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?

● VideoClip

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 ● Option2: Photosynthesis Reading

beginning from the sun to the processes through photosynthesis.