Description
Learning Goals
Content
- Learn that most plants come from seeds.
- Observe various types of seeds and collect data.
- Understand that fruits have seeds and vegetables do not.
- Recognize that all seeds go through a life cycle to become an adult plant.
- Conduct an experiment to explore that plants need water and light to live and grow.
Skills
- Fine motor skills
- Observation
- Critical thinking
- Problem solving
- Communication
- Following directions
Content Standards
NGSS
Performance Expectations
- K-LS1-1
Disciplinary Core Ideas
- LS1.C
- LS2.A
- ESS3.A
Crosscutting Concepts
- Patterns
- Cause and Effect
- Scale, Proportion, and Quantity
- Systems and System Models
- Structure and Function
- Stability and Change
Science and Engineering Practices
- Asking Questions and Defining Problems
- Developing and Using Models
- Planning and Carrying Out Investigations
- Analyzing and Interpreting Data
- Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions
- Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information
CCSS – ELA
Reading: Informational Text
- RI.K.3
Reading: Foundational Skills
- RF.K.1
Writing
- W.K.8
Speaking and Listening
- SL.K.1
- SL.K.2
- SL.K.3
- SL.K.6
Language
- L.K.1
- L.K.2
- L.K.4
- L.K.6
CCSS – Math
Counting and Cardinality
- K.CC.B.4
- K.CC.B.5
- K.CC.B.6
Measurement and Data
- K.MD.B.3
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
- K.OA.A.1
Math Practices
- MP.1
- MP.4
- MP.6
