Term 2 Week 8-10

PLAN & DO / WHAKAMAHI learning intentions:

• We are PLANNING to construct jello plant and animal cells using various candy to demonstrate our understanding of the plant and animal cells, key organelles and its functions.
• We are PLANNING to apply our understanding of planting by hypothesising how our mung beans will grow in different conditions and solve a global issue of rising salinity levels in plants

Kia Ora ākonga, 

Over the next few weeks you will be planting the native plants as part of the school-wide project to have 15,000 plants by the bike track. We will be looking at plants more in-depth. Plans for the next 3 weeks are as follows: 

Week 8 plan for the Week is as follows: 

Tuesday: You are scheduled in for planting 

Wednesday: Photosynthesis experiment 

Thursday: 

8M1: Readworks scientific literacy reading on microbes

8M2:  Booked in for tree planting 

Success Criteria: I can/have...

• Understand what photosynthesis is 

  Describe the basic structure of chloroplast

  Practise writing a scientific aim 

  Understand what dependent and independent variables are

Week 9 plan for the Week is as follows: 

Tuesday: Jello cells experiment  and worksheet 

Wednesday: Mung bean experiment and scientific report write-up 

Thursday: Write-up for scientific experiment report. Observations on mung bean experiment 

Kia ora...

Success Criteria: I can/have...

• • Microscope : How to use this correctly 

  • Observing a plant under the microscope

  • Understanding the difference between plant and animal cells.

  
  

Activities:

1. Jello cell experiment  
2. Using a microscope to observe plant and animal cells 

Week 10 plan for the week is as follows: 
Tuesday:  Complete results and graph for mung bean experiment 
Wednesday: Colour changing flower experiment and worksheet 
Thursday: Activity options on google classroom as per screenshot below