Environment Science Journal
Foss Activity 1: Terrestrial Environments
Set up Journal
1. Cover: Title (Environments), Author
2. 2. Note table of contents
3. Add page numbers
4. Add index letters
Activity 1: Terrestrial Environments
1. Table of Contents and page heading
Add Terrestrial Environments and page number in contents and make page
heading
2. Guiding question:
How will a terrarium environment change over time?
3. Diagram to make and suggested word bank for it:
Terrarium Map with key
Organism
Environment
Environmental factors
Terrarium
Factor
Germinate
Journal
Living
Map
Nonliving
Observe
Surround
Key words:
Barley
Corn
Pea
Radish
Clover
Potting Soil
ˆ4. Observation sentence frames (when I…the) and suggested “good answer”
When I plant a terrarium, the seeds will germinate if the environment is
favorable.
5. “I wonder what would happen if” samples
I wonder what would happen if I did not water the terrarium?
I wonder what would happen if I watered it too much?
I wonder what seed will sprout first? What seed would sprout last?
I wonder which plant will grow best?
I wonder what would happen if some terrariums were in the shade and some were
in the sun?
6. Table Group Idea
With your table, write an idea related to the guiding question for the activity.
Make it a complete sentence.
7. Class Idea
Combine comments from the groups into statements for the whole group to
record.
8. Terms to define, then add to index
a. Environment: everything that surrounds and influences an organism
b. Environmental Factors: one part of the environment. An environmental factor
can be nonliving, such as water, light, temperature, or chemicals, or living, such
as a plant or an animal
c. Organism: any living thing, including plants and animals
d. Terrarium: a mini garden in an enclosed container
9. Conclusion
Environmental factors determine the seed’s growth within a favorable terrarium
environment.