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Protists/Fungi |
Intro. to Plants |
Tree Classifying |
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Compare and contrast the two and identify
them as separate kingdoms. Graphic
organizer will be provided. |
Differences between plants and animals: 1.)
Cell wall 2.)
Photosyntheses 3.)
Stationary Movement. 4.)
Plants have cuticle. |
Students will do an exploratory lab where
they have to take a bag of various objects and classify those using colors,
shape, texture, or some other characteristic. Next, they will be given 6
leaves and classify them in a similar fashion. |
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Students will do a lab in which they will
dissect, identify, and then cook mushrooms as an exploratory lab. Use burners in the lab. Be aware of hot
plates and splattering while preparing fungus. |
Activities 1.)
Seed dispersement. (Take a seed and modify
it so it will be dipersed among nature.) 2.)
Leaf catalogs. 3.)
Inquiry wheat germination lab. How can I get my wheat to germinate
faster? |
This will lead into the camping trip
activity known as tree classifying. Each pair of students is
given a key then they will go on a hike and look for marked trees, then classify
them and name each. |
