Lesson 1

Meet The Plants

Objectives:

• Students will distinguish between living and non-living.

• Students will distinguish between plants and non-plants.

Time Required:

• One hour session

Vocabulary:

• living- alive; having life; not dead

• non-living- not alive; not having life; dead

Materials:

• carrot with greens

• flowering plant

• earthworm

• pen

• ivy plant

• book

• paper cup

• bug in a jar

• K-W-L worksheet

• Living and Non-Living Chart

Procedures:

• Display all the plants and non-plants on a table.  Have students identify each item.

• Tell students to group together all the things that can grow.  Ask them to tell what makes things grow alike.  (They need food; they need water; they are alive, etc.)

• Call attention to the live animals.  How are they different from the other things that grow?  (They can move from place to place by themselves; they can go in search of food, etc.)  Remove the insect from the group and establish that the remaining things are called plants.   Place all the plants in the classroom in a plant center.

• Begin a K-W-L chart on plants.  Find out what the students know about plants and  what they want to know about plants.

Evaluation:

• Students will create a two-column table using any word processing program identifying some of the characteristics of living and non-living and will give examples of each. (You may also use the two-column table already done)

Extension Activity:

• Students will write three riddles about living and non-living things using any word processing program.  Students will share their riddles in class and the other students can try to solve the riddles.

Home Learning:

• Students will draw pictures of living and non-living things around their homes and neighborhoods.  Share their findings with the whole group; ask the children to explain why each is or is not a living thing.

                          

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