1. DO NOW What is photosynthesis? What are the steps involved? Date: 2/10
Q: How do plants respond to their environment?
What is photosynthesis?
What are the steps involved?
Be prepared to share out!

2. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How do plants respond to their environment?
OBJECTIVES:
-Dichotomous Key SCA
-Grade Test
-Secret Life of Plants

4. DO NOW How do plants get water? How does the water get to the leaves?
Date:
2/11
Q: How do plants respond to their environment?
How do plants get water?
How does the water get to the leaves?

5. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How do plants respond to their environment?
OBJECTIVES:
-Observe Xylem in Celery
-Define Xylem
-Prepare Seeds for Sprouting

6. Xylem

8. Define Xylem
Xylem: a tissue in plants that is used to transport water and nutrients to different parts of the plant.
Turgor Pressure: the internal pressure of a cell created by the presence of water.
High Turgor Pressure
Low Turgor Pressure
Plant Cell

9. Planting Seeds
One bag per pair
Name and Class Period on Bag

10. What Plants Talk About

11. DO NOW
Date:
2/11 & 2/12
Describe how water enters and leaves a plant.

12. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How do plants respond to their environment?
OBJECTIVES:
-Set up Seed Lab to observe plants’ response to stimuli
-Rotate through plant stations to review photosynthesis and response to stimuli.

13. Xylem and Phloem: Plant Vessels

14. BRAINPOP
Seed Plants

15. (Draw how you think the plant will look after 2 weeks)
Page 25
Create a chart as follows:
*You may draw the chart in your page sideways.
Prediction
Day 1
After 1 week
After 2 weeks
(Draw how you think the plant will look after 2 weeks)
(Draw your seed set up)
(We will draw our observations next week)
(We will draw our observations in two weeks.)

16. Seed Set Up Student A: Get a sandwich bag, 3 seeds, and stapler
Student B: Get a paper towel and wet it just enough so that it is not dripping
Student C: Insert the paper towel into the bag and staple seeds into place.
Student D: Label your bag with the class period and table # and take the bag to the wall and staple it.

17. Plant Stations Lab 4 Stations 1. photosynthesis 2. turgor pressure
3. xylem and phloem
4. adaptions
Do not rotate until told to do so by your teacher
Follow proper lab rules and protocol

18. Brain Break?

19. VIDEO
What do plants talk about?

20. DO NOW
Date:
2/12
Why might we want to selectively breed plants?

21. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
What are the benefits and drawback of selectively breeding plants?
OBJECTIVES:
-”The Chocolate Curse” podcast and response

22. VIDEO
How Chocolate is made.

23. “The Chocolate Curse” podcast

24. Work with your table to fill in the graphic organizer on your student sheet, then answer the questions.