By: Lourdes Branch &

Clara Norales
ED. 7204T
Dr. Sharon OConnorPetruso

Table of Contents
Lesson Plans 3
Key Concepts4
Definitions

5
Lesson 2
6-11
Lesson 4
12-17
Lesson 6
18-24
Filamentality Website
References 26

25

Lesson Plans
1. Parts of a Plant and
Their Functions

2. Where Seeds Come

from and How Seeds
Grow

3. How Seeds
Travel

The Life Cycle of Plants

6. Where Do
New Plants
Come From?

5.The Benefits of
Plants in Our
Environment

4. What Plants
Need to Grow
and Survive

Key Concepts
The Life Cycle of Plants

Key Concept 1: Describe

the major stages in the
life cycles of selected
plants and animals.

4.1b Each kind of

plant goes through
its own stages of
growth and
development that
may include seed,
young plant, and
mature plant.

4.1c The length

of time from
beginning of
development to
death of the plant
is called its life
span.

Key Concept 2:
Describe basic
life functions
of common
living
specimens

5.1a All
living
things
grow,
take in
nutrients,
breathe,
reproduc
e, and
eliminate
waste.

5.1b An
organisms
external
physical
features can
enable it to
carry out life
functions in its
particular
environment.

Key Concept 3: Describe

evidence of growth,
repair, and maintenance,
such as nails, hair, and
bone, and the healing of
cuts and bruises.

4.2a Growth is
the process by
which plants
and animals
increase in
size.

4.2b Food
supplies the
energy and
Materials
necessary for
growth and
repair.

Definitions
Plant: Plants are essential for any ecosystem.

They provide all the energy for the ecosystem,

because they can get energy directly from
sunlight. They use a process called
photosynthesis to use energy from the sun to
grow and reproduce. They also must get
nutrients from the soil. Those nutrients get into
the soil when decomposers break down waste
and dead materials. Plants require space to
grow and reproduce.
Life Cycle: a series of stages through which an
organism passes between recurrences of a
primary stage

Lesson 2

Where Seeds Come

from and How
Seeds Grow

 NCTM Math Skills

Standards

Process Standards: Representation

Content Standards: Measurement

NAEP Process Skills

Scientific Inquiry: S4.2 Conduct scientific investigations using appropriate tools

and techniques (e.g., selecting an instrument that measures the desired quantity
length, volume, mass, weight, time interval, temperaturewith the appropriate
level of precision)
Technology: T4.1 Propose or critique solutions to problems, given criteria and
scientific constraints
NAEP Science Content Standard
L4.5: Plants and animals have life cycles. Both plants and animals begin life and

develop into adults, reproduce, and eventually die. The details of this life cycle are
different for different organisms.
ISTE NETs Standards for Literate Students
1. Creativity and Innovation: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct

knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.

Students:Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.

Behavioral Objectives
Students will be able to

identify the parts of a

seed and their functions.
Students will be able to
classify and graph
different kind of seeds.

Manipulatives
Planting seeds

Worksheet #1:
Classifying Seeds

Seeds You
Can Eat

Big
Seeds

Smooth
Texture
Seeds

Rough Texture
Seeds

Pumpkin

Pumpkin

Watermelon

Sunflower

Sunflower

Mustard

Pumpkin

Sesame
Create a Bar
Graph using the dataWatermelon
collected and answer the following questions.
1. Which kind of seeds has the greatest amount? Seeds You Can Eat and Big Seeds both have 3, so they have the
greatest amount.
2. Which kind of seeds has the least amount? Rough Texture Seeds
3. Order the kind of seeds from greatest to least.

Worksheet # 2: Parts of Seeds

worksheet
Lable the following diagram

of a seed:

Answer the questions below.

1. Plant seeds come from

5. The roots of a new plant take in

roots.
stems.
fruits and flowers.
None of the above.
2. Some seeds are buried by
rain.
chipmunks.
squirrels.
All of the above.
3. Seeds planted in the soil need to absorb
oil.
water.
light.
None of the above.
4. The embryo grows by using the stored
food in the
soil.
seed coat.
endosperm.
All of the above.

sunlight.
minerals and water. germination
fruit.
None of the above.
6. The leaves of a plant make
air.
food.
nitrogen.
All of the above.
7. When the plant is an adult, it will
develop
flowers.
seedlings.
rain.
All of the above.
8. The sprouting of a new plant is called
flowering
Seedling
Germination

All of the above

Lesson 4

What Plants Need

to Grow and
Survive

Standards
NCTM Math Skills
Process Standards: Representation
Content Standards: Measurement

NAEP Process Skills

Scientific Inquiry: S4.2 Conduct scientific investigations using appropriate tools and

techniques (e.g., selecting an instrument that measures the desired quantitylength,

volume, mass, weight, time interval, temperaturewith the appropriate level of
precision)
Technology: T4.1 Propose or critique solutions to problems, given criteria and scientific
constraints

NAEP Science Content Standard

L4.5: Plants and animals have life cycles. Both plants and animals begin life and
develop into adults, reproduce, and eventually die. The details of this life cycle are
different for different organisms.
ISTE NETs Standards for Literate Students
1. Creativity and Innovation: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct

knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.

Students: apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.

Behavioral Objectives
Students will be able to

summarize the steps they

follow in order to plant their
seeds.
Students will be able to
describe what their plants
need in order to grow.

Manipulatives
Materials needed to plant seeds

Worksheet # 1: How to
Plant a Seed

Using words from the list below, write a summary describing the steps you followed in

order to successfully plant your

after
afterward
as soon as
before
during
finally

seeds.
first
following
immediately
initially
later
meanwhile

next
not long after
now
on (date)
preceding

As soon as the
teacher
modeled how to
plant a seed,
the

First thing we
did was to
place cotton
balls into our
clear plastic
cup.

Next, we
watered the
cotton inside
the clear plastic
cup.

Immediately,
we placed the
cup in a safe
place, making
sure it would
receive enough

soon
then
third
until
when

second

Then, we
placed four
seeds into the
clear plastic
cup.

Worksheet # 2:
Photosynthesis
light energy

oxygen

carbon
dioxide

glucose

water
energy
dioxide
oxygen

glucose

water

light
carbon

Lesson 6

Where Do New
Plants Come
From?

Standards
NCTM Math Skills
Process Standards: Representation
Content Standards: Measurement

NAEP Process Skills

Scientific Inquiry: S4.2 Conduct scientific investigations using appropriate tools and

techniques (e.g., selecting an instrument that measures the desired quantitylength,

volume, mass, weight, time interval, temperaturewith the appropriate level of
precision)
Technology: T4.1 Propose or critique solutions to problems, given criteria and scientific
constraints

NAEP Science Content Standard

L4.5: Plants and animals have life cycles. Both plants and animals begin life and develop
into adults, reproduce, and eventually die. The details of this life cycle are different for
different organisms.
ISTE NETs Standards for Literate Students
1. Creativity and Innovation: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct

knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students:
apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.

Behavioral Objectives
Students will be able to

identify and describe the

stages in the life cycle of
plants.
Students will be able to access
and locate information on the
life cycle of plants.

Video: Learn About

Plants - Life Cycle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxaELwrTChs

Worksheet # 1:
The Life Cycle of a Plant
Label the parts of
the life cycle
diagram.

Scavenger Hunt!
Use the following websites to complete the scavenger hunt for the

plant life cycle. Use The Great Plant Escape to complete the
majority of the scavenger hunt. Use the fact sheet site on the BBC
site to answer the rest of the questions. Read all questions before
you begin. Have fun.

Website Name

Website Address

BBC Science; Activity Living

Things: Plants

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools
/revisewise/science/living/0
6_act.shtml

The Great Plant Escape

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.ed
u/gpe/index.html

Exploring the Secret Life of

Trees

Address
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.ed
u/trees2/index.html

Scavenger Hunt
Worksheet

Plant Structure
In a complete sentence explain and give an example of
an herbaceous plant? Herbaceous plants are non-woody
plants. They can be perennial, like daylilies, or annual
like marigolds.

In the space below draw and label a diagram

of photosynthesis.

In a complete sentence explain and give an example of a

woody plant? A woody plant is a plant that uses wood as
its structural tissue, woody plants are usually either trees
, shrubs, or lianas.

Plant life cycle

An annual completes its life cycle in one year growing
season. Give one example of an annual Apple. A plant
that needs two growing seasons to complete its life cycle
is a ____Biennial_________.

What are the Parts of Plants?

This is the part of the plant that carries water and food
through the plant. __Stem__
This is the part of the plant that carries and protects the
seed. _Seed Coat____
This is the part of the plant that helps the plant to
reproduce. ____Flower____
This is the part of the plant that helps to produce the
seeds. _Fruit__
This part of the plant takes up nutrients and water from
the ground. __Roots___
What is the definition Photosynthesis? The process by
which green plants and some other organisms use

Draw a diagram of the life cycle of the plant.

What are the four things plants need in order

to grow properly? Plants need water, sunlight,

air (oxygen), soil.

Filamentality Website

http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listlifecyclo.html : Our site explores resources on the life cycle of

plants.
Introduction
A plant's life cycle describes how long a plant lives or how long it takes to grow, flower, and produce
new seeds. Join us and explore the life cycle of plants, and learn the role that each plant part plays as
a plant develops.
The Internet Resources

General Information Living Things: Plants - Helping plants grow is harder

than it looks. See what they need to stay alive.
Trees and Products We Get From Trees - PowerPoint presentation that lets
students know plants give us food, oxygen, clothing, medicine and shelter.
Plants Parts and Function Exploring the Secret Life of Trees - Plants parts
and function video Part of Plants - Parts of Plants Poster
Photosyntesis MY FAVE SONG: THE PHOTOSYNTHESIS SONG Photosynthesis song video. Photosynthesis Poster - Visual
Traveling Seed How Seeds Travel - Power Point Presentation Parts of the
Seed - Plant seeds come from flowers and fruits in many shapes and sizes.
Life Cycle of Plants Learn About Plants - Plants Life Cycle Video

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