Lesson Planning

Teaching

• Review the results of investigations and begin to draw conclusions.
• Use scientific knowledge to explain findings.

Activities

1. Review and discuss the data from the data loggers (light and temperature for 24 hrs) and explain patterns.
2. Look at the results of the food dye experiment and draw conclusions on how water is transported in plants.
3. Either draw graphs or write reports on findings and seek to explain and interpret results.
4. Begin to learn about the 7 life processes common to all living things and tackle a class challenge to match scientific terms to pictures of each process.

Vocabulary
Data logger, table, line graph, bar graph, light levels, temperature, transported, results