Lesson Plan #3
Duration:
One-hour session
Objectives:
Students will create a model of a tree and identify
its four
parts.
Materials:
Parts of trees, construction paper,
glue, crayon, computer with Internet, Model
of Tree Checklist
Procedures:
1. Students take out
parts of trees from yesterday's home learning assignment.
2. If students need
more parts, a walk around the school should be conducted.
*If students do not have access to trees, (weather, location
of school...) students can
visit
The
Wonderful World of Trees. Here, they can click on Formidable Forms and
the
name of various trees, they can then print out the tree
parts to use in their model.
Students can also copy and paste parts of trees, and
insert into word-processing
document. Remember to site the source of the pictures.
3. Instruct students to make
a model of a tree using the parts that they have found.
The tree model should have: roots, a trunk, branches and
leaves.
4. Glue the parts of the tree
to a piece of construction paper.
5. Draw roots.
6. Label the four
parts of trees.
7. Discuss the following questions:
Which parts were easy to
find?
Why do you think
so?
Which part was the hardest to
find?
Why do you think
so?
8. Students can also maintain a computer-generated Tree
Journal; topics in the journal
would include:
Assessment:
Teachers will evaluate
students' labels and answers to the questions using the Model
of Tree
Checklist.
Home Learning:
Locate a recipe with apples, such as apple pie, apple fritters, apple sauce, apple cider... Copy the recipe and bring to class Recipes will be compiled into a Class Apple Cookbook using desktop publishing.
Extension
Activities:
1. Students will vote on the best Apple recipe from their Class apple
Cookbook and make one of the recipes in class. The teacher can ask permission to
use school cafeteria kitchen or parents can assist with cooking by bringing
already prepared recipes to classroom.
2. Students could design a rainforest in
their classroom or media center. The
rainforest
would be labeled with the parts of the rainforest trees, their names, and the
different
layers: floor, understory, canopy and emergent. Examples of some rainforest
trees: llang-llang,
bamboo, walking palm, palms, bamboo, coconut banyan, strangler fig, fig trees
and
mangrove.
