Author: labuser

Scott’s Creek School

Living Plants Unit

Fall 2006

Special points of interest:
Growing Plants
Dissecting Seeds
Using Technology

What’s Next?

Stacie McKinney
3rd Grade Teacher

Volume 1, Issue 1

Inside this issue:

What’s New?	1
Things We Need	1
Pictures	2

For our upcoming unit plan we are going to be learning about living things with our main focus on plants. I will be introducing the unit through a power point slide show. The students will be able to add information to the slide show as we discover facts about plants. At the beginning of this unit we will be working with the beginning of the plant life cycle, seeds. The students will be able to dissect the seeds to discover how the life cycle begins. After we dissect some of the seeds we will begin doing experiments with the lima bean seeds. First, we will sprout the seeds in zip lock bags and then plant them in soil. The seeds will have different living environments. Some will be in sunlight and others will not have direct sunlight. We will be using digital cameras to take daily pictures of the new plants progress. The data the students are collecting from the growing plants will be kept in a spreadsheet on our classroom computers. While conducting these experiments we will be observing and discussing what these plants need to grow, like nutrients, sunlight, and water. Once all the data has been collected we will be making graphs that will connect with what we are studying in math. From this data students will be able to see the impact sunlight has on plant growth.

Things We Need For This Lesson

For this unit plan we will need some items from home. It would be great if the students could bring in paper towels, plastic cups, potting soil, zip lock bags, lima bean seeds, and whole kernel corn. If you want to donate some of these items to our classroom please let me know what you are sending, so that we do not end up with all of the same thing. Please fill out the information on the right and send it with the student.
Student Name:
Item(s):
Thanks so much!

Living Things

Water Lily
From: ww.russelwatergardens.com

Water Lily
From: ww.russelwatergardens.com

Water Lily
From: ww.russelwatergardens.com

Titan Arum
From: http://www.kew.org/plants/titan/index.html

Tree
From:http://www.kew.org/plants/trees/heritage.html

Orchid
From:http://www.kew.org/plants/orchids/index.html

Wildflowers
From: http://www.kew.org/plants/wildflowers/index.html

Images used for educational purpose under the Fair Use provision of U.S. Copyright law.

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