GALES TEACHING PlantScience 4-4 Soilless Plant Growth Mediums AND 4-5 Plant Nutrition

Unit 4 Soil, Mediums, & Plant Nutrition
Lesson 4:4 Soilless Plant Growth Mediums
Learning Objectives
1. Explain the types and utility for soilless substrata for plant growth.
2. Identify the different types of soilless cultures.
3. Discuss the advantages of alternate growth mediums.
Lesson 4:5 Plant Nutrition
Learning Objectives
4. Distinguish between the major and minor plant nutrients and deficiency symptoms.
5. Identify the major and minor plant nutrients.
6. List the most common symptoms of nutrient deficiency in plants.
7. Explain the process of nitrogen fixation by bacteria.
8. Describe phosphorus absorption.
9. Mycorrhizae: The Symbiotic Relationship between Fungi and Roots
10. Explain the process of primary and secondary ecological succession.