Title: FERA Cycle Date: 9/09/14

Focus Focus on a topic generating interest and conceptualizing what learners already know about the topic. How does sunlight affect the growth of plant? ▫What do you already know about how sunlight might affect plant growth? ▫If sunlight is absent during photosynthesis, then the plant will not grow.

Explore Explore objects, organisms, and scientific phenomena that build upon prior knowledge. We are going to have two different set-ups. Plant A would be place inside a box, with the absence of sunlight. Plant B would be place outside the house with sufficient amount of sunlight. After a week we observed the effect of sunlight the growth and development of the plants.

Reflect Reflect on observations and data, revisit prior ideas, and develop or refine explanations. Plant A, which is place inside the box wither and die. Due to the absence of the sunlight Photosynthesis never takes place. While Plant B, with sufficient amount of sunlight grow healthy because the reaction takes place between a gases in air called carbon dioxide and hydrogen, a part of water. Sunlight causes these two to combine and make new chemicals called carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are plant food. Plants use these chemicals to live and grow.

Apply Apply understanding of science concepts to new situations and prepare to repeat the learning cycle Therefore, it only proves that sunlight has a major impact on photosynthesis and without sunlight plants can’t live nor grow to the fullest. Does sunlight affect the growth of all plants?