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Growing Healthy Plants
 
Project Description
 

Plants are important to other living things on earth.  Plants help clean the air we breath, supplying oxygen for all living things. In this project, students will be assigned to one of two groups to observe and explore what is needed to grow a healthy plant.  Students will conduct experiments to understand how a plant gets water, air, and light to grow healthy.
Project Goals
 
Essential Question:

How do plants grow healthy?
 
Specific Questions:

  • What is a plant?

  • What are the parts of a plant?

  • What does a plant need to grow healthy?

  • What have you observed about healthy growing plants?

  • What have you observed about non-healthy plants?
Illinois and CPS Learning Standards and Performance Assessment Plan

 

State Goal #

CAS letter

CFS #

Assessment Tool(s)

11

A

1, 2

 Checklist

 

B

1, 2, 3, 4

Rubric

 

C

1, 2

Plant journal

12

A

1, 2, 3, 4

Checklist

 

B

3

Plant Booklet

13

D

1

Teacher Observation

 

Unit Prerequisites
 

Students will have a general understanding of a plant.   

Students will be encouraged to talk about what makes a plant grow.
Performance Actions

Access:

  • Ask questions about what affects plant growth.

  • Observe plant growth.

  • Taste different plant parts that edible.

 Interpret:

  • List what plants need to grow healthy.

  • Compare and contrast healthy and unhealthy plants.

  • Imagine you are a healthy plant or an unhealthy plant.

 Produce:

  • Design an experiment to show healthy and unhealthy plants.

  • Draw a picture of what you see.

  • Record the finding in your journal.

Communicate:

  • Tell the class what you found about the experiment.

  • Make up a riddle about plant parts.

  • Show your findings using posters, plant journal and booklet.

Evaluate:

  • Check plants daily

  • Critique plant growth

  • Assess groups using rubrics and checklist.

Teacher Resources
 

Botany Quest  www.geocities.com/mgkennedy/   

http://www.angelfire.com/ma/1stGrade/pageplants.html

http://www.libsci.sc.edu/miller/plants.htm

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/case1.html

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/gpe.html

http://pittsford.monroe.edu/jefferson/calfieri/plants/plantsmain.html

The Carrot Seed, by Ruth Kraus

Your First Garden Book, by Marc Brown

Macmillan Early Science Activities - Plants

Field Museum

Nature Museum

Aims Activities - Primary Plants

Teacher Created Materials Plant Activities CD-ROM Ages 5-9

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