Lesson 3: What is the structure and function of Duration: 50 minutes chloroplasts? Suggested learning sequence Introduction setting up – observe chloroplasts and draw and As a read Resource 5 – describe their structure. Procedural text chloroplast search. – Note the steps where students will answer questions in their science As a discuss what students journal. observe under the microscope and how the chloroplasts use the sunlight to Discuss with students what chloroplasts make energy for the plants. do and what they should be looking for when they examine the plant cells Review with students the scientific under the microscope. vocabulary pertinent to this lesson (See Resource 2– Word bank for suggested In this lesson, students will Note: terms). need to gain an understanding of how plants create energy using sunlight. Students add their learning and This is important for when they learn reflections to their science journal. (See about zooxanthellae in Lesson 6. Resource 3 Student reflections for – Activity Cell observations – examples of sentence starters you can use to guide student reflections). Complete the steps in the Resource 5 – Procedural text chloroplast search to – Opportunities to monitor student learning Resources
Lesson 3: What is the structure and function of chloroplasts? Duration: 50 minutes Suggested learning sequence Introduction – setting up As a read Resource 5 – Procedural text – chloroplast search. Note the steps where students will answer questions in their science journal. Discuss with students what chloroplasts do and what they should be looking for when they examine the plant cells under the microscope. Note: In this lesson, students will need to gain an understanding of how plants create energy using sunlight. This is important for when they learn about zooxanthellae in Lesson 6. Activity – Cell observations Complete the steps in the Resource 5 – Procedural text – chloroplast search to observe chloroplasts and draw and describe their structure. As a discuss what students observe under the microscope and how the chloroplasts use the sunlight to make energy for the plants. Review with students the scientific vocabulary pertinent to this lesson (See Resource 2– Word bank for suggested terms). Students add their learning and reflections to their science journal. (See Resource 3 – Student reflections for examples of sentence starters you can use to guide student reflections). Opportunities to monitor student learning Resources
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