Stimulus & Responses 1.2

Title: Plant Responses

Author: Carla

Subject: Biology

Grade: 6th

Week:

Unit/Lesson Plan #: Unit 2 lesson 1 ch. 6

Unit theme:

 Explores the responses’ that organisms can have to stimuli and to long-term changes in their environment

Textbook references:

Learning objectives:

A stimulus can cause a response in a living organism.

Responses to stimuli may be positive or negative.

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

Key Questions, Concepts, or Themes:

  stimulating thigns to invesitgate things:

Stage 1: look at how plants also respond to certian stimuli: Using either venus flytrap or sorrel.

Stage 2:

  Have student also set up an experiment with the earthworm in which they are placed in jars with soil mix and sand. Have them make observations in two days.

Stage 3:

Homework: No homework in this class?

Have students use illustrations to describe the difference between the postive and negative reposnes of orgamims to stimuli.  

Assessments: (attach/link copies)

__ Group assessment

__ Observation of process/student work

__ Self-assessment by student

__ Teacher generated assignment

__ Written project

__ Test/Quiz

__ Other: ____________________________________