Lesson+Plan

Lesson Plan # 1
Show a PowerPoint presentation up on a projection screen to the students intitled "How Do Plants Grow?" After the presentation, have the students break off into groups of four and have each group discuss with each other what they learned. The purpose of the lesson is for the student to be able to identify all major parts of the plant and to raise questions about the natural world and investigate it through teams.

Materials needed:
Computer Projection screen PowerPoint presentation Paper and pencil for each group

Lesson Plan # 2:
Have the students plant their own plant on Tuesday. Each student will receive one seed, a 1/2 cup of dirt, and one cup so that they can plant the seed and learn the process of how a plant grows. Have them write a report of what they observed through out the week. This report will be put into a folder that each student will receive, marked "Life Cycle of Plants." This folder will be used to hold all assignments that pertain to this week's Science lesson. The purpose of this lesson is for the student to be able to identify all major parts of the plant.

Materials needed:
Seeds Cups Potting Soil Watering Can Two-pocket folder for each student

Lesson Plan # 3:
Have the computer lab aide set up the computer program BrainPop Jr. to each computer. Need to go into the Science notebook, then the "Plants" tab, and then the "Parts of a Plant" tab. For this one hour block, each student needs to watch the video on the parts of a plant and than do the activities that go along with the video. Specifically, each student needs to do the Picture Maker game, Draw About It, Write About It, and then take a quiz. Each one of these activites will be printed off and put into the individual folder for each student. The purpose of this lesson is for the students to be able to identify all major parts of plants and to use investigation skills.

Materials needed:
Computer Lab BrainPop Jr. software

Lesson Plan # 4:
This lesson is called "Talk About It." For this assignment, student will watch a short YouTube video on the life cycle of plants on a projection screen. After watching the video, each student will receive a worksheet. In this worksheet, students will write about what they saw and hear in the video (can also draw pictures on the worksheet). Worksheet will be added to the folder. The purpose of the lesson is for the students to be able to identify all major parts of plants and keep records.

Materials needed:
Computer Projection Screen YouTube video on the life cycle of plants Worksheet I created in Word

Lesson Plan # 5:
This lesson is a fun lesson to be done at the end of the week. It will wrap up what the students have been learning all week. For this lesson, students will be broke up into groups of three or four. The object of the lesson is for the students to study different types of seeds and discuss what the seeds look like in their groups. Each group will receive a paper plate, a pair of tweezers, and one type of each seed available. Tweezers will be used to get the seeds out of the fruit and to exam the seeds more closely. Students will write down what size, shape, color, etc the seeds are and draw and color a picture of each seed. The paper will then be put into each student's folder. Every student in the group has to have a paper done. The purpose of this lesson is for students to be able to raise questions about the natural world and investigate them in teams through free exploration.

Materials needed:
Fruit (apples, cherries, watermelon, etc) Packets of seeds Tweezers Paper plates Paper, pencil, and crayons

Benchmark Number:
SC.1.L.14.2

Benchmark Description:
Identify the major parts of plants, including stem, roots, leaves, and flowers.

Benchmark Number:
SC.1.N.1.1

Benchmark Description:
Raise questions about the natural world, investigate them in teams through free exploration, and generate appropriate explanations based on those explorations.

Benchmark Number:
SC.1.N.1.3

Benchmark Description:
Keep records as appropriate-such as pictorial and written records-of investigations conducted.

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