Exploring the Role of Light in Plant Growth through Experiments
PLANTS AND ANIMALS
LESSON 3B
How Can Experiments Help Us Find
Out Whether Plants Need Light to
Live and Grow?
Review: Do Plants Need Air?
Courtesy of BSCS
Unit Central Question
Do plants and animals need the same things to
live and grow? Explain your thinking.
Today’s Focus Question
How can experiments help us find out whether
plants need light to live and grow?
Do plants need
light
to
live and grow? Why or
why not?
Sentence starters:
•
My idea is …
•
I think that …
•
I agree …
•
I disagree …
Photograph by Margaretshear
What Do Plants Need to Live and Grow?
Review: What Is Evidence?
•
What symbol on our Communicating in
Scientific Ways poster reminds us of what
evidence is?
•
What is evidence?
Review: What Is Evidence?
•
Evidence is a clue that helps us answer a
question or explain how something works in
the world around us.
•
Evidence also helps us figure out whether
our ideas are right.
Do Plants Need Light?
To help us answer this
question, we’ll observe
two plants.
•
Be careful not to
knock over the
plants.
•
Don’t pick up the
cups or touch the
plants.
•
Just OBSERVE!
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Let’s Plan an Experiment!
Turn and Talk:
How could
we plan an experiment to
find out whether plants
need
light
to live and
grow?
Be ready to share your
ideas with the class!
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Let’s Set Up Our Experiment!
Photo courtesy of BSCS
Our Predictions: What Will Happen?
Our question:
Do plants
need light?
Our experiment:
One
plant will be in
light
,
and one plant will be in
no light
.
•
What do you think (predict) will
happen to the two plants?
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Let’s Be Good Scientists!
Good scientists observe things carefully and
write down their observations!
Writing down our observations will help us
keep track of our evidence so we can answer
our question accurately.
Let’s Summarize!
Our focus question:
How can experiments help
us find out whether plants need light to live and
grow?
•
Why are we doing this experiment?
•
What question are we trying to answer?
•
How will our experiment help us answer
this question?
Next Time
Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com
In our next lesson, we’ll investigate whether
plants need
water
to live and grow.
How could we set up an experiment to find
out?
Engage in experiments to investigate whether plants require light to survive and thrive. Discover the importance of evidence in scientific inquiry as we explore the needs of plants and animals to live. Plan and execute an experiment to determine the impact of light on plant growth, fostering critical thinking and analysis.
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PLANTS AND ANIMALS LESSON 3B How Can Experiments Help Us Find Out Whether Plants Need Light to Live and Grow?
Review: Do Plants Need Air? Courtesy of BSCS
Unit Central Question Do plants and animals need the same things to live and grow? Explain your thinking.
Todays Focus Question How can experiments help us find out whether plants need light to live and grow?
What Do Plants Need to Live and Grow? Do plants need light to live and grow? Why or why not? Sentence starters: My idea is I think that I agree I disagree Photograph by Margaretshear
Review: What Is Evidence? What symbol on our Communicating in Scientific Ways poster reminds us of what evidence is? What is evidence?
Review: What Is Evidence? Evidence is a clue that helps us answer a question or explain how something works in the world around us. Evidence also helps us figure out whether our ideas are right.
Do Plants Need Light? To help us answer this question, we ll observe two plants. Be careful not to knock over the plants. Don t pick up the cups or touch the plants. Just OBSERVE! Courtesy of BSCS
Lets Plan an Experiment! Turn and Talk: How could we plan an experiment to find out whether plants need light to live and grow? Be ready to share your ideas with the class! Courtesy of BSCS
Lets Set Up Our Experiment! Photo courtesy of BSCS
Our Predictions: What Will Happen? Our question: Do plants need light? Our experiment: One plant will be in light, and one plant will be in no light. Courtesy of BSCS What do you think (predict) will happen to the two plants?
Lets Be Good Scientists! Good scientists observe things carefully and write down their observations! Writing down our observations will help us keep track of our evidence so we can answer our question accurately.
Lets Summarize! Our focus question: How can experiments help us find out whether plants need light to live and grow? Why are we doing this experiment? What question are we trying to answer? How will our experiment help us answer this question?
Next Time In our next lesson, we ll investigate whether plants need water to live and grow. How could we set up an experiment to find out? Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com
