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Sustainability Lesson Clearinghouse
A'Planting We Will Go
Lesson Description:
Students will:
Students will:
- Understand that most plants develop from seeds.
- Learn what plants need to begin and to sustain life.
- Identify the parts of the plant and know how each part benefits the plant.
- Experience excitement and wonder as he watches the seeds grow into plants.
Lesson Type:
- Experiment
Sustainability Topic:
- Gardening
GEF Program Category:
- Green Thumb Challenge
Time Needed:
4 weeks
4 weeks
Standards Addressed:
- English language arts (2004)
- goal 3: the learner will make connections through the use of oral language, written language, and media and technology.
- objective 3.01: elaborate on how information and events connect to life experiences.
- goal 4: the learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
- objective 4.01: select and use new vocabulary and language structures in both speech and writing contexts (e.g., oral retelling using exclamatory phrases to accent an idea or event).
- English language development (2005)
- goal 0: objective 0.01: listen and respond to familiar questions, greetings, and phrases if spoken very slowly and distinctly, using one-word responses, physical actions, and other non-verbal communication.
- objective 0.01: listen and physically respond to familiar simple questions with modeling and prompting.
- objective 0.02: understand and follow one-step and two-step directions and instructions with modeling and prompting when spoken slowly and distinctly.
- objective 0.02: follow one-step, simple directions with modeling and prompting.
- objective 0.03: listen and demonstrate comprehension of oral presentations, stories, and/or familiar texts by responding to simple questions and statements
- objective 0.04: listen to oral presentations, stories, and/or familiar texts told or read to them and respond using physical actions or other means of non-verbal communication with modeling and prompting.
- Science (2005)
- goal 1: the learner will conduct investigations and make observations to build an understanding of the needs of living organisms.
- objective 1.01: investigate the needs of a variety of different plants:
- air.
- water.
- light.
- space.
Materials Needed:
- "The Tiny Seed" by Eric Carle
- Soil
- Gravel
- Seeds
- Two clear plastic cups per student
- Permanent markers
- Response sheet
- Observation log
- Picture box writing paper
- Assorted colors of construction and tissue paper
- Literature about seeds and plants (See supplemental resources)
Submitted By:
Green Education Foundation (GEF) on Behalf of National Environmental Education Week
Green Education Foundation (GEF) on Behalf of National Environmental Education Week
School or Group:
National Environmental Education Week
National Environmental Education Week
Contact Email:
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
Located in: Language Arts
