By: Lourdes Branch & Clara Norales

ED. 7204TDr. Sharon O’Connor-

Petruso

Table of ContentsLesson Plans 3Key Concepts 4Definitions 5Lesson 2 6-11Lesson 4 12-17Lesson 6 18-24Filamentality Website 25References 26

Lesson Plans1. Parts of a Plant and

Their Functions2. Where Seeds Come from and How Seeds

Grow

3. How Seeds Travel

4. What Plants Need to Grow and Survive

5.The Benefits of Plants in Our Environment

6. Where Do New Plants

Come From?

The Life Cycle of Plants

Key ConceptsThe Life Cycle of Plants

Key Concept 1: Describe the major stages in the life cycles of selected plants and animals.

Key Concept 2: Describe basic life functions of common living specimens

Key Concept 3: Describe evidence of growth, repair, and maintenance, such as nails, hair, and bone, and the healing of cuts and bruises.

4.1b Each kind of plant goes through its own stages of growth and development that may include seed, young plant, and mature plant.

4.1c The length of time from beginning of development to death of the plant is called its life span.

5.1a All living things grow, take in nutrients, breathe, reproduce, and eliminate waste.

5.1b An organism’s external physical features can enable it to carry out life functions in its particular environment.

4.2a Growth is the process by which plants and animals increase in size. 

4.2b Food

supplies the

energy and

Materials

necessary for

growth and

repair.

DefinitionsPlant: Plants are essential for any ecosystem.

They provide all the energy for the ecosystem, because they can get energy directly from sunlight. They use a process called photosynthesis to use energy from the sun to grow and reproduce. They also must get nutrients from the soil. Those nutrients get into the soil when decomposers break down waste and dead materials. Plants require space to grow and reproduce.

Life Cycle: a series of stages through which an organism passes between recurrences of a primary stage

Lesson 2

Where Seeds Come from and How Seeds Grow

Standards NCTM Math Skills

Process Standards: Representation Content Standards: Measurement

NAEP Process Skills Scientific Inquiry: S4.2 Conduct scientific investigations using appropriate tools

and techniques (e.g., selecting an instrument that measures the desired quantity—length, volume, mass, weight, time interval, temperature—with the appropriate level of precision)

Technology: T4.1 Propose or critique solutions to problems, given criteria and scientific constraints

NAEP Science Content Standard L4.5: Plants and animals have life cycles. Both plants and animals begin life and

develop into adults, reproduce, and eventually die. The details of this life cycle are different for different organisms.

ISTE NETs Standards for Literate Students 1. Creativity and Innovation: Students demonstrate creative thinking,

construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students: Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.

Behavioral Objectives Students will be able to identify the parts of a seed and their functions.

Students will be able to classify and graph different kind of seeds.

ManipulativesPlanting seeds

Worksheet #1: Classifying Seeds

Create a Bar Graph using the data collected and answer the following questions. 1. Which kind of seeds has the greatest amount? Seeds You Can Eat and Big Seeds both have 3, so they have

the greatest amount. 2. Which kind of seeds has the least amount? Rough Texture Seeds 3. Order the kind of seeds from greatest to least.

Seeds You Can Eat

Big Seeds

Smooth Texture Seeds

Rough Texture Seeds

Pumpkin Pumpkin Watermelon Sunflower

Sunflower Mustard Pumpkin

Sesame Watermelon

Worksheet # 2: Parts of Seeds worksheet Lable the following diagram

of a seed:

Answer the questions below. 1. Plant seeds come from

roots. stems. fruits and flowers. None of the above.

2.  Some seeds are buried by rain. chipmunks. squirrels. All of the above.

3.  Seeds planted in the soil need to absorb oil. water. light. None of the above.

4.  The embryo grows by using the stored food in the soil. seed coat. endosperm. All of the above.

5.  The roots of a new plant take in sunlight. minerals and water. germination fruit. None of the above.

6.  The leaves of a plant make air. food. nitrogen. All of the above.

7.  When the plant is an adult, it will develop flowers. seedlings. rain. All of the above.

8.  The sprouting of a new plant is called flowering Seedling Germination All of the above

Lesson 4

What Plants Need to Grow and

Survive

Standards NCTM Math Skills

Process Standards: Representation Content Standards: Measurement

NAEP Process Skills Scientific Inquiry: S4.2 Conduct scientific investigations using appropriate tools

and techniques (e.g., selecting an instrument that measures the desired quantity—length, volume, mass, weight, time interval, temperature—with the appropriate level of precision)

Technology: T4.1 Propose or critique solutions to problems, given criteria and scientific constraints

  NAEP Science Content Standard

L4.5: Plants and animals have life cycles. Both plants and animals begin life and develop into adults, reproduce, and eventually die. The details of this life cycle are different for different organisms.

ISTE NETs Standards for Literate Students 1. Creativity and Innovation: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct

knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students: apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.

Behavioral Objectives Students will be able to summarize the steps they follow in order to plant their seeds.

Students will be able to describe what their plants need in order to grow.

ManipulativesMaterials needed to plant seeds

Worksheet # 1: How to Plant a Seed Using words from the list below, write a summary describing the steps you followed in

order to successfully plant your seeds.after first next soon afterward following not long after then as soon as immediately now thirdbefore initially on (date) until during later preceding whenfinally meanwhile second

As soon as the teacher modeled how to plant a seed, the

 First thing we did was to place cotton balls into our clear plastic cup.

Then, we placed four seeds into the clear plastic cup.

Next, we watered the cotton inside the clear plastic cup.

Immediately, we placed the cup in a safe place, making sure it would receive enough sunlight.

Worksheet # 2: Photosynthesis

energylight

carbondioxide water

glucoseoxygen

light energy

water

oxygen

carbon dioxide glucose

Lesson 6

Where Do New Plants Come From?

Standards NCTM Math Skills

Process Standards: Representation Content Standards: Measurement

NAEP Process Skills Scientific Inquiry: S4.2 Conduct scientific investigations using appropriate tools and

techniques (e.g., selecting an instrument that measures the desired quantity—length, volume, mass, weight, time interval, temperature—with the appropriate level of precision)

Technology: T4.1 Propose or critique solutions to problems, given criteria and scientific constraints

  NAEP Science Content Standard

L4.5: Plants and animals have life cycles. Both plants and animals begin life and develop into adults, reproduce, and eventually die. The details of this life cycle are different for different organisms.

ISTE NETs Standards for Literate Students 1. Creativity and Innovation: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct

knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students: apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.

Behavioral ObjectivesStudents will be able to identify and describe the stages in the life cycle of plants.

Students will be able to access and locate information on the life cycle of plants.

Video: Learn About Plants - Life Cycle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxaELwrTChs

Worksheet # 1: The Life Cycle of a Plant

Label the parts of the life cycle diagram.

Scavenger Hunt! Use the following websites to complete the scavenger hunt for the

plant life cycle. Use The Great Plant Escape to complete the majority of the scavenger hunt. Use the fact sheet site on the BBC site to answer the rest of the questions. Read all questions before you begin. Have fun.Website Name Website Address

BBC Science; Activity Living Things: Plants

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/revisewise/science/living/06_act.shtml

The Great Plant Escape http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html Exploring the Secret Life of

TreesAddresshttp://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/trees2/index.html

Scavenger Hunt Worksheet Plant Structure

In a complete sentence explain and give an example of an herbaceous plant? Herbaceous plants are non-woody plants. They can be perennial, like daylilies, or annual like marigolds.

In a complete sentence explain and give an example of a woody plant? A woody plant is a plant that uses wood as its structural tissue, woody plants are usually either trees, shrubs, or lianas.

Plant life cycleAn annual completes its life cycle in one year growing season. Give one example of an annual Apple.  A plant that needs two growing seasons to complete its life cycle is a ____Biennial_________.

What are the Parts of Plants?This is the part of the plant that carries water and food through the plant. __Stem__This is the part of the plant that carries and protects the seed. _Seed Coat____This is the part of the plant that helps the plant to reproduce. ____Flower____This is the part of the plant that helps to produce the seeds. _Fruit__This part of the plant takes up nutrients and water from the ground. __Roots___What is the definition Photosynthesis? The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water

In the space below draw and label a diagram of photosynthesis.

Draw a diagram of the life cycle of the plant.

What are the four things plants need in order to grow properly? Plants need water, sunlight, air (oxygen), soil.

Filamentality Website http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listlifecyclo.html: Our site explores resources on the life cycle

of plants. Introduction

A plant's life cycle describes how long a plant lives or how long it takes to grow, flower, and produce new seeds. Join us and explore the life cycle of plants, and learn the role that each plant part plays as a plant develops.

The Internet Resources

General Information Living Things: Plants - Helping plants grow is harder than it looks. See what they need to stay alive. Trees and Products We Get From Trees - PowerPoint presentation that lets students know plants give us food, oxygen, clothing, medicine and shelter.

Plants Parts and Function Exploring the Secret Life of Trees - Plants parts and function video Part of Plants - Parts of Plants Poster

Photosyntesis MY FAVE SONG: THE PHOTOSYNTHESIS SONG - Photosynthesis song video. Photosynthesis Poster - Visual

Traveling Seed How Seeds Travel - Power Point Presentation Parts of the Seed - Plant seeds come from flowers and fruits in many shapes and sizes.

Life Cycle of Plants Learn About Plants - Plants Life Cycle Video

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