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=Authentic Biology (Favourable Plant Conditions) =

Introduction:
==== Plants are important contributors in ecosystems. Plants act as an autotroph meaning that they are able to grow, with the use of carbon dioxide, water and sunlight. All plants are adapted to grow in their own specific conditions. For example, it is quite unlikely that you would find a cactus in a rainforest or an apple tree in a desert. An authentic way to teach students about suitable plant conditions is to expose them to an environment where they can grow plants in different controlled conditions to determine the most suitable conditions for a particular plant. This project can continue over a series of classes and would involve the students to observe the changes in appearance of their plant. ====

Task Overview:
==== This task is designed for students to have 15 minutes in class over two weeks to care for the plant and to observe changes to the plants appearance. During these classes students will learn about the importance of light and water in the growth of plants and also the basics of experiments. Students will put into groups of 4 and each group will be observing appearances of 6 pot plants. Each group is required to keep record of the appearance of the plants (keeping a close eye on changes in appearance) in a journal. Each group will also be provided with a camera to take daily pictures of their plant that would be placed in the journal, and uploaded to the Facebook group. At the end of the two week period students will prepare a PowerPoint presentation discussing their observations and conclusions of this experiment. ====

Authentic Biology PowerPoint Presentation
By Talitha Hewitt, Damien Foo and Pooja Saggar.