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Botany Lesson 12

Lesson 12 (Video Lesson 11) Good morning! It’s our last lesson! Thank you all so much for being in class with me! I’ve really enjoyed seeing all your beautiful hard work. I've posted threads for the last two projects, the hands-on project, and the final plant report. Please take your time getting them into me. The class will not close until December 14th and even after that you will always be able to access the class through the transcripts page. I will also be finishing up feedback on any work you’ve turned in over the next week. As always, if you have any questions please let me know! Thanks again for being in my class! While you are watching the video you will need to have your Main Lesson Book and pencils with you. Please take your time as you work through the video lesson. You will need to pause and restart the video several times in order to do all the tasks in the lesson. Here is the link for today’s video lesson: https://youtu.be/mWfB4BvPH9M When you have finished the lesson you will have the following pages in your Main Lesson Book: 1. Title Page 2. The Plant Is A Child of the Earth and Sun verse 3. Summer and Winter Verse 4. Plant Life Cycle Picture 5. Picture of Theophrastus and Notes 6. Life Cycle of the Flowering Plant 7. Photosynthesis Picture 8. Photosynthesis Summary 9. Pollen & Pollinate Definitions 10. Plant and Butterfly Diagram 11. Maria Sybilla Merian Notes 12. Mushroom Intro Quote 13. Mushroom Drawing 14. Carl Linnaeus Picture and Notes 15. Taxonomy Pyramid 16. Algae Intro 17. Kelp Diagram 18. Lichen Intro 19. Lichen Diagram 20. Anna Botsford Comstock Page 21. Moss Intro Quote 22. Moss Diagram 23. Gregor Mendel Page 24. Vascular System Definitions 25. Ferns and Horsetail Intro 26. Horsetail Diagram 27. Fern Diagram 28. Frances Hamerstrom page 29. Angiosperms and Gymnosperms 30. Conifers & Cycads Intro 31. Conifers Diagram 32. Cycads Diagram 33. Charles Sprague Sargeant Notes 34. Tree Introduction 35. Oak and Birch Introduction 36. Oak and Birch Leaves 37. Rachel Carson Page 38. Palm Tree Intro 39. Date Palm Diagram 40. Cactus Intro 41. Prickly Pear Diagram 42. Types of Leaf Veins 43. Monocots and Dicots Definitions 44. Rose and Lily Upcoming Assignments: - Lesson Book Post- Class 12 - Final Plant Study – Class 12 - Hands-On Project – Class 12
Final Plant Report Guidelines
1. Pick a plant and identify it as one of the ones we have studied. 2. Botanical Name of the plant. 3. Draw the plant. 4. Identify the parts of the plant. 5. Write a few sentences about the plant.

​Please post your hands-on project here. You can either take pictures or make a video or write up a report about your project. Below are the project choices that we talked about in our first video lesson and in the syllabus. Let me know if you have any questions! Hands-On Project Choices - Spore prints - Plant a terrarium - Nature scavenger hunt - Root study - Flower Pressing - Mushroom walk - Wax Paper Leaf Preservation - Glycerine flower preservation
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  • Waldorf-Inspired Classes
    • Form Drawing
    • Handwork
    • Botany
    • Quality of Numbers
    • Math Gnomes and The Four Operations
    • Fables and Word Mastery
    • Story Math
    • Fairytales, Letters, and Form Drawing
    • Human and Animal Studies
    • Pentatonic Flute
    • Norse Mythology
    • Fibers
    • Recorder
  • Self-Guided Herb Courses
    • Herbology 101
    • Herbology 201
    • Herbal Preparations
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    • Essential Oils: Safety and Uses
    • Winter Herb School
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