Monday
Objectives
Ms. Ram’s Lesson Plan: Week of March 30-April 3, 2015
Tuesday (Enrichment)
Wednesday
SWBAT:
(10B)
Describe the interactions that
occur among systems that
perform the functions of
transport, reproduction, and
response in plants.
SWBAT:
(10B)
Describe the interactions that
occur among systems that
perform the functions of
transport, reproduction, and
response in plants.
STAAR
ENGLISH TEST
(NO CLASSES
ALL DAY)
(11B)
Investigate and analyze how
organisms, populations, and
communities respond to
external factors;
P
ENGAGE/ EVALUATE:
Kahoot! – Students will be
reviewing vascular and nonvascular plants, plant systems,
and plant transport through a
review game.
EXPLORE:
Seed Germination Lab
(continued)
Students will be taking down
observations of their sprouted
mung bean count and re-
Thursday
(Enrichment)
Friday
SWBAT:
(10B)
Describe the
interactions that occur
among systems that
perform the functions of
transport, reproduction,
and response in plants.
SWBAT:
(10B)
Describe the
interactions that
occur among
systems that
perform the
functions of
transport,
reproduction, and
response in plants.
(10C)
Analyze the levels
of organization in
biological systems
and relate the
levels to each other
and to the whole
system
ENGAGE: Students will do a
quick warmup on plants’
response to stimuli based on
the PowerPoint Notes from the
previous day.
STAAR
ENGLISH TEST
(NO CLASSES
ALL DAY)
ENGAGE: White board
showdown—Students
will be reviewing the
plant hormones either
by giving the name of
the hormone or its
function for this warm
up activity.
EXPLORE:
Seed Germination Lab
(conclusion day):
Students will be taking
down observations of
ENGAGE:
Students will watch
a video that
demonstrates the
smaller parts of a
leaf’s structure.
Link:
https://www.youtu
be.com/watch?v=c
o0JdqUlycg
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Monday
Ms. Ram’s Lesson Plan: Week of March 30-April 3, 2015
Tuesday (Enrichment)
Wednesday
hydrating their beans for
another day.
LA
EXPLAIN: Students will take
quick notes on plant response to
various stimuli and review
tropisms.
ELABORATE:
Students will go over an
interactive web animation on
transpiration to better review
plant transport tissues.
Link:
http://www.sciencemag.org/site
/feature/misc/webfeat/vis2005/s
how/transpiration.swf
Thursday
(Enrichment)
Friday
their sprouted mung
bean count and write
down final conclusions
and answer post-lab
questions.
EXPLAIN/
ELABORATE-I:
Students and the teacher
will engage in a full
classroom debrief on
the lab and discuss
possible solutions to the
Australian Salinity
Crisis.
EXPLORE:
Seed Germination Lab
(continued):
Students will be taking down
observations of their sprouted
mung bean count and rehydrating their beans for
another day.
EXPLAIN:
Students will be taking notes
on plant hormones and how
they change/assist the growth
of a plant.
ELABORATE:
(To review Plant
transport)Students will be
reading an article from the
University of Utah that
STAAR
ENGLISH TEST
(NO CLASSES
ALL DAY)
EXPLORE-II: Students
will do preliminary
preparation for a plant
hormones lab (lasts 3
days)
Link:
http://www.sciencebudd
ies.org/science-fairprojects/project_ideas/P
lantBio_p009.shtml#ba
ckground
EXPLORE-I:
Students will take
down observations
on the fruit’s
ripeness.
EXPLORE-II/
EXPLAIN:
Students will be
making their own
“leaf sandwich”
manipulative to
help them learn
ELABORATE-II:
about the different
Students will go over an parts of a leaf and
interactive web
label them based
animation on plant
on their function.
hormones as a review
(See Leaf
from the previous day’s Sandwich teacher
notes.
notes/materials)
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Monday
Ms. Ram’s Lesson Plan: Week of March 30-April 3, 2015
Tuesday (Enrichment)
Wednesday
N
Resources
compares the plant transport
system to the circulatory
system using Muller’s law.
Link:
http://unews.utah.edu/news_rel
eases/plant-plumbing-is-morehuman-than-once-thought/
Link:
http://www.sumanasinc.
com/webcontent/animat
ions/content/plantgrowt
h.html
EVALUATE:
Students will be completing a
practice SAQ over plant
systems or tropisms.
EVALUATE:
For Homework (due
Friday): Students will
make foldable about
plant hormones in order
to review their
function/effect on the
plant.
Plant hormones
animation
Transpiration interactive
activity (for review)
Warm up Questions (Plicker
or paper)
Kahoot! Review Game
University of Utah: Plant
Plumbing Article
PowerPoint: Plants’ response to
Stimuli/ Tropisms
Seed Germination/Salinity Lab
sheet
Thursday
(Enrichment)
PowerPoint: Plant Hormones
Seed Germination/ Salinity
Lab sheet
SAQ: Plant systems OR
Tropisms
STAAR
ENGLISH TEST
(NO CLASSES
ALL DAY)
STAAR
ENGLISH TEST
(NO CLASSES
ALL DAY)
Seed
Germination/Salinity
Lab sheet
Mung bean germination
Video (the one on
google drive, it’s about
50 sec long?)
White boards and dry
erase markers
Friday
ELABORATE/
EVALUATE:
Exit ticket:
Students will be
asked the
question: Which
plant systems
are/are not
affected by plant
hormones and
why?
Plant Hormones
Lab sheet
Leaf Sandwich
activity sheet and
necessary cutouts
(Teacher Notes)
Engage Video (link
is given above)
Quick Write—Exit
ticket
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Ms. Ram’s Lesson Plan: Week of March 30-April 3, 2015
Tuesday (Enrichment)
Wednesday
Thursday
(Enrichment)
Friday
Sample foldable (use
Lance’s or Eddy’s)
Plant Hormones Lab
sheet
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