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Mrs. Kuehl & Ms. Carey
Homeroom 5-4

Lesson 11-
Nutrients help plants

Big Ideas:
  • Nutrients in the soil (or water) are used by plants and other organisms.  
  • Scavengers and decomposers break down organic material into matter plants can absorb.  
Student-led Activity
  • Do your FINAL OBSERVATION of your corn plants.
  • Record information and answer questions in your packet.
  • ​Read the following information from the reference book.
  • Open your Ecosystems GoogleDoc
  • Scroll to the bottom of your document and hit enter twice
  • Type:  "Lesson 11-Nutrients Help Plants"
  • Hit enter twice.
  • Discuss the following questions with your partner and type the answers in your own words.
  1. ​How do scavengers improve soil?
  2. How do fungi and bacteria improve soil?
  3. What do the patterns in your corn plant data lead you to conclude?
  4. What matter was in the potting soil that made it more nutrient-rich than the perlite?
  5. Why should plants grown in decomposed organic material be healthier than those grown in perlite?
  6. Is an earthworm one of the organisms that moves matter?
  7. How do earthworms move matter?
  8. What other organisms help to move matter?
  9. Does matter only move to plants through soil nutrients?  If not, how else does matter move to plants?
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