Download Plant Project Rubrics

Plant Project Rubrics
Create a power point, prezi, or a booklet. Include information on the
following topics. Add pictures and diagrams.
Basic plant characteristics
 Autotrophs
 Multicellular
 Don’t move around
 Have cell walls
 Have life cycles with two phases (alternation of
generations---a sporophyte phase and a gametophyte phase)
What plants need for survival:
 Sunlight
 Water
 Carbon dioxide
 Minerals
Plant Adaptations to land:
 Reproduction without water (by using seeds)
 Prevent water loss by (cuticles)
5 Main groups of plants: (Make a separate slide for each group.)
For each group, include the following information:
1. Green Algae (nonvascular, seedless) earliest plants:
 Where they are found---around water so plant won’t
dry out
 Way of transporting materials---no roots, stems, or
leaves so absorb water and nutrients directly from
their surroundings.
 Process of sexual reproduction---water needed for
sperm to swim to egg
2. Bryophytes (Mosses & Liverworts) (nonvascular plants)
 Where they are found---live in moist environments
 Small in size (because no vascular tissue)
 Way of transporting materials---no true roots,
stems, or leaves; root-like structures called
rhizoids absorb water and minerals and anchor the
plant
 Process of sexual reproduction---water needed for
sperm to swim to egg
3. Ferns, horsetails, and club mosses (vascular seedless
plants)
 Where they are found---live in moist environments
 Way of transporting materials---have vascular
tissue
 Plants can grow bigger
 xylem transports water to all plant parts
 phloem transports food and nutrients to all plant
parts
 Process of sexual reproduction---water needed for
sperm to swim to egg
4. Gymnosperms (vascular seed plants with cones)
 Naked seeds—seeds are on the cones, not covered
 Where they are found---everywhere, can live in
dry places
 Way of transporting materials---have vascular
tissue
 Plants can grow bigger
 xylem transports water to all plant parts
 phloem transports food and nutrients to all plant
parts
 Process of sexual reproduction---pollen from pollen
cones (male) is carried by the wind to female cones;
no water is needed
5. Angiosperms (vascular seed plants with flowers)
 Enclosed seeds—seeds are inside the fruit
 Where they are found---everywhere, can live in
dry places
 Way of transporting materials---have vascular
tissue
 Plants can grow bigger
 xylem transports water to all plant parts
 phloem transports food and nutrients to all plant
parts
 Process of sexual reproduction---(reproductive
structure is the flower)

Pollen (sperm) is carried by the wind or by animals
to the ovule (egg) inside the ovary
 The ovary ripens and turns into fruit
6. 2 groups of Angiosperms
A. Monocots
 Seeds---Single cotyledon
 Leaves---parallel veins
 Flowers---petals in multiples of 3
 Stems---scattered vascular bundles
 Roots---fibrous roots--many
B. Dicots
 Seeds---Two cotyledon
 Leaves---branched veins
 Flowers---petals in multiples of 4 or 5
 Stems---vascular bundles in a ring
 Roots---tap root---one main root
7. Plant Structures & functions:
A. Roots
B. Stems
C. Leaves
8. How plants are useful in everyday life: (3-5 ways)