LESSONPLANTEMPLATE

YourName:MakaylaMacKenzie
TitleofLesson:PlantLifeCycle
Grade:3

STANDARDS
ScienceStandard4:TheLivingEnvironment
3.1bEachplanthasdifferentstructurethatservedifferentfunctionsingrowth,survival,andreproduction.
Seedscontainstoredfoodthataidsingerminationandthegrowthofyoungplants.
EnglishLanguageArts:
Recallinformationfromexperiencesorgatherinformationfromprintanddigitalsources;takebrief
notesonsourcesandsortevidenceintoprovidedcategories.

LESSONSUMMARY/OVERVIEW
Studentswilllearnthepartsofaseedanditspurpose.Theywillbeabletoorganizetheirthoughts,
observe/dissectalimabean,andhavetheopportunitytoreflectintheirsciencejournal.Studentswillbeable
totaketheirexperimentandincorporateitintolanguagearts.
Whatsinaseed?
Whatisthepurposeofaseed?

OBJECTIVES
Studentswillbeableto:
Understandthefirststageoftheplantlifecycle
Identifythethreemainpartsofalimabean
Examineanddissectlimabeans
Reflectontheirobservationsoflimabeans

ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION
StudentswillbeobservationallyassessedastheteacherwalksaroundtheroomtohearthestudentsThink
PairSharetooneotherabouttheirknowledgeonseeds.Anobservationalassessmentwillalsobeusedduring
thediscussionafterdissectingandlabelingtheseeds.Thesciencejournalwillbecollected,aswellastheMy
LimaBeanworksheet.
Studentswillbegivenanexitticketattheendofthelesson.Theexitticketwillhaveapictureofalimabean
andthestudentswillhavetolabelthethreemainpartsofit.

PREREQUISITEKNOWLEDGE
Studentwillneedtounderstandtheideaofalifecycleandbeintroducedtothepurposeofthelesson.

MATERIALS
Sciencenotebook
Pencil
Presoakedlimabeans
Simpletoolstodissect(tweezers,toothpicks,etc)
Microscopes
MyLimaBeanWorksheet
PowerpointforSmartBoard/projector
 VOCABULARY/KEYWORDS
Seedcoat
Embryo
Foodstorage
Seed
Stage
Microscope

TEACHINGPROCEDURES
Studentswillsplitintogroupsoffour.Theywillreceivetheirownworksheet,howevertheywillbeplacesat
tableswherestudentscancollaborate,shareobservations,andsharemicroscopes.
Eachstudentwillgettoobservealimabeanusingamicroscope.Theywillhaveaplatewithtwo/threelima
beanstodissect.
1. Safetyrulesanddirectionsonhowtouseamicroscopeanddissectingtoolswillbemodeledand
discussed.
2. Observethelimabeansfocusingonsize,shape,andtexture.
3. Writeinthesciencejournalwhattheysaw,felt,andhowtheythinkthebeanisgoingtogrow.
4. DissectingmayBegin!
5. CompleteMyLimaBeanWorksheet.
6. Takeafunguessonwhattheythinkeachnameforeachpartofthebeanisandlabelitonyour
picture.
7. Writefollowupreflectionsinyoursciencejournalafterdissectingthelimabean.

RESOURCES
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/unitplans/teachingcontent/seedplant/
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/freelessonplans/allaboutplants.cfm
https://www.education.com/lessonplan/partsofaplant/

WAYSOFTHINKINGCONNECTION
Describingwhataseedis,isjustthebeginningoftalkingaboutthelifecycleofplants.Plantsplaysucha
hugepartinoursystemthatweabsolutelycannotlivewithoutthem.Itiskeythatkidsknowwhatallthat
plantsareabletodo.Thoughlearningabouttheseedsandwhatittakestomakeaplantiskeyintomaking
themmoreeducated.Italsoshowskidshowmuchweshouldvalueplantsandwhattheydoforus.