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Plant Growth Necessities

Grade: 2nd

Subject: Science

Length of Lesson 1 month

Lesson Student will strengthen understanding of sunlight, and water essential

Overview/Rationale for plant growth. Student will work in groups of two.

Curriculum Michigan K-12 Standards Science:

Framework/Standard

“Plan and conduct an investigation to determine if plants need sunlight and

water to grow.” (https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/K-
websiteforstandard12_Science_Performance_Expectations_v5_496901_7.pdf)
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Learning objective
● Student will be able to create a graph using MS-Excel with teachers help,
step-by-step.
● Student will be able to understand the necessity of water and sunlight
for plant growth.
Technology Uses
● MS- Excel
● Project / Presentation Software
● Computers

Materials
● Soil
● Flower Seed
● Plastic Cups
● Water
● Charted Paper
● Pencils

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Procedure
● Teacher will present “Oh Say Can You Seed” by Bonnie Worth (Explains
the process of plant growth and how to take care of a plant)
● Materials for the project will be passed out.
● One student will manage watering the plant in the sunlight, every day at
the same time.
● One student will manage watering the plant without the sunlight, every
day at the same time.
● For a whole month, the students will measure growth of stem after it
appears.
● Each student will then record their measurement on chart, that whole
month.
● After a month passes both students (the student with the flower in the
sunlight and without) will put the information that they collected
together.
● A teacher will demonstrate how each group will put their information in
excel, and how to create the graph.
● At the end, the teacher will pass out a question/answer review sheet to
see the student’s comprehension.

Assessment
● I checked for understanding during the activity by observing their charts,
and seeing if there are any signs of improvement to their plants.
● Each group will be evaluated on their answers written to their questions
given on their paper.

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1 2 3 4 Assessment
Beginning Developing Accomplishment Exemplary

Keeping I missed 9 or I missed at I missed at least All my plant’s

Record more days of least 6 days of 3 days of measurements
charting, charting, charting, are written
without being without being without being down everyday,
excused. excused. excused. using my chart.

Watering I missed 9 or I missed at I missed at least I watered my

more days of least 6 or more 3 days of plant, everyday,
charting days of watering my on time.
without being watering my plant, without
excused. plant, without being excused
being excused.

Understanding I don’t know I had 4 or less I had 2 or less I was able to

what plants questions questions answer all my
need to grow. I wrong on my wrong, and worksheet
don’t worksheet, show I questions
understand and I showed understand in correctly. I also
any questions slight my work of plant know what
given to me. understateme growth. plants need to
nt of plant grow
growth.

Team work There was no Strong Little I was able to

collaboration disagreement disagreement complete my
done between between the between the assignment,
the partners. partners. partners. and questions
with my
partner.

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1 2 3 4 Assessment
Beginning Developing Accomplished Exemplary

Self I no work, my I did a small I did a fair My partner and I

partner did all portion of the amount of did the same
of the work. work, but work, but my amount of work,
didn’t do partner and I always did
enough worked more. my part.

MS-Excel Work I didn’t I understood I understand I understand, and

understand or the work, but and did partial did the work
do the work didn’t do it work correctly correctly using
correctly correctly MS-Excel

MS-Excel I did not have I put in my I put in my I did all my work

Information any information, chart and including putting
measurements but didn’t do information, in my information
, and I didn’t my charting. with a few and creating a
do my errors. chart.
charting.

Total Score /28

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