those organisms who can make their own food? Ok, does anybody Photosynthesis. remember how plants make their own food? What is Photosynthesis? It’s how plants make their own food, from sunlight, water and CO2. What does the plant do with The sunlight provides each of those? energy to convert CO2 gas and water into the sugar. Alright, so what do you Sunlight, CO2, water, soil need for photosynthesis? Can we make our own No. sugars, like plants? So, why is it important that Because we and other plants make their own animals depend on them for sugars? food. And we also depend on those animals for food. Why do we need food? We need food for energy. Energy! That’s right, we’ll be going back to that so don’t forget it! Approx. Time__10__mins Evaluation(Decision Point After students have voted, I Assessment): will ask various students to Sticky note vote justify their response. I will not go over the correct response, we will revisit their responses later. Explore: [Will walk around the room Hand out worksheet and monitoring the student walk around room, progress]
Approx. Time__10__mins those organisms who can make their own food? Ok, does anybody remember how plants make their own food? What is Photosynthesis? What does the plant do with each of those? Alright, so what do you need for photosynthesis? Can we make our own sugars, like plants? So, why is it important that plants make their own sugars? Why do we need food? Energy! That’s right, we’ll be going back to that so don’t forget it! Photosynthesis. It’s how plants make their own food, from sunlight, water and CO2. The sunlight provides energy to convert CO2 gas and water into the sugar. Sunlight, CO2, water, soil No. Because we and other animals depend on them for food. And we also depend on those animals for food. We need food for energy. Evaluation(Decision Point Assessment): Sticky note vote After students have voted, I will ask various students to justify their response. I will not go over the correct response, we will revisit their responses later. Explore: Hand out worksheet and walk around room, [Will walk around the room monitoring the student progress]