Life Science: The Mystery of Plant Growth Class Updates:
If you have any questions, please contact Laurie Weir or Adrienne Collins at infoc3classes@gmail.com
If you have any questions, please contact Laurie Weir or Adrienne Collins at infoc3classes@gmail.com
Happy Holidays! Have a wonderful winter break! Next semester begins Tuesday, January 16, 2024!
December 7, 2023
Class Overview:
Students...
1. No new homework
Class Overview:
Students...
- shared how their plants are doing.
- practiced identifying parts of a plant cell.
- played a game to reinforce the functions of each part of the plant cell.
- participated in various activities reviewing the material from previous weeks.
1. No new homework
November 30, 2023
Class Overview:
Students...
1. Complete the two handouts given to you in class.
2. Water you plants every three days and place them in a sunny area.
2. Using the chart created in class, record the date, the height of each plant, and then draw a sketch of each plant.
Class Overview:
Students...
- created models for cellular respiration, photosynthesis, and plant growth.
- took a deep dive into the parts of a plant cell.
- discussed wether or not plants can grow in the dark and if the need soil to grow.
- turned in their homework.
- provided an update on how their plant experiments are doing at home.
1. Complete the two handouts given to you in class.
2. Water you plants every three days and place them in a sunny area.
2. Using the chart created in class, record the date, the height of each plant, and then draw a sketch of each plant.
Thanksgiving break is next week. No class. See you on Thursday, November 30th!
November 16, 2023
Class Overview:
Students...
1. Complete the second side of the handout, "Plant Food," we completed in class.
Please use part of the question in your answer.
November 16, 2023
Class Overview:
Students...
- learned about plants cells.
- created a model of a plant cell.
- learned the role of the various organelles in a plant cell: cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, ribosomes, mitochondrion, golgi apparatus, vacuole, and endoplasmic reticulum.
1. Complete the second side of the handout, "Plant Food," we completed in class.
Please use part of the question in your answer.
November 3, 2023
Class 2 Update
Students...
1. Water you plants every three days and place them in a sunny area.
2. Using the chart created in class, record the date, the height of each plant, and then draw a sketch of each plant.
3. Complete the question side of the handout, "Light and Dark Seeds."
4. Complete the reading, "Investigate: Light and Dark Seeds."
Class 2 Update
Students...
- reviewed the process of what makes a plant grow.
- gained a deeper understanding of how cellular respiration works in the growth process of a plant.
- reviewed the essential point that plants begin feeding themselves through photosynthesis.
- created models of the processes of cellular respiration and photosynthesis.
- started a project to study how different soils affect the growth of a plant.
1. Water you plants every three days and place them in a sunny area.
2. Using the chart created in class, record the date, the height of each plant, and then draw a sketch of each plant.
3. Complete the question side of the handout, "Light and Dark Seeds."
4. Complete the reading, "Investigate: Light and Dark Seeds."
November 2, 2023
Class 2 Update
Students...
Homework:
1. Explain to your family the stages that plants go through from seeds to sprouts.
Class 2 Update
Students...
- learned what makes plants grow.
- completed slotted lecture notes.
- participated in a class reading, reviewing concepts from the mini-lecture.
- worked with classmates practicing explaining the stages that plants go through from seeds to sprouts.
- drew a model of the stages that plants go through from seeds to sprouts.
- played a review game, focusing on vocabulary and concepts from the lesson.
Homework:
1. Explain to your family the stages that plants go through from seeds to sprouts.
October 26, 2023
Class 1 Update: Welcome!
The Mysteries of Plant Growth Class for Thursday October 26th:
Students began the investigation of plant growth by looking at the two main processes that occur with plants, photosynthesis and respiration. We first looked at the chemical change that occurs when exhaling through a straw into a liquid that is pink and the more carbon dioxide goes into the liquid the more clear the liquid becomes. Next, we investigated the chloroplast and cell wall and the chemicals involved with photosynthesis. Finally, the students investigated the relationship between respiration and photosynthesis. Unfortunately, there was not enough sunlight and the carbon dioxide for the yeast reaction did not go as planned. However, I was able to show the same thing on a video.
Homework: Complete the two questions about the relationship between photosynthesis and respiration and if plants can breathe. I attached an exemplar for review.
Class 1 Update: Welcome!
The Mysteries of Plant Growth Class for Thursday October 26th:
Students began the investigation of plant growth by looking at the two main processes that occur with plants, photosynthesis and respiration. We first looked at the chemical change that occurs when exhaling through a straw into a liquid that is pink and the more carbon dioxide goes into the liquid the more clear the liquid becomes. Next, we investigated the chloroplast and cell wall and the chemicals involved with photosynthesis. Finally, the students investigated the relationship between respiration and photosynthesis. Unfortunately, there was not enough sunlight and the carbon dioxide for the yeast reaction did not go as planned. However, I was able to show the same thing on a video.
Homework: Complete the two questions about the relationship between photosynthesis and respiration and if plants can breathe. I attached an exemplar for review.
| can_plants_breathe__exemplar.pdf |