LESSON PLANS-MS.CHANDLER-WEEK __JAN. 2-6,2014
MONDAY
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INTRODUCE- PLANTS
Unlike animals, plants can make their own food through the process of photosynthesis and are
incapable of moving
about. In this conc
6.L.1.2 - Explain the significance of the processes of photosynthesis, respiration, and
transpiration to the survival of green plants and other organisms.
Lesson Overview
Lesson Objectives:
ept, you will learn more about plants.
Curriculum Standards
By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
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Describe the structure of a flowering plant.
Explain plant reproductive strategies and how they allow plants to thrive.
Describe photosynthesis
Identify and describe the parts of a plant
Overarching Questions:
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How do organisms live, grow, respond to their environment, and reproduce?
Focus Questions:
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How do organisms grow and develop?
How do organisms obtain and use the matter and energy they need to live and grow?
How do food and fuel provide energy?
If energy is conserved, why do people say it is produced or used?
Lesson Questions:
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How do plants obtain and store energy from the environment?
How does plant structure aid in photosynthesis?
Why are plant reproductive structures ideal for plant reproduction?
Background for the Teacher
Photosynthetic plants use energy from the sun, water, and carbon dioxide from the environment
to store energy in the form of carbohydrates. Oxygen is released when a plant makes
carbohydrates in this way. Photosynthetic organisms are primary producers, and are located at
the bottom of nearly every food chain on Earth.
Plants are made of cells which are organized into specialized tissues. Some of these tissues
include root tissue, leaf tissue, xylem, phloem, bark, and reproductive tissues. Plants have roots
to pull water into themselves. The water travels through xylem to the leaves, stems, or needles.
Cells in the leaves, stems, or needles make carbohydrates by using the energy of sunlight to
combine carbon dioxide and water. These cells then release excess oxygen, wastes, and water
into the air. The carbohydrates are transported to other parts of the plant by phloem. Water is
pulled through the whole system, from roots to leaves, through the process of transpiration.
Transpiration occurs when water evaporates out of little holes on each leaf, called stomata. As
water leaves the stomata, the natural cohesion of water molecules pulls water like a chain
through the plant. Xylem is made of hydrophilic materials, which helps water climb up very tall
plants through the process of adhesion.
PUT WORDS ON BOARD –INTRODUCE KEY TERMS AND DEFINE THEM
Key Vocabulary:
plant, photosynthesis, root, leaf, stem, cone, needle, xylem, phloem, producer, flower,
pollen, pollinator, sexual reproduction, carbon dioxide, oxygen, fruit, seed, seed dispersal,
stomata, pollination
TUESDAY-EXPLORE-DISCOVERY EDUCATION
EXPLORE (Guided Inquiry 55 minutes or Directed Inquiry 50 minutes)
Exploration Student Resources for Guided Inquiry
Reading Passages
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Plant Planet
Could Plants Grow on the Moon? (Spanish Version)
Video Segments
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Plants: Essential Contributors of the Carbon Cycle
Animal Respiration and Plant Photosynthesis
Chloroplasts and Photosynthesis
Four Groups of Plants
All Living Things Need and Use Energy
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY
Essential Question(s): Why are plant reproductive structures ideal for plant reproduction?
Guided Inquiry
Have students respond to the essential questions by exploring the Discovery Education resources
listed in the Explore section. Ideally, each student will use more than one resource for
information, but no student is expected to use all of the resources within the time allotted.
Encourage students to take notes as they explore.
If needed, you may want to further guide students by asking more specific questions: What
function does the flower of a plant fulfill? Why is it important for seeds to be small and tough?
How do plants overcome their inability to move?
Circulate among the students as they are exploring and challenge them to summarize for you
what they have learned. Encourage students to use reading, viewing, and note-taking strategies to
get the most out of each resource.
Directed Inquiry
Have students use the video segments Seed Dispersal, Fruits and Seed Dispersal, and the
reading Pollination to Bee or Not to Bee to define the terms: fruit, seed, flower, dispersal.
Review student definitions as a class, clarifying and explaining where necessary.
When students have defined these terms, have them work together in groups of three to create an
illustrated concept map that shows the relationships between each term. For example, flowers
develop seeds, which can be encased in fruits, which allow for dispersal. When student groups
are finished, encourage members to share their concept maps with the class.
Finally, have students draft a response to the third essential question in their groups. Then,
review student responses before moving on to the Explain section.
EXPLAIN (15 minutes)
Have students review plant reproduction by doing the reading An Apple...a Year. When
students are done, have them return to their concept map groups to create a parallel concept map
for apple trees, based on their reading and the terms from the explore section. Review these
parallel maps with the class
View
Video Segment (5:24)
All Living Things Need and Use Energy Plants use energy to grow and make new parts. Phloem
tubes carry glucose throughout the plants....
LAUNCH
Video Segment (1:04)
Animal Respiration and Plant Photosynthesis Clip provides an explanation of animal respiration
as a process that uses oxygen and gives off ...
LAUNCH
Video Segment (0:50)
Chloroplasts and Photosynthesis Photosynthesis takes place in chloroplasts. Plants convert
sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water ...
LAUNCH
Full Video (17:46)
Development of Plants: Seed Plants: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms Analyzes the internal and
external structures that separate these complex plants from simpler o...
LAUNCH
Video Segment (7:49)
Four Groups of Plants Plant species can be divided into four types: bryophytes, ferns and fern
allies, gymnosperms, a...
LAUNCH
Video Segment (3:24)
Fruits and Seed Dispersal Once pollination has occurred, a seed develops inside a protective
fruit. Eventually the seeds ...
LAUNCH
Video Segment (4:10)
Leaves and Photosynthesis Leaves are essential to plants, since they perform photosynthesis, the
process by which plants ...
LAUNCH
Video Segment (4:15)
Seed Dispersal Seeds travel away from their parent plant by air, on the water, by exploding, and
on animals' f...
LAUNCH
FRIDAY-WRITING AND ASSESSMENT
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