The Botany Impressionistic Charts are designed to strike the child’s imagination with simple, clear illustrations that depict the basic needs and functions of plants.
The set consists of 18 charts:
The Tree Absorbs Minerals Through Its Roots
Hydrotropism: Water Seekers – The Tree Absorbs Water Through Its Roots
Thigmotropism: Boulder on the Road – The Roots Grow Around the Rocks
The Mycorrhizal Relationship: The Partnership of Fungi and Plants
From the Dead to the Living: Transformation of Nitrogen in the Nitrogen Cycle
Roots: A Means of Support
Roots Hold the Soil in Place
A Terraced Mountainside: Roots Hold the Soil in Place
The Piston Pump: Liquid Rises in the Plant or Capillarity
How Plants are Supported: Specialized Stems
The Sun’s Drink: Water Evaporates from the Plant in Transpiration
The Sun’s Worshippers: The Action of Light on Plants or Phototropism and Apical Dominance
The Tree as a Chemical Laboratory: Photosynthesis
How Plants Defend Themselves: Specialized Leaves
Love in Plants: Bee Sucking Nectar
Seeds Travel or Seed Dispersal
Reproduction by Spores: The Fern Life Cycle
Go, my child: Seeds Travel or Seed Dispersal
A narrative is included on the back of each chart.
