2.47 Nature’s Air Conditioner – Transpiration
This is Lesson 47, “Nature’s Air Conditioner: Transpiration,” from the Grow Your PALS Program Guide (National FFA Mentoring Program), part of the Plant Science unit. Students define transpiration through a sentence-scramble activity, sculpt the transpiration process with Play-Doh, and conduct a hands-on outdoor experiment by bagging tree leaves to observe and measure water released through transpiration.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Define transpiration.
- Sculpt a model of transpiration.
- Observe the process of transpiration in leaves.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 45 minutes.
- Materials
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- Quart-size resealable plastic bag – 1 per PALS pair
- Several small, clean pebbles – 3 pebbles per PALS pair
- Rubber bands – 2 per PALS pair
- Graduated cylinder
- PALS.47.AS.A – 1 per PALS pair and one for large group
- Play-Doh™
- Unit
- Plant Science
- Lesson Type
- Large Group
- Precepts
- F. Continuous Improvement; F3. Use innovative problem-solving strategies
- Key Terms
- transpiration
- Resources
- Transpiration animation: http://techalive.mtu.edu/meec/module01/Transpiration.htm; Statistics: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycletranspiration.html
Downloads & Links
Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NS.K-4.3Life Science