Download Science - Kennesaw State University

By: Jo-Yvonne Anton
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This is a science lesson that will help students understand
the five parts of a plant and their functions. Students will
complete computer and classroom activities to gain optimal
understanding.
Students will answer the following questions:
What are the five parts of a plant?
What is the job of each part?
Why does the plant need all five parts?
Why do we need plants?
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Table of Contents:
Overview
Introduction
Task
Charts
Information
Evaluation
Conclusion
Credits
• Introduction
Think about it:
What kinds of body parts do we
have?
Hands
Eyes
Mouth
These are just a few!
Plants
Have
Parts Too!
Your Task
Step 1- The teacher will read and discuss:
The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds : A Book About How Living Things
Grow
Step 2- In groups of 2-4 read slides 6-9 of the
PowerPoint. Use construction paper and colored
pencils to illustrate each part of a plant. Once everyone
Completes their illustrations combine the parts to make
one plant.
Step 3- In groups, I want you to use your imagination
and become plant detectives.
Step 4 – As an assessment, match the parts of the plant
to the picture. This is a second website that also
matches the parts of the plant.
Step 5- Once you have completed the website I want
you to write a journal entry of what you learned today.
Use the writing process to write an expository story.
The Parts of a Plant
Roots
Stems
Fruit
Flower Leaves
Parts of a Plant
Roots
Stems
Leaves
Flower
Fruit
The roots help provide support by
anchoring the plant and absorbing
water and nutrients needed for
growth. They can also store sugars
and carbohydrates the plant uses to
carry out other functions. The roots
are the links between the water and
nutrients needed for plant growth.
Stems carry water and nutrients
taken up by the roots to the leaves, and
then the food produced by the leaves
moves to other parts of the plant. Stems
also provide support for the plant allowing
the leaves to reach the sunlight they need
to produce food.
•Leaves are the food making factories of green
plants. Leaves come in many different shapes
and sizes. Veins carry water and nutrients
within the leaf. Leaves are the site of the food
making process called photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis supplies food for the plant and
oxygen for other forms of life. A green plant
helped make the oxygen you are breathing
today.
* If you click onto photosynthesis it will take
you to “brainpop” members can click onto the
photosynthesis movie.
•Flowers not only look pretty
but, in fact, are important in
making seeds. Flowers have
some basic parts. The female
part is the pistil. The pistil
usually is located in the center
of the flower.
• The fruit is the ripened ovary of a plant
containing the seeds. Every seed is a tiny
plant (Seeds are protected by a coat. This
coat can be thin or thick and hard. Thin
coats don't protect the embryo well. But
thick coats can let the embryo survive
some tough conditions.
Evaluation
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All questions were
answered completely
and rationales for the
answers were clearly
stated.
All questions were
answered completely,
but rationales for the
all the answers were
not clearly stated.
Not all questions were
answered completely,
or greater than 2
rationales for the all
answers were not
clearly stated.
All questions were not
answered completely.
Task
All areas of the task
were addressed and
handled with a high
degree of
sophistication. The
plan followed by the
team demonstrated a
great deal of thought.
At least one area of
the task was not
addressed. The plan
followed by the team
demonstrated a great
deal of thought.
At least two areas of
the task were not
addressed. The plan
followed by the team
demonstrated a
moderate level of
thought.
The task is incomplete
and/or it is apparent
that little effort went
into the development
of the task.
Teamwork
It is evident that a
mutual effort and
cohesive unit created
the final product.
The team worked well
together, but could
have utilized each
other's skills to a
better degree.
The team had
problems working
together. Little
collaboration
occurred.
The final product is
not the result of a
collaborative effort.
The group showed no
evidence of
collaboration.
Originality
The ideas expressed
by the body of work
demonstrate a high
degree of originality.
The ideas expressed by
the body of work are
mostly original.
The group may have
improved upon a previous
idea.
The ideas expressed
by the body of work
demonstrate a low
degree of originality
There were no original
ideas expressed in
this project.
Introduction
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• The students will gain a thorough understanding of the
parts of a plant.
• Extension activities to be assigned:
• Conduct a science experiment to see how the stem
carries water to the plant.
• The experiment:
• Get three cups and fill them with water.
• Choose three different food colors to add to the water.
• Put one white carnation in each cup and let it sit for at
least 24 hours.
What do you think will happen?
Resources:
The Great Plant Escape:
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/case1/c1m1a.html
Video On Photosynthesis:
www.brainpop.com
Plant Parts matching game:
http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/plant.swf
Graphics and Pictures
www.gifsnow.com
http://www.andrea-schroeder.com/AGeddese.html