1. Key Question How does the chestnut tree get nutrients? How does the chestnut tree get nutrients?

2. Objectives Students will experiment to determine how capillary action provides nutrients for chestnut trees. Students will experiment to determine how capillary action provides nutrients for chestnut trees. Students will recognize that cankers prevent the process of capillary action. Students will recognize that cankers prevent the process of capillary action.

3. Warm-Up Complete the Search for Words about Complete the Search for Words about The American Chestnut Disease

4. Capillary Action What is Capillary Action? What is Capillary Action? Find out here  What do you know about water? Take this short quiz.

5. Capillary Action and Trees How does a tree get nutrients? How does a tree get nutrients? Through capillary action! Click below to learn more about capillary action. Click on the words “view tutorial” beside section 9.3.

6. Up, Up and Away You will conduct a experiment to capillary action at work. You will conduct a experiment to capillary action at work. Follow the directions on your lab sheet. Follow the directions on your lab sheet. Tomorrow you will find the results of your experiment. Tomorrow you will find the results of your experiment.

7. The Blight of the Chestnut Learn more about chestnut tree blight by reading Disease of an American Chestnut Tree. Learn more about chestnut tree blight by reading Disease of an American Chestnut Tree.

8. The Spread of the Disease The disease began in 1904 in a Bronx Zoo in New York City. The disease began in 1904 in a Bronx Zoo in New York City. Complete the spread of the chestnut blight map and answer the questions. Complete the spread of the chestnut blight map and answer the questions. How fast did the blight travel? How fast did the blight travel? We will use the speed formula to find the speed and the average speed of the blight. We will use the speed formula to find the speed and the average speed of the blight.

9. Speed of the Blight Before we begin let’s learn more about speed. Before we begin let’s learn more about speed. Click here to see the speed formula and learn more about speed. Click here to see the speed formula and learn more about speed. Click here Click here We will read the first three sections. We will read the first three sections. Let’s Practice finding speed. Let’s Practice finding speed. You may use a calculator. Click Here  Click Here 

10. Speed of the Blight Using the measurements for the spread of the blight, calculate the speed at which the blight spread. Using the measurements for the spread of the blight, calculate the speed at which the blight spread. Answer the questions on the Speed of the Blight worksheet. Answer the questions on the Speed of the Blight worksheet. Use the speed formula: Use the speed formula:

11. Examples of Cankers chestnut tree cankers chestnut tree cankers The capillary action of the tree is stopped by cankers. The capillary action of the tree is stopped by cankers.

12. Conclusions Complete the Complete the American Chestnut Crossword Puzzle Words in puzzle: bur, seedling, tree, margin, blight (2), girth, chestnut, ring, spore