Chapter 3:
Potion ingredients
A good wizard or witch needs to know where to find the best ingredients to prepare amazing potions.
I'm your Potions Professor, Severus Snape. To elaborate potions, you will need different ingredients. These can be non-living things or products obtained from living things. The first step to become a good potitioner is to know where you can take the ingredients from. Study and learn about the different ecosystems on Earth and then decide where to find the necessary things to elaborate two potions.
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TASK 1: Take notes in your notebook answering these questions:
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What is an ecosystem?
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What is a species?
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How is the organization in an ecosystem? Draw it.
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Living things in an ecosystem interact. Explain five of those relationships and give examples.
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You'll get 10 XP by completing this task.
TASK 2: Elaborate a mindmap with the different types of ecosystems. Include some characteristics of each ecosystem and examples of the living things you can find there.
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You'll get 10 XP by completing this task.
TASK 3: Create a picture showing the nutrition relationships between living things.
You'll get 5 XP by completing this task.
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TASK 4: Now it is time to elaborate potions. Look at the ingredients required to prepare each potion and think where you can find them and justify your thoughts.
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You'll get 15 XP by completing this task.
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Cough Potion
Potion that soothes and reduces coughs
Ingredients:
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5g Rohodophyta
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12g spine of Xiphias Gladius
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1 leaf of Eucalyptus Globulus
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2 fronds of Matteuccia Struthiopteris
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10 ml fresh running water
Shrinking Solution
Potion that shrinks the drinker
Ingredients:
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3g Hericium Coralloides
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2 stems of Papaver Rhoeas
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1 shell of Chamelea Gallina
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1 antennae of Lytta Magister
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6g Fur of Vulpes Corsac
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3 feathers of Klais Guimeti
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5 ml tears of Mecistops Cataphractus
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EXTRA TASK: Look for information about an endagered species and write down 5 facts you find interesting about it. For example: why is it endangered? or what can we do to protect it?
You'll get 5 extra XP.
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Are you ready to complete Professor Snape task? Have a look at the following resources:​
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