Plant anatomy - wash off and present a real plant then use sci keywords to describe it

This lesson plan is a great intro to a plant biology topic. Students learn the parts of the whole plant, prepare a real one for pressing and learn how to use scientific writing to communicate their discoveries. A fun and messy way to start a new topic
Follow this up with lessons that focus on specialised plant cells.
Students take a real plant and wash off the soil then learn about the various organs on the plant.
Use for organisational hierarchy too
Lesson plan, technician requirements and ppt presentation included in the package.
If you time this right then you can do this at the beginning of the topic and review the pressed plants a few weeks later. Take pictures, print them, stick them into books and label them; oh, and give prizes for the best pressed plant too.