Teacher: Adam Bowering

Date: Thursday, April 7, 2016

Subject/Grade: Science/Grade 3
Time: 1:00 3:00
New Brunswick Grade 3 Science Curriculum Outcomes
Students will be expected to:
100-29 Identify and investigate life needs of plants and describe how plants are
affected by the conditions in which they grow.
100-28 Identify and describe parts of plants and their general function.
102-12 describe ways in which plants are important to living things and the
environment.
200-1 Ask questions that lead to exploration and investigation.
NGSS Science Standards:
Students will be able to:
Develop a simple model that mimics the function of an animal in dispersing seeds or
pollinating plants. 2-LS2-2.
Science and Engineering Practices:
Develop a simple model based on evidence to represent a proposed object or tool. (2LS2-2).
Disciplinary Core Ideas:
Plants depend on animals for pollination or to move their seeds around. (2-LS2-2).
Crosscutting Concepts:
The shape and stability of structures of natural and designed objects are related to
their function(s). (2-LS2-2).
Lesson Objective: For Science: Students will become familiar with the needs of the plant,
and apply that knowledge to discovery science centers. These centers will be used to
illustrate various concepts about plant growth, needs, and plants parts and their function.
Materials:
Teacher Computer
Smart Board
o Lesson: Plant Needs
Room Sound System
Word Work Book
Dictionaries
Color Pencils
Pencils
Science Duo tangs
Loose-leaf paper, photocopy paper
For Science centers:
o Flour
o Icing sugar
o Tulips (for dissection)
o Pots, soil, seeds (various), water.
o Plant books: The Great Pumpkin Plant, From Flower to Flower, Green
and Mean!, Purple Invader.
o Play dough w/ white paper.

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