Plants
Objective: The students will be introduced to plants.
Materials: PowerPoint
presentation, computer, multimedia projector, Internet access, varies colors of
construction paper, tissue paper, glue, yarn, straws, pipe cleaners, and
crayons.
Introduction: The teacher
will begin by having students recall differences between living and nonliving
things. She will lead the
discussion towards plants if necessary. Activate background knowledge about
plants.
Students will be asked to contribute to a semantic web on board: What do we know about plants? Teacher will introduce PowerPoint presentation and students will view it. Students will discuss some of the things they saw in the presentation. Explain that through the next few weeks, they will be exploring these concepts in depth.
In order to reinforce the concept of plant parts, students will construct a plant. Use these completed art projects to decorate classroom for unit.
Students will then be given directions for craft activity that will be used for evaluation.
1. All groups will be given an assortment of art materials listed above.
2. Students will be instructed as how to construct a plant using these materials. The plant must include all the parts discussed in the presentation and they must be labeled. (For example, flower can be made from tissue, stem from straw or pipe-cleaner, roots from yarn, and leaves from construction paper.)
Web
Activities:
After activity is introduced and begun, small groups of children will go to
available computers to complete
Plant Parts activity.
Assessment: Plant
Parts activity. See answer key.
Home Learning: Draw diagram of a plant and label parts.
Extension
Activity: Read Carlos
and the Squash Plant / Carlos y la planta de calabaza. Have
students do a story
map.
