Calhoun – 5E Lesson Plan
Teacher: James Vivian and James Hall
Date: 02/25-03/01/2013
Timeline: ABC-day
Subject area /7th Grade Science: 5.1 Forces that Affect Plants & Photosynthesis
Materials: Lab Journal; PPT; PDF; BrainPop; Doceri; Thinking Maps; White Board
TEKS: Objectives/TEKS 5A, 7C, 13A, 13B
PROCESS SKILLS
CONTENT
 5A – Recognize that radiant energy from the Sun is transformed into chemical energy through the process of
photosynthesis.
 7C – demonstrate and illustrate forces that affect motion in everyday life such as emergence of seedlings,
turgor pressure, and geotropism.
 13A – Investigate how organisms respond to external stimuli found in the environment such as
phototropism and fight or flight.
 13B – Describe and relate responses in organisms that may result from internal stimuli such as wilting in
plants and fever or vomiting in animals.
Targeted ELPs:
Learning Strategies: C1C, C1D
Listening:C2D, C2G, C2H, C2I
Speaking: C3D, C3E, C3H
Reading:C4D, C4G, C4J
Writing: C5B, C5G
IB Unit Lesson Objective(s):
All living things on Earth depend on energy from the Sun and forces affect motion.
Discuss Purpose (Life Connection)
Radiant energy and Forces.
Area of Interaction
Environments
Learner Profile Connection
Open-Minded; Reflective
Differentiation strategies to meet diverse learner needs:
Naturalist; Logical/Mathematical; Interpersonal; Verbal; Kinesthetic; Visual; Rhythmic; Intrapersonal
ENGAGE / Bell Work: RUBRIC A,B
 How do living things get energy?
 What forces affect motion?
EXPLORATION: RUBRIC A,C,E,F
 HOTS: Students will take away an understanding that radiant energy from the sun is transformed into
chemical energy through photosynthesis.
Instructional Resources:
Textbook Chapter 13, Section 4/ Chapter 8, Section 2
Plant Tropism
Teacher Notes on Tropism
Respiration in Yeast Demo
TAKS Science Preparation Guide Grade 7 – Region 4 (Yellow Book)
 Energy in Ecosystems pg. 73 Photosynthesis pg. 62
Lab Activities:
Plant in a Bottle Lab
Power of the Sun
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Calhoun – 5E Lesson Plan
EXPLANATION/The student will know: ABC
 Brain Pop: Biofuel, Earth
 Forces affect motion.
 Living things depend on energy from the Sun.
Academic Vocabulary: photosynthesis
Language of Instruction: radiant energy, chemical energy, transfer of energy, chloroplast, force, motion, turgor
pressure, geotropism, emergence
ELABORATION RUBRIC B,D
 Forces affect motion.
 Living things depend on energy from the Sun.
 Radiant energy from the sun is transformed into chemical energy through photosynthesis.
SWBAT:
 Illustrate, describe, and explain how forces affect motion.
EVALUATION / Exit Ticket: RUBRIC C
 Describe and explain how forces affect motion in everyday life.
 Summarize how radiant energy is transformed into chemical energy.
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