Check your plants!

Venus Fly Trap

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7eQKSf0LmY

• Why does the venus fly trap need to catch flies?

• Using what you know, can you invent a plant that would survive on Mars?

Design a plant project

Your task today is to design a plant that is adapted to the world it lives in. You will be given a location (biome) and a set number of requirements that your plant must meet in order to survive.

Your plant should be able to protect itself from predators and disease, get adequate sunlight, adjust to temperature extremes, gather nutrients, and obtain water.

Things that plants need to adapt to

• Predators• Amount of Sunlight• Amount of Nutrients• Range of Temperature• Amount of Rainfall

• Pick a row from the next slide. That row has all of your plant’s requirements.

• Choose one of the 2 biomes in the row. No two groups can have the same combination.

• Each student will work in groups of 3 to create their own plant that must have adaptations for its biome.

Plant requirements (STATS)Plant

#Biome (choose

one)

PredatorsThat harm your

plant

Amount of Sunlightrequired

Soil Nutrients needed(good/fair/poor)

Temperature required

(degrees F)

Rainfall (inches)needed

1. Desertor

Deciduous Forest

Insects Full sun Good 70-100 25

2. Tundra or Taiga

Fungi Full sun Epiphyte – (soil not required) 70-95 300

3. Savannah or Tropical

Rain Forest

Deer Partial sun Poor 10-90 60

4.

Deciduous Forest or Desert

Bison Extreme amounts of sun

Poor 40-70 10

5. Taiga orTundra

Grazing Animals moderate Poor -30-100 3

6. Tropical Rain Forest

or Deciduous

Forest

Root Parasites Very little Poor, Little Nitrogen 50-85 50

7 Desert or Tundra

Birds Extreme amounts of sun

Fair 50-80 15

8. Tundra or Deciduous

Forest

Vines that Strangle Trees

Partial sun Fair -20-30 10

9. Savannah or Taiga

Caterpillar Very little sun Good 30-80 60

Your plant must adapt to one of these biomes

1. Desert 2. Tundra3. Grassland/

Savannah4. Deciduous Forest5. Taiga6. Tropical Rainforest

Research Cards

• Each student will be responsible to one color on the research cards. Make sure you and your partners are finishing their cards, because their work affects YOUR grade.

Biome Research CardBiome selected __________

1.How many hours of sunlight are in a day?

2.Describe the Soil in your biome. Is it filled with nutrients? Yes… What kind? No…what is missing? Is it hard packed or loose soil? Etc :

3. What is the weather like? How hot or cold does it get? Is it the same year round or does it change with the seasons?

4. How much rain does your biome receive per year?:

5. List Animals found in this biome:

6. Give 2 or 3 examples of how real like plants in this biome are adapted to survive the weather

Plant Research Card1.List all possible purposes of the stems

Explain ways stems of current plants have adapted to their environment (2-3 ex)

2. List all possible purposes of the leaves

Explain ways leaves of current plants have adapted to their environment (2-3 ex)

3. List all possible purposes of the Roots

Explain ways roots of current plants have adapted to their environment (2-3 ex)

Systems Research Card1.List all possible purposes of the response system in plants

Explain how cells work together to make the plant respond to its environment(2-3 steps)

2. List all possible purposes of the transport system in plants

Explain how cells work together to make get nutrients to all parts of the plant (2-3 steps)

3. What organisms in your biome help your plant to reproduce?

Explain how cells work together to help the plant reproduce (2-3 steps)

Plant Research CardYOUR Plant STATS (from chart)# _____

Needs:Sunlight exposure:

Soil nutrients:

Temperature range:

Rainfall range:

Main Predators:

YOUR Biome STATS (from research) Name:__________

Has :Amount of sunlight:

Soil nutrients:

Temperature range:

Rainfall range:

Predators

Your Plants Adaptations

How will your plant roots stems or leaves Adapt to:

Getting proper amount of Sunlight:

Proper type and amount of nutrients:

Stay within correct Temperature range:

Receive proper amount of water:

Protecting itself from predators

PRE-AP (or Regular Extra Credit)Create a shoe box 3-D model showing your plant in Its biome. A short description must be included

AND

Materials needed: (all)

•Poster board•Markers/pencils•glue•computer•Access to printer

Pre-AP•Shoe box or similar sized box•Various craft supplies•glue Type information

In card providedAnd print

Pre-AP Extension/Regular Extra Credit10 Extra points

(Choose one of the following)

• Create an acrostic for a plant from your biome. It should include information about the biome and the producers.

• Create a collage of pictures and words that represent your ecosystem. Include a sentence for each item that explains how it is related to your biome.

• Create a set of trading cards for your ecosystem that includes examples of plants and soil types found in your ecosystem (10 cards minimum).

• Create Three Facts and a Fib about your biome.• Design a folded quiz that asks questions about the

interdependence and symbiotic relationships found in your biome (5 questions minimum).

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