All About Plants
A Classrooms Unleashed Program
for Kindergarten Students
For schools that are interested in a “whole school model” where all grades participate in Classrooms Unleashed, we’ve created a grade-level science lesson just for kindergarten students.
Students learn about the wonder of plants. They conduct hands-on science experiments providing valuable lessons in caring for living things, collecting data, and using the scientific method.
All of our lessons are backward designed from Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core for kindergarten. In addition to the Sierra Nevada Journeys-led lessons, classroom teachers will be provided with 3-4 easy-to-use learning experiences to reinforce concepts and vocabulary.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Classroom Lesson: Scientists Make Observations and Solve the Mystery of What Plants Need to Grow
Students become phytologists (plant scientists) and learn about what plants need to grow and survive. Using their senses, students make observations about the differences that occur with plants that received everything they needed compared to ones that didn’t. The concepts of chlorophyll photosynthesis are introduced. Also, students learn about the anatomy of a plant and each part’s function in the growth process.
OUtdoors at a local Nature Area: SCIENTISTS IN THE FIELD
On a field trip to a nearby nature area, students participate in a scavenger hunt collecting different plant elements and enter the data and drawings into their field journals. They use the information they’ve learned about healthy and unhealthy plants and apply it to what they find in nature.
TEACHER INFORMATION
NEXT GENERATION SCIENCE STANDARDS
1-LS1-1: SEP: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions; DCI: Structure and Function, Information Processing; CC: Structure and Function; Influence of Science, Engineering and Technology on Society and Applications of Science
K-2-ETS1-1: SEP: Developing and Using Models; DCI: Developing Possible Solutions; CC: Structure and Function
COMMON CORE
CCSS ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.A; ELA-LITERACY.L.1.2.D; CCSS-LITERACY.L.1.2.E; CCSS ELA-LITERACY.L.1.4
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