8th Grade Science Guide

8.3: Ecology 3 Dimensions & Progressions

Unit 3

CSD Storyline

8.3.1 & 8.3.2 Phenomena: Spinach Disk

Objective

Overview

Materials

●​ Can do as a lab or as a demonstration. ●​ Spinach leaf cutouts are

●​ I can make observations and inferences about what is happening in a spinach leaf disk

●​ Lesson Plan

placed in water with co2 and a light vs. without co2 and a light.

●​ Students make

observations and predict what might be occurring.

Activity: Plant Growth

Objective

Overview

Materials

●​ I can make observations and inferences about energy and photosynthesis.

●​ Student will watch this video and then answer the following questions: ●​ What do you already know about how plants grow? ●​ Using your prior knowledge, identify what plants need in order to grow? ●​ What questions do you have about how plants grow?

●​ Video Clip

Activity: Photosynthesis

Objective

Overview

Materials

●​ I can write and describe the chemical equations for photosynthesis. ●​ I can trace the energy transformations

●​ Students read and mark text about photosynthesis.

●​ Photosynthesis Reading ●​ Option 2: Photosynthesis Reading

beginning from the sun to the processes through photosynthesis.