Case 5 - Introduction to the Concept

The goals of the fifth week are for students to:

• Understand and recognize the parts of a bulb.

• Learn the differences between a bulb, rhizome, and tuber.

• Learn how bulbs and tubers are used as food.

• Learn the many ways that plants reproduce without seeds and ways they might be able to grow a variety of plants without spending a lot of money buying them.

The objectives of this lesson for the students are to:

• Investigate the world of bulbs, rhizomes, and tubers by growing them in a laboratory setting.

• Grow plants from bulbs.

• Grow plants from tubers and be able to identify tubers found at home.

• Explore bulbs and other plant parts that are available.

The main concepts for this week are:

• Plant parts can look different but are modifications of more familiar plant parts.

• Plant parts can differentiate themselves.

• Plant stems can be horizontal.