Lesson Description:
Student will be able to…

• Identify and describe the basic needs of seaweed
• Identify and describe the similarities and differences between green plants and algae as relates to their physical structure, growth, change, and movement
• Collect, organize and record data using a variety of graphic representations
• Write an expository piece about the seaweed investigation that provides facts and details, and describes, analyzes and draws conclusions

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Lesson Type:

• Project

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Sustainability Topic:

• Gardening

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GEF Program Category:

• Green Thumb Challenge

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Standards Addressed:
Science Standard 5: Understand the structure and function of cells and organisms

• Benchmark # 2: Know that living organisms have distinct structures and body systems that serve specific functions in growth, survival and reproduction (e.g., seaweeds’ holdfast, stipes)

Science Standard 6: Understand relationships among organisms and their physical environment

• Benchmark # 3: know that an organism’s patterns of behavior are related to the nature of that organism’s environment (e.g., physical characteristics of the environment)

Science Standard 7: Understands biological evolution and the diversity of life

• Benchmark # 2: Know the different ways in which living things can be grouped (e.g., plants/animals, live on land/line in the water) and purposes of different groupings

Science Standard 12: Understand the nature of scientific inquiry

• Benchmark # 3: Plan and conduct simple investigations
• Benchmark # 4: Use appropriate tools and simple equipment (e.g., thermometers) to gather scientific data and extend the senses

Language Arts Standard 1: Use the general skills and strategies of the writing process

• Benchmark # 7: Write expository compositions (e.g., develop the topic with simple facts, details, examples, and explanations, use structures such as cause-and-effect, chronology, similarities and differences)

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Lesson Documents:
HowtoGrow_RedSeaweed.pdf

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