Unpacked Content
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
Crosscutting Concepts
Energy and Matter
Knowledge
Students know:
- What plants need to survive.
- Parts of plants and their functions in the process of photosynthesis.
- The sun is the source of energy.
- Plants are producers.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Construct an illustration to explain the scientific phenomenon of photosynthesis.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Plants are producers of energy through the process of photosynthesis.
Vocabulary
- convert
- carbohydrates
- waste product
- photosynthesis
- carbon dioxide
- produces
- oxygen
