Food Production and Energy for Life

Day 1

1. Review science skills taught previously.

   1. Cells - Show a picture of a plant and animal cells. Ask students to name parts and functions. (SmartBoard Activity)

   2. Landforms - Show pictures of landforms and have students identify each.

   3. Habitats - Ask the students to list some animals while the teacher writes them on the board. Then ask students to name the habitats that they live in - desert, rainforest, tundra, wetlands, etc.

   4. Review vocabulary - consumers, producers, predator, prey

Day 2

1. TCAP Coach Read Lesson 2 - Plant Structures

2. Students draw and label plants (leaves, stem, roots, fruit, flower, etc.)

3. Begin experiments to illustrate why each plant part is important.

Day 3 - Edible Plant Parts

1. List fruits and vegetables. Have students determine which part of the plant each fruit of vegetable is.

   • Roots - carrots,  beets, onions, potatoes, radishes, turnips, rutabagas, ginger or parsnips

   • Stems - celery, asparagus, bamboo shoots, sugar cane

   • Leaves - lettuce, cabbage, spinach, greens

   • Flowers - broccoli, cauliflower,

   • Fruit - apples, cherries, berries, grapes, lemons, oranges, figs, olives, pears, peaches, melon

   • Seeds -  beans, sunflower seeds, rice, peas, corn

2. Online Activity http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/vegquiz/veggie5.html

3. Edible Plant Game http://www.cfaitc.org/LessonPlans/pdf/103.pdf pages 41-54

4. File Folder Activities

   • Plant Puzzler by Teacher Created Resources, Inc.

   • Plant Parts We Eat

5. Make a salad. Students must identify each ingredient as root, leaf, stem, whole plant, seed, etc.

Day 4

1. TCAP Coach Read Lesson 3 - How Animals Get Food and Oxygen

2. Producers, Consumers, Decomposers (review terms - Have students practice with flashcards.)

3. United Streaming

   • Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers   (04:39)

4. Brain Pop - Food Chains http://www.brainpop.com/science/populationsresourcesandenvironment/foodchains/preview.weml

5. Review predator and prey

6. Websites

   • Fun with Food Webs http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/food/food_menu.html

   • Build a Food Web http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorer/ecosystems/be_an_explorer/map/form.htm#

   • Food Web and Food Chain Quiz http://www.theteacherspot.com/classroom/foodchains.htm

   • What is a Food Chain? http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/fooodchains.htm

Day 5

1. Build a Oxygen/Carbon Dioxide Cycle using plastic animals and plants. Glue onto Fun Foam and label.

2. United Streaming - Seahouse: The Dolphin (05:00) & Oceans Alive: Marine Mammals (05:00)

3. Discuss mammals that live in the ocean - whales, dolphins, and seals - and how each obtain oxygen.