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Tuesday 4/25 - ER 2.3

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ER 2.3: How Plants Make Food

Objective: KWBAT apply knowledge and understanding of how plants make food molecules through a board game and a digital modeling tool.
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What do plants need to make food matter (molecules)?

Sentence starter:
Plants need ___________________

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Explain how plants use these ingredients to make food.

Sentence starter:
Plants use energy from ________________________________

Leaves and Roots Board Game

Review

Use the words in the word bank to answer the questions below

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What do plants use to make food?

Sentence starter:
Plants use __________________________, __________________________, and __________________________ to make food.

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How do plants and animals grow?

Sentence starter:
Plants and animals grow by ______________________________________________________________________________

Producer - any organism that makes its own food using water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight.

Consumer - an organism that eats other organisms for food
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Is this organism a producer or consumer?

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How does this organism get food molecules?

Sentence starter:
This organism gets food molecules by _________________

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How does this organism get body molecules?

Sentence starter:
This organism gets body molecules by _________________

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Is this organism a producer or consumer?

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How does this organism get food molecules?

Sentence starter:
This organism gets food molecules by _________________

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How does this organism get body molecules?

Sentence starter:
This organism gets body molecules by _________________

We discussed chemical reactions in our last unit. When producers take water and carbon dioxide to make food using energy from sunlight, they are turning substances into a new substance. This means this is a chemical reaction that occurs in the producers!

We call this chemical reaction photosynthesis!

The chemical reaction of photosynthesis also produces oxygen which helps us humans stay alive!
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Fill in each blank in this photosynthesis diagram showing how producers make food

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
A
Leaves absorb sunlight
C
Plant releases oxygen into the atmosphere
B
Carbon dioxide enters the leaf
E
Photosynthesis begins glucose is made
D
Roots absorb water/nutrients
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Photosynthesis: Starting Substances

What Matter do you start with?

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Photosynthesis: End/Product Substances

What Matter do you end up with?

Photosynthesis

6CO2 + 6H2O + (energy) → C6H12O6 + 6O2
Carbon dioxide + water + light → glucose (sugar) + oxygen

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Chemical Reaction - Process when substances change into different substances

Is this a chemical reaction?

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Explain your answer. Use the words substance and molecules in your answer.

Modeling Tool

  • Click on the link to open the modeling tool.
  • https://learning.amplify.com/modelingtool/#/tool/161/level/23_Plant_Needs_Model_id_2731
  • Follow the direction to show the amount of matter moving through the ecosystem when there are more plants.
  • Then, answer the questions below using your model.

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Because there were more plants (very healthy), what must have been true about the amount of carbon dioxide and water matter being used by the plants?

Fill in the blanks below.

Because there are more plants, ___________ water matter and _____________ carbon dioxide matter must be getting used.

Question: Where do food molecules for plants come from?

We are going to find the answer to this question from different sources of evidence
Question: Where do food molecules for plants come from?

Ecosystem Restoration Simulation - https://learning.amplify.com/ecosystemrestoration/#/

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What did you observe in the simulation (that answers this question)?

Sentence starter:
In the simulation, _____________

Question: Where do food molecules for plants come from?

Text: Energy Makes it All Go - https://learning.amplify.com/books/9781943228546/#page=10

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What did you read in the text (that answers this question)?

Sentence starter:
In the text, it said _____________

Question: Where do food molecules for plants come from?

Activity: Leaves and Roots game

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What did your observe in the game (that answers this question)?

Sentence starter:
In the game, __________________

Reflection: Plants in the Rain Forest

Directions: Read the question below and write a paragraph that answers the question. Include what you know about molecules and energy in your explanation.

Question: Where do food molecules for cecropia trees come from? Explain how cecropia trees make food molecules.
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Claim (Answer Question):

Food molecules for cecropia trees come from _______________________________________________________________

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Evidence :

Choose one piece of evidence.


In the ______________________________________________, it says/shows ___________________________________________

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Reasoning (Explain how cecropia trees make food):

What do Cecropia trees need to make food?
How do Cecropia trees get these matter (ingredients, molecules)?
How cecropia trees make food matter (molecules)?

Cecropia trees take in _____________________________ with their (what part of the plant?) ____________________________.
Cecropia trees take in _____________________________ with their (what part of the plant?) ____________________________.
Cecropia trees make food molecules by __________________________________________________