Carnivorous Plants, Chemistry

AIM: TO LEARN ABOUT THE NATURE OF PLANTS

Carnivorous Plants

Steps.
Step 1. Grab one leaf from outside and bring it inside.
Step 2. Grab a paper and crayon or a pencil.
Step 3. Put the leaf under the paper.
Step 4. rub the crayon or a pencil on paper and see what happened.

Plants fall into two categories:

1. Evergreen

2. Deciduous

Deciduous

Evergreen

Find three examples of each:

Evergreen: 

1.  Pine tree.

2. Eucalyptus tree.

3.  Kauri tree.

Deciduous;

1.  Oak Tree.

2.   Maple Tree.

3.  Spruce Tree.

LEAVES

Simple                                 Compound   

Choose a leaf and do a leaf rubbing.

Example: 
Plant type: Deciduous / Evergreen

Leaf type: Simple / Compound
Leaf colour: Green
Photo of leaf: 

Plant drawing:

MY LEAF COLLECTION

1.

Plant type: Deciduous

Leaf type: Simple 
Leaf Colour: Light green 

Photo of leaf:

2. 

Plant type: Deciduous 

Leaf type: Simple
Leaf Colour: Green

Photo of leaf:

3.  

Plant type: Deciduous

Leaf type: Simple 
Leaf Colour: Green 

Photo of leaf:

4. 

Plant type: Evergreen  

Leaf type: Simple
Leaf Colour: Green

Photo of leaf:

5.  

Plant type: Deciduous

Leaf type: Simple 
Leaf Colour: Green

Photo of leaf:

RESEARCH 4 TYPES OF PLANT GROUPS

1. Carnivorous plants
2. Pine trees 
3. Fruit trees
4. NZ Natives

You will need to do the following:

1. Title: NZ Natives
2. Examples: 

• Kauri - Agathis australis, commonly known by its Māori name kauri, is a coniferous tree of Araucariaceae in the genus Agathis, found north of 38°S in the northern districts of New Zealand's North Island.
• Rimu - Dacrydium cupressinum, commonly known as rimu, is a large evergreen coniferous tree endemic to the forests of New Zealand. It is a member of the southern conifer group, the podocarps. The former name "red pine" has fallen out of common use.
• New Zealand Cabbage Tree - Cordyline australis, commonly known as the cabbage tree, cabbage-palm is a widely branched monocot tree endemic to New Zealand. It grows up to 20 metres tall with a stout trunk and sword-like leaves, which are clustered at the tips of the branches and can be up to 1 metre long.
• New Zealand Christmas Tree - Metrosideros excelsa, with common names pōhutukawa, New Zealand pohutukawa, New Zealand Christmas tree, New Zealand Christmas bush, and iron tree, is a coastal evergreen tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that produces a brilliant display of red flowers made up of a mass of stamens.

1. Desert / beach / mountains / swamp / plains / forest 

Climate (select one from the list)

1. Hot / warm / cold
2. Rainy / dry / 
3. Windy / still

Conclusion: 

We went outside to grab a leaf, I Grabbed a big green leaf that is compound. We put on the paper under the leaf, then I rub a crayon on the paper. when we finish the leaf rubbing I took a photo of our own leaf paper on the tree which is drawn in the paper.