Photosynthesis

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Photosynthesis

• A lesson for 4th Grade
• (Science)
• Designed by
• Dayna Preseaudprezo24_at_yahoo.com
•  

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Introduction

• Oh no! The Publishing Company that publishes
  science books has just called to tell me that
  they accidentally deleted one of the important
  chapters for their next text book. This chapter
  was all about photosynthesis! They have asked for
  help and since we have been learning all about
  plants, I thought we could learn all about
  photosynthesis together and then help The
  Publishing Company.

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Task

• Your task is to research and learn all about
  photosynthesis as a group. You will then take all
  the information you have learned and write a
  chapter to help The Publishing Company! You will
  be searching the web and using Chapter 17 from
  our textbook to gather information. Your chapter
  will be written as a paper. You will also need to
  make 2 different diagrams to be illustrations for
  your chapter.

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Process 1

• You will be put into groups of four.
• The first thing your group needs to do is learn a
  few important words. Since you will be
  encountering these words throughout your
  research, it is important to know what they mean
  and how they are involved in photosynthesis. Fill
  out this worksheet as you research. The following
  links may be very helpful

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Process 2

• 3. Now that you know a little more about the
  basic building blocks of photosynthesis. Its
  time to dig a little deeper and get the real
  important facts. Research the following links,
  your text book, and books from the school
  library. Organize you thoughts on this
  worksheet.
• I encourage you to search for more sites to help
  you- the web has a lot to offer!
• 4. Then you need to compile all the information
  you have gathered and write an informative and
  interesting paper on all you have learned. This
  paper should be one and a half to two pages in
  length. Remember it is going in a text book for
  students your age. Make sure its easy to
  understand and follow.

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Process 3

• 5. Next your group will draw 2 diagrams of
  photosynthesis. There are many models on the
  websites you have been looking at. One of them
  will need to also be drawn on a poster board, so
  that we can hang them up in our classroom. We
  will work on the diagrams in art class so that
  you can work together and have supplies.
• 6. Altogether, your group is required to turn in
  the Vocabulary words worksheet, your groups
  Photosynthesis Chapter worksheet, your
  photosynthesis chapter, typed, your
  photosynthesis chapter, and your diagrams (one on
  a poster). We will put this altogether to send to
  The Publishing Company so that they can select
  which chapter they will use in the next 4th grade
  science text book.

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Evaluation

• This is just a brief evaluation to let you know
  what I will be looking for but if you print out
  the rubric, it will be much more exact.
• Things I will be looking for
• Completed Vocabulary worksheets
• Typed, well-written papers of proper length and
  with good content
• Neat and colorful diagrams
• Group Participation

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Conclusion

• The Publishing Company has just sent me a thank
  you letter saying that the chapters we sent were
  so wonderful they dont know which one they are
  going to pick to put in their book. As a thank
  you for all your hard work they said they would
  sponsor a class pizza and ice cream party!!!
• Congratulations!
• The WebQuest Site
• The IST 396 Site
• ISTE Home Page
• COATT Home Page

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Credits

• Flying Turtle Website Why is Photosynthesis Even
  Important?
• Photosynthesis Chlorophyll
• Discovery Channel Kids The Photosynthesis Process
• More Photosynthesis Photosynthesis and
  transpiration
• I want to thank http//www.google.com for making
  it easy to search for websites and images on
  photosynthesis!
• This was a VERY helpful site that listed WebPages
  on how to teach photosynthesis to students K-12.
• http//photoscience.la.asu.edu/photosyn/photoweb/d
  efault.htmlK-12
• IST396

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Introduction (Teacher)

• I came up with this project for my IST 396 class
  at Oakland University.
• This lesson is to teach kids about photosynthesis
  and how it works.

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Learners (Teacher)

• This lesson is mainly for fourth grade science
  but it also involves some language arts because
  they will need to be able to write a paper. This
  project could easily be adapted to many other
  grades. Students learn about photosynthesis all
  through their years in school.
• The learners will need to know about plants and
  what they consist of.
• It will also be necessary for the students to
  know how to navigate the web.

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Standards (Teacher)

• As a result of this lesson, students will be able
  to explain the process of photosynthesis, step by
  step. They will also know how to draw it out.
• All students will ask questions that help them
  learn about the world design and conduct
  investigations using appropriate methodology and
  technology learn from books and other sources of
  information and communicate findings of
  investigations, using appropriate technology.
• All students will use classification systems to
  describe groups of living things compare and
  contrast differences in the life cycles of living
  things investigate and explain how living things
  obtain and use energy and analyze how parts of
  living things are adapted to carry out specific
  functions.
• All students will explain how parts of an
  ecosystem are related and how they interact
  explain how energy is distributed to living
  things in an ecosystem and analyze how humans
  and the environment interact.
• More Science Standards

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Process 1 (Teacher)

• You will be put into groups of four.
• The first thing your group needs to do is learn a
  few important words. Since you will be
  encountering these words throughout your
  research, it is important to know what they mean
  and how they are involved in photosynthesis. Fill
  out this worksheet as you research. The following
  links may be very helpful
• You may want to add a few more vocabulary words,
  depending on what your students are learning. I
  thought it would be a good idea to have them get
  familiar with the words first so that they knew
  what they were writing about.
• Variations
• I think another great idea would be to actually
  grow plants in the classroom if it is possible.

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Process 2 (Teacher)

• 3. Now that you know a little more about the
  basic building blocks of photosynthesis. Its
  time to dig a little deeper and get the real
  important facts. Research the following links,
  your text book, and books from the school
  library. Organize you thoughts on this
  worksheet.
• It would be a good idea to find books in the
  school library ahead of time and have them in
  your classroom for the kids. This project could
  take anywhere from a week to 2 weeks. You may
  also want to make worksheets that focus on what
  you are trying to get the students to focus on.

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Process 3 (Teacher)

• 5. Next your group will draw 2 diagrams of
  photosynthesis. There are many models on the
  websites you have been looking at. One of them
  will need to also be drawn on a poster board, so
  that we can hang them up in our classroom. We
  will work on the diagrams in art class so that
  you can work together and have supplies.
• Once again, just adapt this to whatever will work
  in your classroom. I just thought that it would
  be easier for them to do it together at school,
  than to have to meet outside of school.
• 6. Altogether, your group is required to turn in
  the Vocabulary words worksheet, your groups
  Photosynthesis Chapter worksheet, your
  photosynthesis chapter, typed, and your diagrams
  (one on a poster). We will put this altogether to
  send to The Publishing Company so that they can
  select which chapter they will use in the next
  4th grade science text book.

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Resources (Teacher)

• Flying Turtle Website Why is Photosynthesis Even
  Important?
• Photosynthesis Chlorophyll
• Discovery Channel Kids The Photosynthesis Process
• More Photosynthesis Photosynthesis and
  transpiration
• Students will need art pencils, markers, and
  poster board to make their diagrams.
• The students should also have access to textbooks
  and library books about photosynthesis.
• This project should not require many teachers, I
  believe it would be completely possible to teach
  this yourself.

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Evaluation (Teacher)

• Rubric
• Things I will be looking for
• Completed Vocabulary worksheets
• Typed, well-written papers of proper length and
  with good content
• Neat and colorful diagrams
• Group Participation
• You may want to also have some way of grading
  individually, in case groups are really having a
  hard time.
• You will know if this was a success if the
  students enjoy searching and organizing the
  information AND are able to apply it later on the
  test.

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Conclusions (Teacher)

• This project is a good idea because students get
  bored with just listening to us tell them
  everything. It is good for them to have hands on
  activities and that they feel like what they are
  doing is really important. They will be more
  likely to remember what they have learned and
  apply that knowledge on a test.
• To reward all their hard work, I thought a pizza
  and ice cream party would be a lot of fun.
• Maybe at the party you could have a class
  discussion about photosynthesis, or a little
  trivia game to quiz their knowledge.

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Credits (Teacher)

• Flying Turtle Website Why is Photosynthesis Even
  Important?
• Photosynthesis Chlorophyll
• Discovery Channel Kids The Photosynthesis Process
• More Photosynthesis Photosynthesis and
  transpiration
• Google
• More Science Standards- Michigan Science
  Standards Overview
• Here is a link back to IST396 class, so that you
  can acquire the latest version of this template
  and training materials
• Thanks to Brian Stabile, my soon-to-be
  Brother-in-law for giving me some good ideas and
  letting me use his computer