1. DO NOW Date: 2/17 Q: How do plants respond to their environment? What do you think is inside of a plant’s seed?

2. ESSENTIAL QUESTION: How do plants respond to their environment? OBJECTIVES: -Watch Video on Seed Germination -Observe Seedlings, record observations, and create a new variable for the seedlings -Guess the Plant -Read about Seed Germination

3. Video Seed Germination

4. 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.

5. Page Create a chart as follows: *You may draw the chart in your page sideways. PredictionDay 1After 1 weekAfter 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.)

6. Guess the Plant! Guess what type of plant grows from the following pictures of their seeds

7. Guess the Plant! What’s the plant? Peas

8. Guess the Plant! What’s the plant? Oak Tree

9. Guess the Plant! What’s the plant? Dandelion

10. Guess the Plant! What’s the plant? Sunflower

11. Turn and Talk Why do plants have different seed structures?

12. Germination Reading Use the ‘Germination’ reading to answer the following questions in complete sentences on page _____: 1.What word is used to describe plants in their inactive state? 2.What do plants need to germinate? 3.What is another word for the root that first emerges from the plant? 4.What is the shoot that contains the stems and leaves called? 5.What are some factors that can cause poor germination?

13. DO NOW Date: 2/18 Q: How do plants respond to their environment? What conditions are necessary for a seed to sprout?

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

15. Add to Plants 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

16. Phototropism Experiment Draw the following table in your notebook: PictureObservationsPredictions Tuesday Wed/Thur Fri (if time)

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 Experiment 1.Draw the plants in the first box in the row labeled ‘Tuesday’. 2.Predict what will happen overnight, after you place one plant under the box. I predict __________________________ 3. Record the observations you have made before the plant is placed in the box.

19. Video Tropisms

20. Turn-N-Talk Summarize the following tropisms with your partner, identifying the stimulus and response in each: Phototropism Geotropism Hydrotropism

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

22. 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.

23. Plant Vessels Review

24. BRAINPOP Seed Plants

25. 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

26. Brain Break?

27. VIDEO What do plants talk about?

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

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

30. VIDEO How Chocolate is made.

31. “The Chocolate Curse” podcast

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