Monday, March 7, 2011

Homework note and Plant Vocabulary Definitions!

Dear Parents and Students,

For the past few weeks we have been working on our Autobiographies. Students should have begun to collect items for their autobiographical art books. These items need to come to class so that we can begin work next week (by Tuesday, March 15th). It would be helpful if they could be brought in a large ziplock bag or shoebox. Students will be provided with a book to transform. Some students mentioned wanting to use a craft book… this would also need to be in class by the 15th.

Some ideas:

paper (wrapping, decorative, construction- this will be the background pages for your book)

photos (or copies of photos- things that are okay to tape and glue)

ribbons

certificates

concert/movie tickets

CD covers

magazine cut outs

coins

post cards

airline tickets

wrist bands

photos/pics from the computer/internet that relate to your interests

personal artwork (drawings, poetry, stories)

logos of your favorite things

birthday cards

small toys or little trinkets

fortunes


Vocabulary Definitions

1. vascular tissue - supports a plant and carries water and food throughout the plant

2. cellular respiration - the process by which cells use oxygen for breaking down sugar to release energy

3. xylem- carries water and nutrients from roots to other part of plants

4. fermentation- the process that releases energy from sugar in the absence of oxygen

5. chloroplasts - where food is made, contains chlorophyll

6. stomata - tiny pores on leaves, that allow carbon dioxide and oxygen to go in and out as the plant needs

7. chlorophyll – the green pigment that absorbs the light energy from the sun

8. phloem - carries food from the leaves to other parts of a plant

9. photosynthesis - the process that plants use to make food from sunlight, carbon dioxide, water and releases oxygen into the air

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