By: Jo-Yvonne Anton

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By Jo-Yvonne Anton
Plants
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• Overview
• 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

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• Introduction
• Think about it
• What kinds of body parts do we have?
• Hands Eyes Mouth
• These are just a few!

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Plants Have Parts Too!
Plants Have Parts Too!
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• 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.

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How do each of these parts help the plant?
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Roots

• 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.

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STEMS

• 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.

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LEAVES

• 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.

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FLOWERS

• 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.

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Fruit

• 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.

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Evaluation 4 3 2 1
Introduction 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.
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CONCLUSTION

• 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?

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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-schro
eder.com/AGeddese.html