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Project STEMulate

The Plant Transport System

Session 3

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Plant transport system

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Photosynthesis & Evapotranspiration

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Experiment time!

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Understanding the experiment

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Debrief!

Plant Parts

Food and water carrying tubes!

How do plants make their food?

tissue paper chain & DIY plants!

why does it work??

reflect on what you learnt

Function of the Stem, leaves, flower, & roots

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Ground rules

  1. Be Respectful: Listen to facilitators attentively
  2. Help out your younger friends!
  3. Listen to instructions and be aware of your surroundings!

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Breaks: 4.15-4.20, 4.45-4.50

But first….

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Plant parts

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Function of the Stem, leaves, flower, & roots

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Root

  • absorb water and minerals from the soil
  • anchor and support the plant

Stem

  • provide support to the plant
  • transports important substances throughout the plant!

Leaf

  • make food! - photosynthesis
  • gaseous exchange
  • transpiration

Flower comes first → turns into a fruit

  • reproduction
  • fruit: store food

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Root

  • absorb water and minerals from the soil
  • anchor and support the plant

Stem

  • provide support to the plant
  • transports important substances throughout the plant!

Leaf

  • make food! - photosynthesis
  • gaseous exchange
  • transpiration

Flower comes first → turns into a fruit

  • reproduction
  • fruit: store food

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Root

  • absorb water and minerals from the soil
  • anchor and support the plant
  • in the case of some plants, the roots acts and storage organs, for example potatoes :)

Stem

  • provide support to the plant
  • carries water and minerals from the roots to all parts of the plant (xylem)
  • carries food from the leaves to all parts of the plant (phloem)
  • xylem contains lignin → support

Leaf

  • carry out photosynthesis
  • carry out gaseous exchange (through the stomata)
  • transpiration

Flower comes first → turns into a fruit

  • reproduction (once the flower is fertilised, it turn into a fruit that contains seeds → seeds will grow into a new plant

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Photosynthesis

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How plants make food!

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Photosynthesis song: https://youtu.be/tSHmwIZ9FNw

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Plant transport system

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Food and water carrying tubes!

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Upper sec:

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https://youtu.be/R0wjTdBK77o (how xylems and phloems work, 3min)

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Lower sec:

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https://youtu.be/KIug9Foou3s (celery experiment)

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Experiment!

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DIY carrying tube & walking water

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The great redwood pine tree — over 100m tall !!

SHORT TERM

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DIY water-carrying tube!

https://youtu.be/Vi5Geq3xGS4

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How water travels up xylems!

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What we just saw was…

Capillary action!

https://youtu.be/Z_nHU0_MbiU

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MOCKUP DEVICES

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Debrief

What is your biggest takeaway for today?

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