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Activity 6.1: Explaining Other Examples of Plants Growing, Moving, and Functioning (50 min)
Target Student Performance
Students develop integrated accounts of how other plants (Lodgepole pine, Spartina marsh grass, prickly pear cactus) grow, move and function through the processes of photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and biosynthesis.
Resources You Provide
- (from previous lesson) 3.3 Plants in the Light and Dark Class Results 11 x 17 Poster
- (from previous lesson) 3.5 Evidence-Based Arguments Tool for Plants
- 6.1 Explaining Other Examples of Plants Moving and Growing PPT
- 6.1 Other Plants Readings Lodgepole Pine
- 6.1 Other Plants Readings Prickly Pear
- 6.1 Other Plants Reading Smooth Cordgrass
- 6.1 Lodgepole Pine Worksheet
- 6.1 Prickly Pear Worksheet
- 6.1 Smooth Cordgrass Worksheet
- 6.1 Grading Lodgepole Pine Worksheet
- 6.1 Grading Prickly Pear Worksheet
- 6.1 Grading Smooth Cordgrass Worksheet
- Three Questions 11x17 Poster (1 per class)
- Three Questions Handout (Color Version) (1 per student)
- Three Questions Handout (BW Version) (1 per student)
Prepare several copies of each version of 6.1 Other Plants Readings, so that there is one for each student. Gather the class results poster and spreadsheet from Activity 3.3, as well as their completed copies of 3.5 Evidence-Based Arguments Tool for Plants. Prepare a computer and a projector to display the PPT.
Use 6.1 Grading Lodgepole Pine/Prickly Pear Cactus/Spartina Worksheet to grade the explanation tools. Although the plants are different, the answers should be similar across all the plants.