Pattners of livng things 1.2

Title: Other Growth Patterns

Author: Cota

Subject: Bio

Grade: 6

Week: Jan. 8

Unit/Lesson Plan #: Unit 2, lesson 2, ch. 5

Unit theme:

Investigates a variety of patterns  of growth, in both humans, and other organisms.  

Textbook references:

Learning objectives:

Main Ideas:

as humans, the proportion of different body parts changes as plants and animals grow to adulthood.

Many factors such as moisture and temperature, affect the health and growth of organisms.

Forms of growth and repair, regeneration, and reproduction, cancer and galls. 

Key Questions, Concepts, or Themes:

  New Terms:

Cancer:

Gall

Germinate

Ovary

Regeneration

Reproduction

Species 

Stage 1:

  Ask students how fast living organisms can grow. Tell them that gaint kelp can grow 36-41cm perday and reach a hieght of 61 M.

Stage 2:

  If possible, take students outdoors for the rree-compaision acitivty. You may wish to provide students with the circumference measurments of a seedling and a full-grown tree. To find the area of leaves, students may outline the leaves on graph paper and then count the squares within the outline

Stage 3:

Homework: No homework in this class?

The activity worksheet that accompanies the beginning of lesson 2. 

Assessments: (attach/link copies)

__ Group assessment

__ Observation of process/student work

__ Self-assessment by student

__ Teacher generated assignment

__ Written project

__ Test/Quiz

__ Other: ____________________________________