Transcript STC Plant Growth and Development Lesson 1

STC Plant Growth and
Development
Lesson 1: What Do You Know
About Plants?
Kennewick School District
STC Plant Growth and Development
Lesson 1: What Do You Know About Plants?
Materials list
For each student:
 1 dry lima bean
 Student notebook
 Activity Sheet 1:
Recording Chart for
Seed Observations
For every 2 students:
 Hand lens
For the class:
 Container of water
 30-60 extra bean seeds
Think about it…
What do you already know about plants and what
questions do you have about plants? Make two lists
in your science notebook. Turn a piece of paper
sideways.
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What I Would Like to
Know About
Plants
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What I Know About
Plants
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STC Plant Growth and Development
Lesson 1: What Do You Know About Plants?
What We Know About Plants
STC Plant Growth and Development
Lesson 1: What Do You Know About Plants?
What We Would Like to Know
About Plants
STC Plant Growth and Development
Lesson 1: What Do You Know About Plants?
Using a hand lens…
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Place the hand lens
close to your eye,
where a lens would
be if you were
wearing glasses.
Hold the object in
your other hand and
move it back and
forth until it is in
focus.
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Or, hold the object
still and move the
hand lens back and
forth to focus.
STC Plant Growth and Development
Lesson 1: What Do You Know About Plants?
Look at your bean closely with a
hand lens.
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It is never a good idea to taste
things during science. What can
you learn about the bean using
other senses besides taste?
STC Plant Growth and Development
Lesson 1: What Do You Know About Plants?
Lesson 1
Activity Sheet 1
Recording Chart for Seed Observations
Directions: In the spaces below, write one or two accurate words to
describe the seed you are observing today.
Dry Bean
Soaked Bean
Color
Shape
Texture
Odor
Size
**Draw the size of your bean in the “Size” section
STC Plant Growth and Development
Lesson 1: What Do You Know About Plants?
Return your hand lenses where
they belong.
Put your dry bean seed into the
container of water where they
will soak overnight.
STC Plant Growth and Development
Lesson 1: What Do You Know About Plants?
What do you think will happen to
the seeds after soaking? Why?
Record your predictions on the
back of your recording sheet.
STC Plant Growth and Development
Lesson 1: What Do You Know About Plants?
Our Soaked Bean Predictions
Draw a red "Line of Learning" below your own predicitons. Then add other students'
predictions below the "Line of Learning."
STC Plant Growth and Development
Lesson 1: What Do You Know About Plants?
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