TPACK Template

Subject Science

Grade Level First

Learning Objective 1.4 The student will investigate and understand that plants
have basic life needs and functional parts and can be classified
according to certain characteristics.
a) plants need nutrients, air, water, light, and a
place to grow;
b) basic parts of plants; and
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c) plants can be classified based on a variety of

characteristics.

Complete the sentence below:

In this interactive white board activity, the children will touch the board to move and
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label parts of a plant to learn about the functional parts of plants.

For example: In this interactive white board activity, the children will touch the board to
move and sort authors by time period and learn about literary genres.

Activity The objective of this Smart Board lesson is to show as well as

teach students the characteristics and fundamentals of plants.
Students will gain information of the basic parts of a plants,
the, materials on how to grow them, and also the necessities
to help plants grow. This Smart Board lesson comes equip with
slides that consist of definitions, explanations, hands
on/movement activities, and lastly a slide of “mini games”. The
teacher will guide students throughout the lesson but,
ultimately give the students the control to complete and
participate. To being the lesson the teacher will first shift to
slide two and have students complete the definitions to have a
quick warm up or basic understanding to complete further
slides. Next students will complete slide three by labeling the
appropriate pieces of a plant. The teacher can simply stop the
lesson here to move onto another section of the lesson plan or
finish progressing through the slide to gain additional and fun
information for each and every student. These slide and
activities can be done in groups or even as a class unit. Have
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students work together to solve and discuss the slides.

Students should participate in these activities by moving and
manipulating each option available. The teacher is to simply
 guide and ask or answer questions as needed. This activity
promotes social interaction and classroom engagement.

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Smart Board Exchange: Plants