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    This document provides a lesson plan to teach students about transpiration and how plants breathe. The lesson introduces transpiration as the process by which plants release water vapor through stomata in their leaves. Students will conduct two experiments - capturing water from a living leaf using a plastic bag, and observing oxygen bubbles being released from a submerged leaf. They will record their observations and findings in a science journal. The goal is for students to learn about transpiration and its role in the water cycle through hands-on experimentation and close examination using a magnifying glass.

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    This document provides a lesson plan to teach students about transpiration and how plants breathe. The lesson introduces transpiration as the process by which plants release water vapor through stomata in their leaves. Students will conduct two experiments - capturing water from a living leaf using a plastic bag, and observing oxygen bubbles being released from a submerged leaf. They will record their observations and findings in a science journal. The goal is for students to learn about transpiration and its role in the water cycle through hands-on experimentation and close examination using a magnifying glass.

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    This document provides a lesson plan to teach students about transpiration and how plants breathe. The lesson introduces transpiration as the process by which plants release water vapor through stomata in their leaves. Students will conduct two experiments - capturing water from a living leaf using a plastic bag, and observing oxygen bubbles being released from a submerged leaf. They will record their observations and findings in a science journal. The goal is for students to learn about transpiration and its role in the water cycle through hands-on experimentation and close examination using a magnifying glass.

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    This document provides a lesson plan to teach students about transpiration and how plants breathe. The lesson introduces transpiration as the process by which plants release water vapor through stomata in their leaves. Students will conduct two experiments - capturing water from a living leaf using a plastic bag, and observing oxygen bubbles being released from a submerged leaf. They will record their observations and findings in a science journal. The goal is for students to learn about transpiration and its role in the water cycle through hands-on experimentation and close examination using a magnifying glass.

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    HOW DO PLANTS

    BREATHE?

    OBJECTIVES GUIDING QUESTIONS


    LEARN THE BASICS OF 1. HOW DOES WATER MOVE
    TRANSPIRATION AND ITS PART THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENT?
    IN THE WATER CYCLE. 2. HOW DO PLANTS BREATHE?
    LEARN SCIENTIFIC 3. HOW DO SCIENTISTS FIGURE
    OBSERVATION SKILLS. OUT FACTS ABOUT PLANTS?

    MATERIALS CONCEPTS
    1 PLASTIC BAG THE WATER CYCLE IS THE PROCESSES
    RUBBER BAND THAT CIRCULATES WATER THROUGH
    PLASTIC CUP THE EARTH'S OCEANS, ATMOSPHERE
    MAGNIFYING GLASS AND LAND.
    1 SHEET OF CARDSTOCK PLANTS PLAY A PART IN THE WATER
    COPY PAPER CYCLE THROUGH TRANSPIRATION.
    WATER SCIENTIST USE OBSERVATIONS AND
    EXPERIMENTS TO LEARN ABOUT THE
    WORLD AROUND US.
    FACTS

    WATER MOVES AROUND THE EARTH.


    HUMAN BREATHING IS CALLED RESPIRATION. PLANT
    "BREATHING" IS CALLED TRANSPIRATION.
    EVERY DROP OF RAIN OR SNOW THAT FALLS FROM THE SKY
    HAS ALWAYS BEEN HERE AND IS PART OF THE WATER CYCLE.
    TRANSPIRATION COOLS THE PLANT AND THE SURROUNDING
    AREA. A MATURE OAK TREE HAS THE SAME COOLING POWER
    AS FOUR AC UNITS.
    WHILE LEAVES DON'T HAVE MOUTHS TO BREATHE, WHAT
    THEY DO HAVE IS LITTLE HOLES IN THEIR LEAVES CALLED
    STOMA OR STOMATA THAT ALLOW THE WATER TO EXIT THE
    LEAVES.
    PLANTS NEED WATER, BUT THEY ONLY USE A SMALL
    PERCENTAGE OF WHAT THEY TAKE IN. THE REST (90% TO
    95%) IS RELEASED DURING TRANSPIRATION.

    COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL, CONSUMER & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES


    UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AND LOCAL EXTENSION COUNCILS COOPERATING
    UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EXTENSION PROVIDES EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES IN PROGRAMS AND EMPLOYMENT.
    INTEREST APPROACH-ENGAGEMENT
    SOME OPEN ENDED QUESTIONS:
    WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU WENT UNDER
    WATER AND LET YOUR BREATH OUT?
    HOW DO YOU THINK PLANTS BREATHE?
    WHAT ARE LEAVES USED FOR?

    EXPERIMENT 1: CAPTURING WATER FROM A LIVING LEAF


    TAKE A PLASTICE BAG OUT TO A TREE BRANCH.
    PUT THE PLASTIC BAG OVER THE BRANCH MAKING SURE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE LEAF IN THE
    PLASTIC BAG.
    USING A RUBBER BAND, TIE THE PLASTIC BAG TO THE BRANCH AS TIGHTLY AS YOU CAN.
    NOW WAIT A COUPLE OF HOURS AND THEN SEE WHAT HAPPENED.
    RECORD YOUR FINDINGS IN YOUR SCIENCE JOURNAL.
    REMOVE BAG AND RUBBER BAND FROM TREE.
    ***NOTE: THE WATER IN THE BAG WILL SMELL AND WE DO NOT RECOMMEND DRINKING IT.
    VARIATIONS ON THIS EXPERIMENT:
    TRY ONE BRANCH IN THE SUN AND ONE IN THE SHADE. IS THERE A DIFFERENCE?
    TRY ONE DURING THE DAY AND ONE AT NIGHT?
    TRY DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANTS, IS THERE A DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF WATER?

    ACTIVITY: MAKE YOUR SCIENCE JOURNAL


    TAKE A PIECE OF CARDSTOCK AND FOLD IT "HAMBURGER" STYLE OR WIDTH-WISE.
    FOLD SEVERAL PIECES OF COPY PAPER THE SAME WAY.
    PUT THE CARDSTOCK ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE COPY PAPER TO ACT AS A COVER.
    KEEP TRACK OF YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND OUTCOMES BY DRAWING PICTURES OF WHAT YOU SEE
    AND WRITING DOWN DESCRIPTIONS AND MEASUREMENTS.

    EXPERIMENT 2: WATCHING A PLANT BREATHE


    PICK A LEAF OFF OF A PLANT. (LEAF MUST BE FRESH TO WORK)
    PLACE THE LEAF IN A CLEAR CUP AND COVER WITH WATER.
    LEAVE THE LEAF IN THE SUN FOR A WHILE AND THEN OBSERVE. ARE THERE LITTLE TINY BUBBLES
    AROUND THE LEAF? THIS IS THE OXYGEN LEAVING THE STOMATA, THE TINY HOLES IN THE LEAF.
    THIS IS THE SAME THING THAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU BREATHED OUT UNDERWATER.
    RECORD WHAT YOU SEE IN YOUR JOURNAL.

    CLOSELY EXAMINE YOUR LEAF:


    ONE THING ALL SCIENTIST DO IS TO CLOSELY OBSERVE (OR LOOK) AT WHAT THEY ARE STUDYING.
    USING YOUR MAGNIFYING GLASS LOOK CLOSELY AT YOUR LEAF. WHAT DO YOU SEE? ARE THERE
    DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE LEAF AND THE BOTTOM? RECORD YOUR OBSERVATIONS IN
    YOUR JOURNAL.

    LESSON PLAN CREATED BY WENDY FERGUSON, PROGRAM COORDINATOR

    @2021 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES. FOR PERMISSION TO REPRINT, REVISE, OR OTHERWISE USE, CONTACT [email protected].

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