Apologia Biology: Flower Dissection

Yesterday, Lacie and Paul did the Flower Dissection.  (Here is the recent blog post recommending the assignment.). Right now, tiger lilies and asters are in bloom in our area.  Lilies have large stamen, making them ideal for a flower dissection.  Asters, such as daisies are composite flowers.   Lacie and Paul followed the directions step by step in the textbook.  (BTW the instructions are the same in the all three editions.  The first edition does not have instructions to repeat all of the steps with a composite, such as a daisy.). Be sure to use a magnifier to look at the flower parts carefully.  The kids used a digital microscope which connects by USB to the laptop.  This microscope is a lens which clips on to a cell phone.  You can get decent results with a cell phone camera.  We use a digital microscope because the kids can focus and take screen shots.  The kids can sketch from the laptop screen. Lacie really liked using the digital microscope.  She took several photos to make over into art projects—quite a bonus.   Here are a few pix.