Tennessee Science Grade 7

Unit 2: Life Science: Reproduction and Heredity

Plant puzzle

Project Type: Technology
Make a giant jigsaw puzzle illustrating the five systems of a seed plant, including labels and functions of each plant part. The puzzle needs to have at least five pieces and you can be as creative as you want. Remember, there can be as many different puzzles as there are plants in the world.

Resources:
Use the following web sites to help find plants, both local and from around the world.

The Great Plant Escape
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1facts1b.html

Plants Database
http://plants.usda.gov/

Native Gardening
http://www.enature.com/native_invasive/natives.asp

Encyclopedia
Type in the system of the plant
http://www.encyclopedia.com/

Spark notes
http://www.sparknotes.com/biology/plants/plantstructures/summary.html