Plant System Lesson Plan for the Week of 3/30/15-4/3/15

Objecti
ves

Monday 3/30
Review/Extra Credit
Day
(English simulationonly see 7th period)
SWBAT:
Understand
the vascular
system runs
through the
roots and
shoots
system and
consists of
the xylem
and phloem
tissue. (5B)

ENGAGE:
Fun fact of

the day: One

third of the
plant life on
the island of
Socotra near
Yemen cant
be found
anywhere else
on Earth. It

Tuesday 3/31
Vascular System vs.
nonvascular system

Wednesday 4/1
Tropism

Thursday 4/2
Hormones

Friday 4/3
Adaptation

SWBAT:
Understand the
vascular system
runs through the
roots and shoots
system and
consists of the
xylem and
phloem tissue.
(5B)

SWBAT:
Identify examples of
tropisms (phototropism,
geotropism,
hydrotropism,
thigmotropism). (11B)
Predict a plants
response to external
stimuli (gravity,
sunlight, touch, and
water). (11B)

SWBAT:
Given the function
of a hormone,
predict the effect
of the hormone on
transport,
reproduction, and
response in plants
(tropisms:
phototropism,
geotropism,
hydrotropism,
thigmotropism.
(11B)

ENGAGE:
Riddle Questions/
Review
Show them the
mixture color rose

ENGAGE:
How do trees grow so tall
and big? What do they
use?
https://youtu.be/BsL5nsEf5
6s

ENGAGE:
Show them the
experiment of (a
ripen banana with 5
unripen apples) and
(a ripen apple with 5
unrippen bananas)

SWBAT:
Predict a
plants
response to
environment
al
disturbance
s (poor soil
conditions,
drought,
extreme
temperature
s and
flooding).
(10B)
Predict the
rate of
transpiratio
n based on
environment
al
conditions.
ENGAGE:
Question:
How does
Cacti do
photosynthesi
s?

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Monday 3/30
Review/Extra Credit
Day
(English simulationonly see 7th period)

LA

Tuesday 3/31
Vascular System vs.
nonvascular system

Wednesday 4/1
Tropism

EXPLORE:
Students will watch
this video on
vascular system.
https://www.youtube
.com/watch?v=rz7hbCFI2o
EXPLAIN:
Class Notes for
vascular vs.
nonvascular system
ELABORATE:
Taboo cards review

EXPLORE:
Class notes on tropism in
plants
https://www.youtube.com/w
atch?v=pi3P3uJOsN4
EXPLAIN:
Students must make the
foldable as their study
guide
ELABORATE:
Give students examples
and they would have to
identify which tropism it
belongs to.

Thursday 4/2
Hormones

Friday 4/3
Adaptation

has been
described as
most alienlooking place
on Earth.
Show them
the celery lab

EXPLORE:
Students will
be working on
the extra
credit
Photojournal
of technology
EXPLAIN:
This
assignment
guide
students
through vocab
terms while
having fun.
ELABORATE:
If some
students have
already done
this
assignment,
then they can
color the leaf
and stem
structure.

EXPLORE:

Hormone Lab
stations

EXPLAIN:
Students rotate
through the stations
and answer
questions.
ELABORATE:

After students have

rotate through the
lab, explain what
each specific
hormone does to the
plant

EXPLORE:
Card sorting
game with the
whole class.
Students are
given the
description of
different
biomes and
they have to
figure out
which plants
belong to
which biomes.
EXPLAIN:
Explain to
students how
plants
respond to
external
stimuli and
how plants
evolve.
ELABORATE:
Given
students

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Monday 3/30
Review/Extra Credit
Day
(English simulationonly see 7th period)

Resour
ces

EVALUATE/ASSESS:
Students can
submit this
assignment
through
online.

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Tuesday 3/31
Vascular System vs.
nonvascular system

EVALUATE/ASSESS:
Group Quiz: Flower
structure

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Wednesday 4/1
Tropism

EVALUATE/ASSESS:
Exit ticket: describe each of
the following tropism
illustrated in the picture
below.

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Thursday 4/2
Hormones

EVALUATE/ASSESS:
Exit ticket: Briefly
explain what each
hormone does to the
plant

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https://youtu.be/HdwI
cIkSoBY

Friday 4/3
Adaptation

different
scenario, and
they will have
to figure the
answers.
EVALUATE/ASSESS:
They are
going to turn
in the
scenario and
the answer
sheet.
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