 2700 York Rd, Burlington, North Carolina 27215/Box 187 Galdstone, Oregon 97027. West Coast 1-800-547-1733; Other areas 1-800-334-5551. Foresman, S. (1985). LABORATORY MANUAL (teachers' edition). Scott Foresman and Company, Publisher. Hobar Publications, Minnesota - Filmstrips and Videotapes Instructional Materials Service (IMS), Texas A & M, College Station, Texas.77843-2116 Lytle,R. A. & Kircher, Mr. H and Ms. (1979). Investigations in Conservation of Natural Resources (an activity manual). Danville, IL: The Interstate Printers and Publishers, Inc. Nasco West, 1524 Princeton Ave., Modesto Calif. 95353 209-529-6957 Nasco, 901 Janesville, Wisconsin 53538 414-563-2446. Ohio Curriculum Materials, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Richardson, & Moore. (1980) WORKING IN HORTICULTURE (activity guide). Gregg Division of McGraw-Hill, Publisher. Vocational Educational Productions (VEP), Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, California. 805-756-2295 12/20/88 gfv