Experimenting with stimulus & Response: An Earthworm Responds

Title: An earthworm responds

Author: Carla

Subject: Biology

Grade: 6th

Week:

Unit/Lesson Plan #: Lab, unit 2 lesson 1 chapter 6

Unit theme: Explores the responses that organisms can have to stimuli and to long-term changes in thier enviromenment.

Textbook references:

Learning objectives:

  Testing stimuli

Key Questions, Concepts, or Themes:

Irritability

Response

Stimulus 

Stage 1:

  The earthworm has no eyes, ears, or nose. Students will test to determine whether the earthworm can still sense light, sounds, odor and other.

Stage 2:

  Each group member should be able to explain how an earthworm senses stimuli such as touch, light, and odor.

Stage 3:

  Each gorup member has a role: Cheif investiagtor, reportor, materials coordinator, or time keeper.

Each studnet will record theier obervations in the lab notebook. 

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: ____________________________________