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Do Now FACT OR FIB?

1. Roots take in water from the soil
and send it directly to the flowers.

FIB

2.Water moves through a plant from
roots to leaves using tubes called
xylem.

3.Models, such as celery in colored
water, help us understand how water
moves in real plants.

FACT

FIB

FACT

FIB

FACT

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Lesson Vocabulary

producer

photosynthesis

carbon dioxide

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Producer

An organism that uses
sunlight to make its
own food for energy

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Photosynthesis

The process through
which producers (plants)
make their own food
using energy from the
Sun, water, chlorophyll,
and carbon dioxide

Image by Markéta Machová from Pixabay

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Carbon dioxide

Gas that plants use to
make food

4th Grade Science
Interactions in Ecosystems
Lesson 2

January 10, 2025

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Interactions in Ecosystems

LO: SWBAT investigate and explain how most producers can
make their own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
through the cycling of matter.

DOL: Given scenarios, SW correctly investigate and explain
how most producers can make their own food using sunlight,
water, and carbon dioxide through the cycling of matter in at
least 4 of 5 questions.

SCI.4.12A Investigate and explain how most producers can make their own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide through the cycling
of matter;
SEPs 4.1A, 4.1D, 4.1E
RTCs 4.5B, 4.5D, 4.5F

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Essential Understandings &

Guiding Questions

How do plants make their own food?

What is photosynthesis?

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How does a bamboo plant make food that

pandas can eat?

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What do plants need to live and grow?

Make a prediction about how the amount of water and light affect plant growth.

Follow the steps to test how light and water affect the height of a plant.

Measure and record the height of each plant in each investigation.

Use your data to explain how light and water affect plant growth.

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What do plants need to live and grow?

Discuss your previous knowledge about how plants

get and use energy with a partner.

Read about how plants get and use energy.

Complete the activity sheet to explain your

understanding of what plants need to live and grow.

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What do plants need in order to live and grow?

Plants need sunlight,
carbon dioxide, and
water to live and grow.

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What type of energy do plants use to make food?

Plants get the energy to make their own food from sunlight. A plant
is considered a producer. A producer is an organism that makes its
own food.

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How do plants make food?

Carbon dioxide is a gas that
plants use to make food.

Plants use carbon dioxide
and water from the soil to
make their own food so they
can live and grow.

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Plants and Flow of Matter

Which corn plants look like they did not
receive enough water to make their
own food?

The corn plants in Photo B look
like they did not receive enough
water to make their own food
because the plants are brown
and unhealthy.

The ground looks very dry as if it
has not rained for a long time.

A

B

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What is photosynthesis?

The process by which

plants use sunlight,
carbon dioxide, and
water to make food.

The sunlight also helps
to convert carbon dioxide

and water into to sugar

(glucose).

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Let’s revisit the phenomenon

How does a bamboo plant make food that pandas can eat?

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Kinsley is in charge of taking care of her dog and her mother's dandelion
plants, which are outside. Kinsley needs to give both her dog and the
dandelion plants water, but she only needs to feed the dog. Why does
Kinsley NOT need to feed the dandelion plants?

A.

The dandelion plants only need water to live.

B.

The dandelion plants eat the bugs flying around them.

C.

The dandelion plants use air, water, and sunlight to make their own

food.

D.

The dandelion plants make food particles by putting together minerals,

water, and soil.

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Look at the image. It shows how plants make their own food.

What do the producers take in or receive in order to make food?

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DOL: Given scenarios,
SW correctly
investigate and explain
how most producers
can make their own
food using sunlight,
water, and carbon
dioxide through the
cycling of matter in at
least 4 of 5 questions.

Demonstration of Learning

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