Plant System III Lesson Plan for the Week of 4/6/15-4/10/15

Monday (4/6)
PBL Adaptation Launch
Objective
s

LA

SWBAT:
Predict the rate of
transpiration based
on environmental
conditions.
Predict a plants
response to
environmental
disturbances (poor
soil conditions,
drought, extreme
temperatures, and
flooding).
ENGAGE:
Students should do
their social contract:
assign each roles
1. Leader/presenter
2. Scribe/Artist
3. Biome expert
4. Plant expert (2)
I will teach them about
the table signs system
(question mark, check,
and need me to check
progress)
EXPLORE:
Show rubric for the
poster
Each team need to
design a poster to talk
about how plant adapt
in their specific biomes
EXPLAIN:
They will have work
time about 25 min. If

Tuesday (4/7)
PBL Adaptation Gallery
SWBAT:
Predict the rate of transpiration
based on environmental
conditions.
Predict a plants response to
environmental disturbances
(poor soil conditions, drought,
extreme temperatures, and
flooding).

Wednes
day (4/8)
Review

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ENGAGE:
(~10min) to wrap up what they have
left

EXPLORE:
Leader is the presenter who stayed
behind their poster and present
EXPLAIN:
Other students rotate around other
station to fill in the worksheet.
ELABORATE:
Students will have time to get
information from each other and bring
it home to study.

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Thursda
y (4/9)
Test

T
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Friday (4/10)
Animal System
SWBAT:
Life is organized (organism -->
organ systems --> organs -->
tissues --> cells). (10C)

ENGAGE:
Students can do the ginger
bread man WS

EXPLORE:
Direct the students to open
their IN to the next right hand
side and title it Animal System
Observations.
2 Assign students into groups
of 3 or 4 and assign them a
starting position.
EXPLAIN:
Explain to them that they will

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Plant System III Lesson Plan for the Week of 4/6/15-4/10/15

Monday (4/6)
PBL Adaptation Launch

Tuesday (4/7)
PBL Adaptation Gallery

they have any

questions, I can come
help them.
ELABORATE:
Plant sorting/identifying

Resources

EVALUATE/ASSESS:
They need to check
with me for the plant
sorting before moving
on.

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EVALUATE/ASSESS:
Exit ticket: turn in the poster

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Wednes
day (4/8)
Review

Thursda
y (4/9)
Test

Friday (4/10)
Animal System
rotate through A-Animal
Systems Observation Stations
set-up in the lab and answer
the questions from each
station in their IN. They will
have 3 minutes per station. (30
minutes)
Once the activity is completed,
students should remain with
their groups at their final lab
station.
ELABORATE:
Distribute A-Body System Card
Sort one (1) per group.
Students should work together
to determine which body
system poster to hang the
each card on. (10 minutes)
EVALUATE/ASSESS:
Closing Activity: As a class,
discuss an
errors/misconceptions/challeng
es found as students
completed
A- Body Systems Card Sort. (5
minutes)
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