4. Draw a diagram of a plant and label it (full page). Draw a diagram of a flower and label it (full page). Write a 2 page essay, (front and back for each page) on plants and how a flower aids in its reproduction. Include the words below and highlight them. (15 pts max)…
60. a) Flowers are developed in order to reproduce and flowers help by attracting animals to pollinate. Pollen are for males, and seeds are for females. The seeds are coated with a hard outer layer to protect it and fruits are made so animals can eat them and the seeds will spread by the means of their feces. Seeds can also be dormant for a long time.…
However, another perspective is the “bee’s mirror” which Pollan proposes. This attitude suggests that plants command us to help them nourish since they can't move and psychologically have us do…
Action affecting Flowers = Same thing as with trees, we build on land which requires us to clear the area which includes flowers.…
Andrew David 6/21/2014 Aliso Viejo Middle School Part 1 Chapter 1 1. The 12 Olympians gained control when Zeus dethroned Cronus and seized power. 2. I most identify with Hephaestus is because of my love of building and crafting. 3.…
Michael Pollan’s film, The Botany of Desire, opened my eyes to the complicated relationship between people and plants. Pollan opened up with the following statement: “Flowers. Trees. Plants. We 've always thought that we controlled them. But what if, in fact, they have been shaping us?” (Pollan, PBS) I paused the film and took a few minutes to let this soak in. I was always under the impression that we were manipulating plants to our benefit only. I never thought that the plants were gaining something as well. The narrator explains, “The Botany of Desire examines this relationship by telling the stories of four plants that ensured their survival…
Action affecting Flowers = Similar answer to that off actions affecting trees because it is the pollution that we are causing are killing the natural life.…
She planted the marigolds because that was her happiness. They were very bright and colorful compared to her “sorry gray house”. Those passionate yellow mounds made her house really stand out. She took care of them “all summer, every summer” as her one joy and hope.…
Pollan, Michael. The Botany of Desire: a Plant 's-eye View of the World. New York: Random House, 2002. 15-29. Print.…
The issue of sexism and more specifically catcalling was the topic of our acrimonious satire. These issues were bitterly mocked through use of sarcasm, hyperbole, and understatement. We chose this topic to satirize because both my partner and I felt strongly about the problem that unfortunately still occurs. By mocking catcalling it shows how foolish men who do it can look, and encourages women who experience it to stand up for themselves. Addressing this issue through satire also helps to bring awareness to how unnecessary and wrong street harassment is. The main target in the comic is the dog, who serves as a mask for men who too often yell degrading things at women, who is masked as the cat, innocently walking by. We picked these masks…
Honestly Jonas didn't even know where or what was going to happen. Jonas remembered he could lie but he didn't want to lie to Gabriel, but he realized that he would be lying to himself too.…
In To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee the different flowers have different meanings. The flowers were given to certain people on purpose. Miss Maudie Atkinson had her azaleas, Mayella Ewell had geraniums, and Ms. Henry Lafayette Dubose had camellias. Their flowers described them. These flowers Lee thought were perfect for the characters she matched them with. Ms. Dubose had a long life, Mayella was gentle, and miss Maudie took care of herself and her…
Action affecting Flowers = Similar answer to that off actions affecting trees because it is the pollution that we are causing are killing the natural life…
Nurturing plants can teach us how to care for other living things. In general people garden because it helps to relax, to gain social skills, and make some friends. In Paul Fleischman’s novel Seedfolks, two main characters who are dynamic are Sae Young and Maricela. Fleischman’s vacant lot garden changes the lives of SaeYoung and Maricela, because the garden helps them [Sae Young and Maricela] gain social skills and helps them [SaeYoung and Maricela] express their voices.…
The concept of the weeds being present is to let the readers know that finding truth in life may not always end how you intend it to.…