Competency Goal 1: The learner will conduct investigations and build an understanding of plant growth and adaptations. |
Objectives
1.01 Observe and measure how the quantities and qualities of nutrients, light, and water in the environment affect plant growth.
1.02 Observe and describe how environmental conditions determine how well plants survive and grow in a particular environment.
1.03 Investigate and describe how plants pass through distinct stages in their life cycle including.
- Growth.
- Survival.
- Reproduction.
1.04 Explain why the number of seeds a plant produces depends on variables such as light, water, nutrients, and pollination.
1.05 Observe and discuss how bees pollinate flowers.
1.06 Observe, describe and record properties of germinating seeds. |
Glossary
- Adaptation- the process of making adjustments due to the environment over time
- Germinate- begin to sprout or grow
- Nutrients- a material gotten from food to use for energy, growth, and repair
- Pollination- the movement of pollen from a stamen to a pistil
Video
Measurement
http://www.brainpop.com//science/scientificinquriry/measurement/
Plant Growth
http://www.brainpop.com//science/livingsystems/plantgrowth/
Mitosis
http://www.brainpop.com/science/livingsystems/mitosis/
Photosynthesis and respiration
http://www.brainpop.com/science/livingsystems/photosynthesisandrespiration/
Pollination
http://www.brainpop.com/science/livingsystems/pollination/
Cell Specialization
http://www.brainpop.com/science/livingsystems/cellspecialization/
Scientific Method
http://www.brainpop.com//science/thenatureofscience/scientificmethod/
Scientific Problem Solving
http://www.brainpop.com/science/thenatureofscience/scientificproblemsolving/
Taiga
http://www.brainpop.com//science/theearthsystem/taiga/
Oceans
http://www.brainpop.com/science/theearthsystem/oceans/
Tundra
http://www.brainpop.com/science/theearthsystem/tundra/
Mountains
http://www.brainpop.com/science/theearthsystem/mountains/
Tropical Rainforests
http://www.brainpop.com/science/theearthsystem/tropicalrainforests/
Dolly the Sheep
http://www.brainpop.com//science/reproductionandheredity/dollythesheep/
Cloning
http://www.brainpop.com/science/reproductionandheredity/cloning/
Population Growth
http://www.brainpop.com//science/populationsresourcesandenvironment/populationgrowth/
Activities
Lab Form - Blank
Environmental Conditions (1.02, 1.03) - Plants Needs Sheet
Germination and Growth (1.06, 1.03)
Plant Growth (1.01, 1.04) - Plants Needs Sheet
Plant Reproduction (1.03)
Plant Reproduction without Seeds (1.03)
Pollination (1.05)
Make a seed viewer
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case3/c3a.html
Look at those leaves. Students learn to observe, measure, and sort tree leaves.
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?Grade=k-2&BenchmarkID=5&DocID=215
Active Plants -- this activity is about how plants respond to changes in their environment.
http://www.caosclub.org/totalcaos/members/caosho55.html
What are plants made of?
Take a flower apart and have students put it back together while naming each part and its role in plant reproduction
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/gardening_with_children/homegrownprojects_flowers.shtml
Play with your food. Teach children about the source of their food by letting them discover
which foods in the kitchen cupboard can be grown in the garden.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/gardening_with_children/homegrownprojects_food.shtml
Memory Game
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/gardening_with_children/homegrownprojects_memory.shtml
Literature Connections
Plants Do Amazing Things By Hedda Nussbaum
This book is full of fascinating facts about all kinds of plants.
Why Do Plants Have Flowers? By Louise Spilsbury & Richard Spilsbury
Weird and Wacky Plants, Level 3 By Katherine Kenah
This book takes a look at some of the most unusual plants on earth.
How a Plant Grows By Bobbie Kalman
The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds: A Book About How Living Things Grow
By Joanna Cole
Technology Connections
Interactive site where students help a plant grow
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/7_8/plants_grow.shtml
Interactive site where students have plants in the local environment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/plants_animals_env.shtml
Interactive video shows the growth of the plant
http://www.mbgnet.net/bioplants/grow.html
3-D Dinosaur. Explore why dinosaurs became extinct.
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/dinosaur.html
Label the parts of a plant
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=plantlabelmxhtm
Take the flower apart and label each piece (interactive)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/activities/life_cycles.shtml
What are the parts of a plant?
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1m1app.html
Plants and animals in the local environment
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/health_growth.shtml
Plant Glossary
http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/plant/parts1.html#top
I Didn’t Know I Ate That!
http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/plant/foodparts.html
What is a Plant?
http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/biodiversity/plantindex.html
The Great Plant Escape
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/gpe.html
Food Chain
http://pbskids.org/eekoworld/index_flash.html
Test Results
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