10.18.10 Seedling Vocabulary
OBJ: We will create a flip book in our journal to
learn about plant seedling words
TEK: 7.7c
Warm up: Draw the pictures!
1. What type of simple machine is this?
2. Which machine would you need less force?
WHY?
RECALL:
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Photo=light
Geo= earth
Hydro= water
Tropo= to turn
Ism = a system
Thigmo = touch
Flip Vocabulary:
• Only cut the dotted lines!
Past only the little tab labeled Tropism onto your
through.
Glue tab into your journal
Geotropism
• Define: How plants respond to the force of
gravity.
• Draw the pictures:
Geotropism:
Phototropism
Definition: How a plant grows toward the light.
Phototropism
thigmotropism
Definition: Plants bending or growing because of
touch
TESTS and RETAKES!
• The retake test will not be identical so be sure
to study before you come to make it up!
• Summary: Explain why all
the words we learned
today have tropism in
them. What does this
mean?
• OUT: Describe how the
acorn has both potential
and kinetic energy at the
same time!
• 1st part of test corrections
10.19.10 Seedling
• IN:
– OBJECTIVE: The students will illustrate seedlings
using their journal and flip book.
– TEKS: 7.7C
– Warm-up: Name at least 3 unbalanced forces that
act upon us in our everyday life.
Seedling Science
Plants come from seeds. Each seed
contains a tiny plant waiting for the
right conditions to germinate, or
start to grow.
Seeds wait to germinate until
three needs are met: water,
correct temperature (warmth),
and a good location (such as in
soil).
Roots Anchor
• The seedling's roots push down into the soil to
anchor the new plant and to absorb water and
minerals from the soil. And its stem with new
leaves pushes up toward the light
Germination Process
• The germination stage ends when a shoot
emerges from the soil. But the plant is not
done growing. It's just started.
New Plant
• Plants need water, warmth, nutrients from the
soil, and light to continue to grow.
• http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/grow.html
Seedling
Poster Rubric
• Title
• 3 requirements for growth – soil, water,
temperature
• Draw and Label the stages of seedlings – Root
anchors plants, germination occurs, New plant
• On back – Name, Date, Period
• Recall: Turgor pressure inside the cell allows
the root to break free and start to grow.
• Summary: Explain how forces inside a seed
begin the process for plant growth.
• Out: Explain how chemical energy is
transformed into thermal energy through
digestion when the squirrel eats the acorn.
2nd part Test Corrections
10.20.10 Natural Disasters
• IN:
– OBJECTIVE: The students will describe different
catastrophic events effects on ecosystems using
articles
– TEKS: 7.8A
– Warm-up: Calculate the amount of work done
when Bob pushes a 500N box 10 meters.
Hurricane Katrina
Gulf Oil Spill
What is an Ecosystem?
• A community of organisms and their abiotic
environment
• Community – different types of organisms
living together in the same place at the same
time
• Abiotic factors – anything that was never alive
and cannot be alive
How does it impact the ecosystem?
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Floods
Hurricanes
Earthquakes
Tsunamis
Wildfires
Tornadoes
Volcanoes
Drought
Natural Disaster Article
• In groups of 3 (I choose) Read natural disaster
article.
• Answer questions
• Talk within your group how this disaster could
impact the environment and the ecosystem.
• Write a group paper on the summary and your
conversation. (3-4 SENTENCES to each
question)
Questions to Answer
• What is your Catastrophic event?
– My catastrophic event is……
• Where is your catastrophic event primarily located?
– My catastrophic event is located….
– This location is important because…
– This catastrophic event location means….
• What kind of communities generally live in the area of your
catastrophic event?
– The type of communities that live in the area are…
– The animals that live there are…
– The abiotic factors that live there are…
• How much harm may your catastrophic event cause?
– My catastrophic event will harm…
– The catastrophic event causes…
• How will your catastrophic event impact the ecosystem?
– My catastrophic event will impact the ecosystem…
– The catastrophic event will cause….
Essay….
Take answers from questions and place them in paragraph
form….
My catastrophic event is……My catastrophic event is
located….This location is important because…This
catastrophic event location means….
The type of communities that live in the area are…The
animals that live there are…The abiotic factors that live
there are…
My catastrophic event will harm…The catastrophic event
causes…
My catastrophic event will impact the ecosystem…The
catastrophic event will cause….
Present Paper…. Turn in…
• Recall: Catastrophic events are natural
occurrences that generally have a negative
effect on people and/or the environment
• Summary: Tell Fred how your catastrophic
event could effect you
• OUT: Describe how to read the diagram below.
10.21.10 Presentations
• IN:
– OBJECTIVE: We will present our predictions and
descriptions of our catastrophic events.
– TEKS: 7.8A
– Warm up: Describe catastrophic in your own
words.
Questions to Answer
• What is your Catastrophic event?
– My catastrophic event is……
• Where is your catastrophic event primarily located?
– My catastrophic event is located….
– This location is important because…
– This catastrophic event location means….
• What kind of communities generally live in the area of your
catastrophic event?
– The type of communities that live in the area are…
– The animals that live there are…
– The abiotic factors that live there are…
• How much harm may your catastrophic event cause?
– My catastrophic event will harm…
– The catastrophic event causes…
• How will your catastrophic event impact the ecosystem?
– My catastrophic event will impact the ecosystem…
– The catastrophic event will cause….
Essay….
Take answers from questions and place them in paragraph
form….
My catastrophic event is……My catastrophic event is
located….This location is important because…This
catastrophic event location means….
The type of communities that live in the area are…The
animals that live there are…The abiotic factors that live
there are…
My catastrophic event will harm…The catastrophic event
causes…
My catastrophic event will impact the ecosystem…The
catastrophic event will cause….
Present Paper…. Turn in…
Natural Disaster Paper
• You have 5 minutes to prepare presentation of
your catastrophic event.
• THE PRESENTATION WILL BE A TEST GRADE!!!
Presentations
• Present paper to class as a group
• 3-5 minutes/group
• Takes notes on presentations
Paper and Presentation RUBRIC
Catastrophic Event Paper and Presentation
Paper (50 points)
Answered 5 questions (40 points) _____________
Used Complete Sentences (10 points)__________
Wrote in Essay Form(10 points)________________
Presentation (40 points)
All people in group spoke (20 points) _________
Described Catastrophic Event (10 points)__________
Predicted impact of Catastrophic event (10 points) ___________
• Recall: Catastrophic events have an effect on
ecosystems.
• Summary: Predict what would happen in San
Antonio if we had a Category 5 hurricane
strike the Texas Coast Line in the Gulf of
Mexico.
• Out: RETAKE TOMORROW!
– Describe how force and motion relate to
catastrophic events.
10.22.10 Presentations
• IN
– Objective: We will present our predictions and
descriptions of our catastrophic events.
– TEKS: 7.8A
– Warm up: When a volcano erupts, would an
ecosystems’ temperature increase or decrease?
Presentations
• Present paper to class as a group
• 3-5 minutes/group
• Takes notes on presentations
Retake Test
• You will only get the remaining of the period
for the retake test
• Recall: scientists can predict the outcomes of
catastrophic events
• Summary: What was your favorite
presentation and WHY!?
• OUT: Name the catastrophic event and how it
could happen.