Age 9-11: Cultural Contributions - the Sciences
Unit 1: Botany
Activity: Define These Words ×
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Find the meaning that best suits each of the bolded words in the paragraph.
Define These Words
Hundreds of years before Linnaeus created the Western system of plant classification, Ibn Baytar or Ibn Baitar (1197 – 1248 CE) developed a classification system for plants that was well known and highly regarded in the Islamic world. Ibn Baytar was interested in pharmaceutical herbs and flowers. He explored throughout Spain and Morocco, looking for new and unique medicinal herbs and flowers. He created a dictionary of 2000 herbs and flowers, explaining what they were and how they could be used. He wrote the information in Arabic, Greek, Berber, Latin, as well as in several local dialects. He wanted everyone to have this knowledge.
Find the meaning that best suits each of the bolded words in the paragraph.
- classification
- pharmaceutical
- medicinal
- Berber
- dialects
Activity: Researching Plants
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i) Logical groups (Add as many lines as needed)
Muslims were able to grow and cultivate everywhere from Spain to China. They could identify the right soil for specific plants, and they mastered grafting techniques.Researching Plants
Research the following plants and classify the plants into logical groups after you have completed the organizer. Explain your reasons for the group.| Plant | Part of plant used | Uses |
| ginger | ||
| jojoba | ||
| aloe vera | ||
| banana | ||
| Empress candlestick |
i) Logical groups (Add as many lines as needed)
- ___________, ___________, ____________
because __________________________. - ___________, ___________ , ____________
because _______________________________________. - ___________, ___________, ____________
because _______________________________________.
Grafting is when you attach a piece of one plant to another. The two pieces join and become one plant.This is the grafting process
This is an example of a plant grown from graftingA famous Muslim named Ibn Baytar (Baitar) (1197-1248 CE) created a classification system for plants. He was specifically interested in pharmaceutical herbs and flowers. He explored Spain and Morocco looking for new and unique medicinal herbs and flowers. He wrote his classification in Arabic, Greek, Berber, Latin and several local dialects.