Plants & Animals (1)

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to: ​

​Identify the characteristics that all plants share.

Describe the function of the main organelles in a cell.

Grade 6 T. Noha Barada

​Topic 10 Lesson 4

Plants & Animals​

Open Ended

ALL ABOUT PLANTS

Share all what you know about PLANTS.

Write complete sentences.

Open Ended

Why are plants living things?

Plants are alive!​

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They share all the characteristics living things have.

1. They are made of cells.

2. They contain chemicals.

3. They grow and develop.​

4. ​they respond to their environment.

5. They reproduce.​

6. ​They need & use energy.

Multiple Choice

Are plants eukaryotes or prokaryotes?

• Plants are eukaryotes.

• Plants are prokaryotes.

• I have no idea!

Multiple Choice

Why are plants eukaryotes?

• They are made of one cell.

• They are made of many cells.

• They are made of many cells and each cell has a nucleus with DNA.

• they can reproduce both sexually and asexually.

Multiple Choice

Which domain do plants belong to?

• Bacteria

• Archaea

• Eukarya

​As eukaryotes,

they are made of one or more cells, and each cell contains a nucleus with DNA.

Plants & animals are classified in Domain Eukarya.

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Multiple Choice

Are plants autotrophs or heterotrophs?

• Plants are autotrophs.

• Plants are heterotrophs.

• I don't know!

Open Ended

Why are plants autotrophs?

Plants use photosynthesis to make their own food.

​Plant cells have specialized structures that make food.

Plants ​are autotrophs or producers.​

Animals get food by eating other organisms.

Animals have ​specialized body structures that break down food they consume.

Animals are heterotrophs or consumers.

Open Ended

Do plants move around to get their food? Explain.

Because most plants are anchored to the ground, they cannot move around.

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Structures such as legs, fins, and wings, allow movement from one place to another.

To get food, animals need to move around.

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• You can refer to page 473

• Discuss and share at least 3 similarities & 3 differences.

• S​hare the similarities and differences as RECORDINGS. Each recording is 30 seconds.

• Each similarity ​or difference should be shared by one different student.

Check groups on next slide

GROUP WORK

6A TEAMS

6B TEAMS

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Audio Response

How are plants and animals alike?

share at least three similarities.

Open Audio Recorder

Audio Response

How are plants and animals different?

share at least three differences.

Open Audio Recorder