1. DO NOW How do plants reproduce? Date: 4/29
Q: How do plants respond to their environment?
In your notebook:
How do plants reproduce?

2. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How do plants respond to their environment?
OBJECTIVES:
-Observe Seedlings and record observations
-Watch Video on Seed Germination
-Create a variable for the seedlings and make predictions

3. Seedlings Monday Tuesday Wed/Thur
Draw the following table in your notebook:
Picture
Prediction
Observation
Monday
Tuesday
Wed/Thur

4. Seedlings
Draw a pair of sprouted seedlings in the first box in the row titled ‘Monday.’
Predict what will happen if we turn the bag
on its side in the second box.
I predict the __________________________ if I turn the ziploc bag on its side.
3. Record your observations.
4. Turn the bag on its side for further observation tomorrow

5. Video
Seed Germination

6. DO NOW
Date:
4/30
Q: How do plants respond to their environment?
In your notebook (all week):
What conditions do you think are necessary for a seed to sprout?

7. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How do plants respond to their environment?
OBJECTIVES:
-Make observations of seedlings and record them
-Set up phototropism experiment
-Watch Brainpop video on seed plants

8. Seedlings
Draw a pair of sprouted seedlings in the first box in the row titled ‘Tuesday.’
Record any observations you make.
Predict what will happen over one more night.
I predict __________________________

9. Glossary
Geotropism: The growth of a plant in response to gravity. Roots grow toward the force of gravity, and the stem grows away from the force of gravity.
Gravity

10. Phototropism Experiment
Draw the following table in your notebook:
Picture
Prediction
Observation
Tuesday
Wed/Thur

11. Courtyard Expectations
No more than a level 2 voice at all times while outside
Stay on task
When finished with drawings and observations, sit quietly and wait for the others to finish.
Do not roam around courtyard

12. Phototropism Experiment
Draw the plant in the first box in the row labeled ‘Tuesday’.
Predict what will happen overnight, after you place the plant under the box.
I predict __________________________
3. Record the observations you have made before the plant is placed in the box.

13. Video
Tropisms

14. DO NOW What are some ways plants respond to stimuli? Date: 5/1
Q: How do plants respond to their environment?
What are some ways plants respond to stimuli?

15. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How do plants respond to their environment?
OBJECTIVES:
-Complete Phototropism and Geotropism experiments
-2 Column Notes: Phototropism/Geotropism
-4 square review

16. Geotropism Lab
Draw a pair of sprouted seedlings in the first box in the row titled ‘Wed/Thur.’
Record any observations you make.
In the prediction box, make a conclusion about whether your last prediction is correct, and explain why or why not.

17. Courtyard Expectations
No more than a level 2 voice at all times while outside
Stay on task
When finished with drawings and observations, sit quietly and wait for the others to finish.
Do not roam around courtyard

18. Phototropism Lab
Draw a pair of sprouted seedlings in the first box in the row titled ‘Wed/Thur.’
Record any observations you make.
In the prediction box, make a conclusion about whether your last prediction is correct, and explain why or why not.

19. Video Timelapse Geotropism and Phototropism
Can you spot examples of each?

20. 2 Column Notes
PHOTOTROPISM
GEOTROPISM

21. 4 Square
Photosynthesis Turgor Pressure Phototropism Geotropism

22. 4 square
Choose one activity from your TOP TEN list in the front of your notebook to complete for each square.

23. DO NOW Why do plants need the ability to respond to light?
Date:
5/1
Q: How do plants respond to their environment?
Why do plants need the ability to respond to light?
Why do plants need the ability to respond to gravity?

24. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How do plants respond to their environment?
OBJECTIVES:
-Unit Quiz: Plants