WEEK 8 · Nov 23–29
Plant Structure + Transport
Focus on plant tissues, roots/stems/leaves, xylem/phloem, transpiration, water potential, mineral nutrition. Read before the meeting; bring your hardest questions.
MAJOR CONCEPTS
What to know
Plant tissuesroots/stems/leavesxylem/phloemtranspirationwater potentialmineral nutrition
Practice focus: Draw transport pathways and solve water-potential questions.
READ THIS WEEK
Choose your reading
Campbell Biology, 12th ed. · Ch. 35–37
FREE ALTERNATIVE · OpenStax Biology 2e
OpenStax covers the week's material if you do not have Campbell. You do not need to read both textbooks.
MATERIALS