Indoor I.D.

PlantsCarley Pavan
Activity Title: identification and propagation
Skill Level: Beginning Intermediate (High school)
Learner Outcomes:
1) Students will understand the difference between different common
house hold plants
2) Students will understand the requirements those common indoor plants have.
3) Students will understand the different propagation methods for the plants learned.
4) Students will understand why there are different propagation methods depending on
the type of plant.
Education Standard(s) VA SOL: CTEsource.org
Describe plant propagation options.
Definition
Description should include
differentiating between sexual and asexual methods of propagation
dissecting seeds and identifying parts
conducting scarification and stratification treatments of seeds
defining enhanced seeds and pelleted seeds
identifying seed storage conditions
reviewing sources of seeds, including collection, seed banks, and commercial outlets
contrasting direct and indirect seeding methods
manipulating environmental conditions for germination
transplanting seedlings and plugs
propagating plants, using spores
demonstrating various types of leaf cuttings:
Stem
Tip
Leaf-bud
Leaf with petiole
Leaf without petiole
Cane
Root
Leaf with severed veins
Wedge
Straight section

comparing softwood, hardwood, and semi-hardwood cutting procedures

identifying mallet and heel cuttings
demonstrating hormone treatment of cuttings
manipulating environmental conditions for rooting of cuttings
identifying bulb, tuber, corm, rhizome, and tuberous root
outlining propagation procedures by bulb, tuber, corm, rhizome, and tuberous root
demonstrating division of plants
describing the requirements for successful grafting and budding
defining scion, compatibility, stock, and cambium
outlining the grafting procedures for whip, side-veneer, and cleft grafts
describing stenting
distinguishing between flower and vegetative buds
outlining the budding procedures for T-buds, I-buds, chip buds, and patch buds
describing plant care after grafting and budding procedures
identifying plants that are commercially grafted and budded

Life Skills
Decision Making
Collaboration
Goal making
Team work
Propagation methods
Tags:
Horticulture
Indoor plants
Indoor plant identification
Propagation methods
Time Needed: one class period for presentation, could do one propagation
method one day and some the other day if time runs out.
Introduction Ask students to answer the questions on the board and then
take 5 minutes to discuss their answers.
Opening Questions: Why are some crops started from seed while other
crops are started asexually? How do commercially prepared rooting
hormones improve propagation?
Background information:
PowerPoint labeled I.D. Plant list Unit Plan
Experience explain the step by step process of what the facilitator would
do.Follow the experiential learning cycle. Explain:

Before the Activity

o Begin the lesson with a presentation (PPT, Prezi, etc.)
introducing the I.D. plants and their propagation methods Going
through the presentation with the students.
o Following the presentations, ask students:
What type of I.D. plant uses the leaf cutting propagation
method?
What are the several propagation methods we covered in
the lecture?
o Once the presentation is done students will be instructed to go
into the greenhouse.
o Students will work with some of the pants that were on the I.D.
PowerPoint. The students will get a chance to take note of
structure of the plants and how to properly identify them for their
I.D. quiz later in the week.
o Give students the handouts for the asexual propagation methods
that are being covered today.
o Students will watch as the teacher demonstrates several asexual
propagation methods and then the students will participate in
practicing those methods as well.
Share
At the end of the asexual propagation methods lab, students will recap
what they liked about the lab and something new they learned.
Reflect:
Reflect by having each student share something they learned in today.
Generalize
Do you think you can take what you learned today and apply it to
outside of school? Create your own new plants from plants around your
house or in the yard?

Term and Concept Discovery:

Propagation
Asexual propagation
Stem cutting
Root cutting
Cane cutting
Leave cutting
Bulbs
Division

Leaf-bud
Leaf with petiole
Leaf without petiole

Apply
How can you take what you learned today and apply/ improve your
home?
References (this is essential if any sources were used to develop and/or
adapt the activity) *
PowerPoint referred from Indoor Plants Horticulture 2144
Learn More/ Virtual Fun/News/Did You Know
Youth Handouts with answer keys
Hand out these papers before going to the greenhouse.

Cane Cutting