2.50 Effects of a Changing Light Source
This is Lesson 50 (Plant Science unit) of the National FFA Mentoring Program’s Grow Your PALS Program Guide, a one-on-one mentoring activity. Students plant and cultivate seeds in a jar, then observe and draw how the plants respond when the light source direction is changed, learning the concepts of tropism and phototropism.
At a glance
- Learning objectives
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- Plant and cultivate seeds, then observe the effects of changing light source direction.
- Time required
- Instruction time for this lesson: 30 minutes.
- Materials
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- glass jar with watertight lid
- soil or sand to fill jar half full
- 1-2 beans or corn seeds
- blank sheet of paper
- Unit
- Plant Science
- Lesson Type
- One-on-One
- Precepts
- F. Continuous Improvement; F5. Acquire new knowledge
- Key Terms
- phototropism
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Aligned Standards
National Standards
- NS.K-4.3Life Science