Patterns of Responses 1.1

Title: Patterns of Response

Author: Carla

Subject: Organims response to stimuli

Grade: 6

Week: Jan. 31, 2008

Unit/Lesson Plan #: Unit 2, Ch 6 lesson 1

Unit theme:

  Explores the responses that organisms can have  to stimuli and to the long-term changes in thier enviroments.

Textbook references:

Learning objectives:

  A stimulus can cause a reponse in a living organisms.

Responses to stimuli may be positive or nagative.

Most plants respond slowly to stimuli, but some can respond very quickly. 

Key Questions, Concepts, or Themes:

  Irriability

Responses

Stimulus 

Stage 1:

  Science log questions:

Stage 2:

  Have students think about what happens to thier mouth when they smell food. (thier mouth waters) Explain that smell can be a stimulus to the salivary glands.  The production of saliva is the bodys response to this stimuli. Why would the body produce saliva in reponse to food. 

Stage 3:

  Students to read page aloud.

Homework: No homework in this class?

Assessments: (attach/link copies)

__ Group assessment

__ Observation of process/student work

__ Self-assessment by student

__ Teacher generated assignment

__ Written project

__ Test/Quiz

__ Other: ____________________________________