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Botany Lesson 6

Lesson 6 (Video Lesson 5) Good morning! We’ve made it to the mid-point of our class! If you haven’t already, please go through your lesson book and check that you have all the pages listed below and pick our a few to share in our Main Lesson Book check in thread. Also, if you haven’t already, please send me your answers to our last reading questions. Today you will be going through your fifth video lesson. 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/WJbNVAZZWqs Questions on Anna Botsford Comstock: 1. Why was Anna an unusual teacher? 2. On page 17 there is the phrase, “But Anna preferred to blend in rather than raise eyebrows.” What does this mean? 3. Were the other teachers at Cornell happy to have Anna as a teacher there? 4. Why did the publishers not want to print Anna’s book, “The Handbook of Nature Study”? 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 Upcoming Assignments: - Turn in questions on reading- Due by Class 8 – Send directly to me in private message. - Plant study 3 – Due class 7 - Read Frances Hamerstrom’s Story- Due in Lesson 8
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  • Home
  • 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
    • Make Your Own Natural Makeup
    • Essential Oils: Safety and Uses
    • Winter Herb School
  • Bookstore
    • Herb Course Supplies
    • Class 1 Supplies
    • Class 5 Supplies
    • Handwork Supplies
  • Student Resources
    • Class Policies
    • Herb Directory
  • Blog
  • Pay What You Can Classes
  • Private Waldorf Tutoring
  • About