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Plants Unit

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Pre-Lesson - Investigation Setup
1. Pretest and Expressing Ideas
- Activity 1.1 - (20min)
- Activity 1.2 - (30min)
2. Foundations: Zooming into Plants
3. Investigating Plants
4. Explaining How Plants Make Food, Move, and Function
5. Explaining How Plants Grow
6. Explaining Other Examples of Plants Growing, Moving, and Functioning
(Optional) Community Connection: Trees Made of Air
- Activity Trees Made of Air (40min)

Plants Unit

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This research is supported in part by grants from the National Science Foundation: CCE: A Learning Progression-based System for Promoting Understanding of Carbon-transforming Processes (DRL-1020187), and Sustaining Responsive and Rigorous Teaching Based on Carbon TIME (DRL-1440988). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.