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PartsOfTheFlower1
LessonOverview
Objectives
Standards
Materials
4.3.1Describehowdifferencesinphysicalcharacteristicsamong
individualsinapopulationmaybeadvantageousforsurvivaland
reproduction.
4.3.2Observe,compareandrecordthephysicalcharacteristicsof
livingplantsoranimalsfromwidelydifferentenvironments.Describe
howeachplantoranimalisadaptedtoitsenvironment.
Plants
Eboardandprojector
Eboardflowerpicture
Flowerworksheet
HorticulturePark
PartsofaFlower
video
Magnifyingglass
Scalpel
Tweezers
AdaptedfromDr.Eichingers
DaffodilDissection
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Procedures
1. Beginwithavideodescribingallthepartsoftheflower
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a. Afterthevideoisfinished,reviewwhatwasseenonthe
movie.
b. Askstudentsquestionsabouttheflowerpartstomake
suretheyunderstand.
c. Discusswiththestudentshowthedifferenttraitsof
flowersaffecttheirsurvival.
2. UsinganEboard,havestudentspointoutdifferentpartsofa
flower.
a. HaveeachstudentcomeuptotheEboardandexplain
whatthepartis.
b. Thisactivityshouldtakeabout5minutes.
3. Thestudentswillnowgetreadytoheadtotheparktopicka
flowerforaflowerdissectionactivity.
a. Explaintheactivitybeforethestudentsgooutsideand
givespecificinstructions.
i.
Theflowermustbebigenoughtodissect.
ii.
Theflowermusthavepetals.
iii.
Mentorswillcuttheflowerforthestudentafter
theyfindone.
b. Thestudentsmayonlystayinacertainareawherethe
teacherisstillabletoseethem.
4. StudentsandtheirmentorswillrideabusovertoHorticulture
Parktopicktheirflowerfordissection.
a. Thisshouldtakeabout5minutes.
5. Afterthestudentshavepickedouttheirflowertheywillsitwith
theircollegementoratthetable.
a. Thementorswillhavethedissectiontoolstohelptheir
student.
b. Thestudentswillcuttheflowerstraightdownthemiddle
toopentheflowerandseewhatisinside.
c. Havethestudentsidentifyeachoftheflowerpartsthat
werediscussedinclass.Theywillfilloutaflower
worksheetlabelingthepartsoftheflowerastheyare
dissecting.Thiswillbecollectedattheendofclass.
d. Whentheyaredonedissectingtheirflowerhavethe
studentsthrowtheflowerawayandthecollegementors
cleanthedissectingtools.
e. Thisactivityshouldtakeabout30minutes.
6. Returntotheclassroom.
7. Assignassessmentforstudenttocompletebeforetheirnext
meeting.
Assessment
AssessmentwillbedueatthenextCollegeMentorsForKids
meeting.
Studentswillcolorablankflowerpictureandlabelalltheparts
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References
LinktoStandards:
http://www.doe.in.gov/sites/default/files/standards/science/2010Scien
ceGrade04.pdf
LinktoVideo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuKa57OJ_iA
Journal
http://horttech.ashspublications.org/content/8/4/579.short
Eboardflowerpicture:
http://www.mundesleyjuniorschool.com/InternetResources/Science/Y5
/LifeCycles/partsofaflower.shtml
Walton,E.,&Butler,J.(1990).Teachertrainingforhandsonscience.
ThePhiDelta
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(9).738739.
Teachingscienceinanelementaryschoolclassroomoftenleadstotheoveruseofatextbook.
Whenwedevelopedourlessonplan,oneofourmaingoalswastoincorporateahandson
approachtothislesson.Thisarticlehighlightstheimportanceofactivitybasedprogramsin
sciencecoursesbyexplaininghowengagingthestudentsfindtheinformationbeingtaught.It
wasfoundthatstudentsintheseprogramslearnmorethanstudentswhoarein
textbookbasedprograms.Theauthorsdiscussthebenefitsofresearchinganddeveloping
thebestpossibleextensionactivitythatcanthenbeimplementedintothelesson.Thisguided
usinourbrainstormingdiscussionsofpracticalactivitiesforourfourthgradestudents.The
activitythatwecreatedforourscienceactivityhadtopromotecollaboration,motivation,and
applicationofthematerialinourstudents.
Lineberger,S.E.,&Zajicek,J.M.(2000).Schoolgardens:Canahandsonteachingtoolaffect
studentsattitudesandbehaviorsregardingfruitandvegetables?
HortTechnology,
10(3).
593597.
Ourgoalofthislessonwastokeepstudentsasinvolvedasmuchaspossibleinthelesson
andavidlylearning.However,wedidntrealizethattherewereotherbenefitsofourlesson
plan.Wechosetoteachaboutplantstructureandwheretheycanfindthepartsofplantson
theplantitself.Thislessonalsoinadvertentlyteachesstudentsthatplantsarebeneficialto
ourplanet.Thisscholarlyarticleexplainsthebenefitsofstudentsworkingwithplantsandthe
motivationstudentsneedinordertowanttolearn.ThereisaneedforstudentsintheSTEM
fields:science,technology,engineering,andmathematicalstudies.Thisarticlealsodiscusses
theneedforstudentsinthesefields.
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