KWBAT explain the transfer of energy through food webs.
Finished with practice?
Complete your exit ticket HERE!
Next, finish your "Create A Food Chain" page from yesterday.
When you are finished creating your own food chain, move on to the Endangered Species page in today's work packet. To complete the Endangered Species page, click here and choose one animal that is currently on the national list of endangered species. Read about the species and complete the work on your page.
Unit 3: Day 6 - Food Chains
KWBAT diagram the flow of energy through food chains.
Check your answers to today's classwork at the Checkpoint at the top of the page.
- Correctly answered 10 or more? Continue to the "Create Your Own Food Chain" on your paper.
- Correctly answered 9 or less? Continue with the tasks below.
- Watch a clip about food chains here.
- Next, click "Test Yourself" on the screen here.
- Watch a BrainPop clip here
- Take the Review Quiz on BrainPop
- Ask Ms. Robinson for help if you encounter any challenges!
KWBAT describe the process of photosynthesis.
In today's virtual lab, you will investigate the effect to light on plant growth. The scientific question you are investigating is: Does the color of light affect how fast a plant grows?
Remember in order for a plant to grow, it must receive energy through photosynthesis.
Follow the instructions on your paper and click the link here to begin!
Read the passage below and answer the questions.
Thanks, Leaves!
Have you ever taken the time to thank a leaf? It may seem silly to thank leaves, but we need them to survive. In fact, we could not survive without the energy made by leaves through the chemical change called photosynthesis. Life on Earth relies on light energy captured from the Sun. Photosynthesis changes this energy to the form vital for humans. This is how we get energy from food. Some forms of energy used by humans also come from photosynthesis. There are other benefits to the process. Photosynthesis helps maintain the level of oxygen in the air the humans need to survive. All of this occurs in leaves!
During photosynthesis, the chlorophyll in leaves captures energy from the Sun. Photosynthesis changes this radiant energy to chemical energy. Chemical energy is the form used by all living organisms. Photosynthesis changes water and carbon dioxide with radiant energy. A form of sugar called glucose is made. Plants need glucose to live and grow. Extra glucose is stored in the plant as a carbohydrate called starch. When animals eat plants, they get energy from the stored carbohydrates in the plant. Therefore, all energy that animals get from food comes first from photosynthesis. This is true even for animals that are carnivores, or meat-eaters. The energy is passed to them through the food chain. Without photosynthesis, there would be no food. Animals, including humans, would not survive.
Some forms of energy come directly from photosynthesis. Have you ever sat around a campfire or the fireplace in your home on a wintry evening? If so, you have felt heat energy from photosynthesis. Wood and other hard plant material are carbohydrates made from glucose. Burning changes the chemical energy stored in wood into heat. Another form of energy that comes from photosynthesis is ethanol. Ethanol is made from sugars and starches. Ethanol is used in gasoline in Brazil and the United States.
During photosynthesis, carbon dioxide is taken from the air. Plants make oxygen as a byproduct. Humans, and many other organisms, can only survive in environments with oxygen. Through respiration, we take in oxygen and release carbon dioxide into the air. Humans need the oxygen made by plants to live. We also make carbon dioxide that plants need for photosynthesis.
For humans, it is essential that photosynthesis changes energy from the Sun into chemical energy. Our lives rely on the results of photosynthesis. That’s why the next time you see a leafy green tree, or a leafy plant, you might want to say, “Thank you!”
KWBAT describe the process of photosynthesis.
Step 1:
Watch a clip on photosynthesis here --> Bill Nye! Type your first name, last name and click "no email."
Step 2:
In this lab, you will be experimenting with how different variables affect the rate of photosynthesis. When you place a plant in water, the bubbles given off are a sign that a plant is going through photosynthesis. As you complete the interactive lab, answer the questions on your paper. Launch the interactive lab by clicking here.
Step 3:
Draw a diagram to show the process of photosynthesis on your paper. Be sure to include the reactants and products in photosynthesis.
Step 4:
Complete a vocabulary card for the word PHOTOSYNTHESIS. Then, glue the vocabulary card into your vocabulary notebook.
Step 5:
Complete the exit ticket here. We are aiming for 80% mastery!
Step 6:
If you received an 80% or higher on the exit ticket, complete Step 6. If not, raise your hand to ask Ms. Robinson for help!
Step 7:
Go to the link here and follow the directions on your paper and on the website.
Bubbles are
given off by the plant during photosynthesis. By measuring the rate at which
the bubbles are produced, it is possible to tell how fast a plant is
photosynthesizing. Read and follow the directions on how to use this lab simulator.
Press start and record the bubbles per minute for each of the following light
distances. Then, graph your results. Be
sure to label each axis!
Objective: KWBAT explain how radiant energy from the sun is transformed to chemical energy in plants through photosynthesis.
Introduction
We know plants don't eat. They don't have mouths, silly. However, plants do form their own energy through the process of photosynthesis.
Step 1
Activate your knowledge: On your paper, write your own definition of photosynthesis.
Step 2
Watch a quick video about photosynthesis here
Step 3
Complete the notes on your paper as you do the interactive lesson here.
Step 4
Complete the notes on your paper as you do this interactive lesson about photosynthesis here.
Step 5
On your paper, complete ALL of the questions under the checkpoint
Step 6
Check your work on the checkpoint. If you correctly answered 8 questions or more, continue to step 7. If you scored 7 or less correct, see Ms. Robinson and she will help you.
Step 7
Prove mastery on the exit ticket here!
Username: SBISD username
Password: Lunch number
Class codes:
A&M - ozk207660
UT - bql965601
TCU - vpe403623
USC - scq989714
