Section outline

  • Kia ora Year 9s

    Nau mai, hoki mai!

    Welcome back to Term 3. Our context is Inclusiveness and Energy. 
    We will continue where we left off from last term and finish learning about how plants are essential for humans and life on earth. We will be focussing on the anatomy and physiology of plants, and explore their reproduction and growth cycles.

    Thereafter, we will make a start on Energy, our contextual learning this ter. We exploring the nature of electrons, electricity, magnetism, and electromagnetism, and how to manipulate it to make our lives easier!

    Success Criteria:

    Explain how plants make food via photosynthesis in its leaves
    Explain the anatomical mechanisms that allow a plant to transpire
    Conduct an experiment that tests the theory "Plants make food using sunlight"
    I can identity structures in the cross section of a leaf and and describe its functions 

    Activities:

    1. SCIPAD 132 - 133 reading comprehension
    2. Brainpop- photosynthesis
    3. Stomata printing lab
    4. Starch testing lab- SCIPAD 134-136
    5. Watch draw and label a cross section of a leaf - video tutorial 

    Further Learning:
    All learning resources are posted on Google Classroom, Brainpop, and EP.