The Plant Kingdom – CLIL
Science & Language
Photosynthesis & Classification
Types of Plants
Adapted Course Book p.18
Non-vascular Plants
• Bryophytes: no vascular tissue,
spores, rhizoids
Vascular Plants
• Tracheophytes: vascular tissue,
spores or seeds, fronds/sori
Key Concepts and Scaffolded Understanding:
Concept
Plants are
autotrophs
Photosynthesis
Simplified
Explanation
warming
Support
They make their
Diagram at
own food
slide 5
Plants use sunlight
At slide 3
to make food
and 5
Vascular vs Non- Some have water
transport tubes;
vascular plants
others don’t
Global
Visual Aid /
“Photosynthesis
Process & Marsh
Marigold”
Side-by-side
chart at
Slide 2
National
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and slides
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plus [S’s]
figs
Adapted Course Book p18
What Are Plants?
• Plants are autotrophs
• They have chloroplasts and cell walls
Adapted; National Geographic
How Do Plants Eat?
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Vocabulary & Sentence Starters
English Term
Highlight 5–6 glossary terms
Spanish Translation Definition (English)
Tiny holes in leaves
that take in carbon
dioxide
Root-like structures
in mosses
Stomata
Estomas
Rhizoids
Rizoides
Fronds
Frondas
Large leaves of ferns
Sori
Soros
Clusters on fern
leaves that produce
spores
Spores
Esporas
Tiny cells that grow
into new plants
• visual support
“Because plants
absorb carbon
visual
support
dioxide, they…”
“Plants use
sunlight,
water, and
carbon
dioxide
to…”
help the environment,
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environment, we t…” “To
help the t, we
“Photosynthesis
is the
should…”we should…”
process
where…”
environment,
we
should…”
“To help the
environment,
we should…”
Exit Ticket Quizz
Question
Correct Answer
Explanation
To carry out photosynthesis
Chloroplasts use sunlight to convert
carbon dioxide and water into
glucose and oxygen.
Which of the following is a
non-vascular plant?
Moss
Moss is a non-vascular plant; it has
no vascular tissue to transport
water and nutrients.
What gas do plants absorb during
photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide
Plants take in carbon dioxide from
the air and use it in photosynthesis.
Rhizoids
Rhizoids are root-like structures
that anchor mosses, but they don’t
transport water like true roots.
What is the main function of
chloroplasts in plant cells?
Which structure in mosses helps
anchor them to the ground?
Why is photosynthesis important
for the environment?
It produces oxygen and removes
carbon dioxide
Photosynthesis provides oxygen for
living things and reduces carbon
dioxide, helping combat global
Exit Ticket Quizz
Question
Your Answer
Explanation (after discussion)
________
Chloroplasts use sunlight to convert
carbon dioxide and water into
glucose and oxygen.
Which of the following is a
non-vascular plant?
________
Moss is a non-vascular plant; it has
no vascular tissue to transport
water and nutrients.
What gas do plants absorb during
photosynthesis?
________
Plants take in carbon dioxide from
the air and use it in photosynthesis.
________
Rhizoids are root-like structures
that anchor mosses, but they don’t
transport water like true roots.
What is the main function of
chloroplasts in plant cells?
Which structure in mosses helps
anchor them to the ground?
Why is photosynthesis important
for the environment?
________
Photosynthesis provides oxygen for
living things and reduces carbon
dioxide, helping combat global