ED 345 Calvin College Lesson Planning Form

Teacher: Julia Lee Date: Subject/ Topic/ Theme: Science- Plants

I. Objectives
What is the main focus of this lesson?
In this lesson, students will learn about which part of the flower makes seeds and helps with reproduction, and how the
characteristics of parent plant are passed down to child plant.
How does this lesson tie in to a unit plan? (If applicable.)
This lesson is introductory lesson for the next lesson. In the next lesson, students will learn about pollination.
What are your objectives for this lesson? (As many as needed.) Indicate connections to applicable national or state standards.
If an objective applies to only certain students write the name(s) of the student(s) to whom it applies.

MI.HE.2.13 Identify characteristics of plants (eg. leaf shape, flower type, color, size) that are passed on from parents to young.

Students will be able to:

- Recall that all living things reproduce
- Tell which part of the plant is involved in the process of reproduction and makes seeds
- Explain that characteristics are passed down from parent plant to child plant

II. Before you start

Prerequisite knowledge and skills. Students should know that all living things reproduce, which means they make more of
themselves. They should know the names of different flower parts and be able to label them.

Assessment
Formative assessment: questioning strategies throughout the lesson. At the end of the lesson
(formative and summative)
students will be working in groups to do an activity to match parent and child plant.

Universal Design for Learning Networks/Domains (see UDL Guidelines)

RECOGNITION
Multiple Means of Representation
Options for Perception
Visual and auditory perception. There are
plenty of pictures in PowerPoints for
students to look at, and they will be
listening to the teacher talking.
STRATEGIC
Multiple Means of Expression (Action)
Options for action/interaction
Students will be sharing their ideas and
answers with their elbow partners and do a
group activity, so they will get to share
and voice their opinions in their groups.
Also, students will get chances to share
their answers with the whole class.
AFFECTIVE
Multiple Means of Engagement
Options for recruiting interest
I have tried to make this lesson interesting
by making a PowerPoint with photos of
families of my mentor teacher and my
family photos. Students get excited when
teachers talk about their own lives, so I
have purposefully included this.

Options for Language/Symbols Options for Expression Options for Sustaining Effort &
Persistence

Options for Comprehension Options for Executive Function Options for Self-Regulation

- ‘Different kinds of seeds’ PowerPoint

- ‘How a seed grows’ book
Materials-what materials (books,
- Computer and projector
handouts, etc) do you need for this
- ‘We look alike’ PowerPoint
lesson and do you have them?
- ‘Offspring resemble their parents’ PowerPoint
- Colored pictures of ‘parent’ plants and ‘child’ plants (‘Parent and Child Plants’)
Do you need to set up your Students will be doing a group activity, so they should be seated in groups of 3-4.
classroom in any special way for
this lesson? If so, describe it.

III. The Plan

Time The description of (script for) the lesson, wherein you describe teacher activities and student
Parts
activities
Motivation
10 (Opening/ - Go through the ‘Different kinds of seeds’ PowerPoint, and ask students to discuss in groups
minutes Introduction/
Engagement) which plant they think these seeds are from.
- Review that each part of a plant has a job, because plants are living things.
- Ask, “What are the five characteristics of living things?” Write them on the board as students
give answers. Point out the ‘they reproduce’ one, and tell students that today and tomorrow we
are going to learn more about how plants reproduce.

Development
Part 1:
10
minutes - Pull up a picture of a flowering plant on projector. Have students predict and discuss in in pairs
which part of the plant would make the seeds. Call a few students to share their answers with
the class.
- Show the ‘How a Seed Grows’ book on projector and read it with students. By reading it
together, students will realize that it is the flower part that makes the seeds. Conclude by
telling students that flowers make seeds so that more young plants can grow.

Part2:
15
minutes - Pull up the ‘We Look Alike’ PowerPoint. Tell students they are photos of my family and ask
them if they see any similarities in how we look. “How do we look similar to each other?”
(hair color, eye color, etc). At the end of the PowerPoint there are more pictures pulled from
the internet that shows how other families look alike.
- Tell students, “Living things pass down their characteristics to their offspring. Plants will do
the same.” Explain that offspring are young born of living things.
- Show the ‘Offspring Resembles Their Parents’ PowerPoint. Discuss the characteristics of
different parts of the plant. Next slide, have students guess whether the seed will grow to look
like 1, 2, or 3.

Part 3:
7
minutes - ‘Parent and Child Plants’ matching activity. Have the pictures printed in color, and have group
leaders come to teacher and collect the sets.
- Show some of the picture cards on projector. Instruct students that this will be a group work in
which they will have to match the adult plant to a young plant.
- As students are working, walk around the classroom and ask why they have matched certain
adult plants with certain young plants. “How do they look similar?” “Why didn’t you match
this with another one?”
 - Bring the class together. “I would like one person from each group to bring one of the parent-
5
minutes child plant match they have made to the projector, and tell the class why they have matched
these two and not with other plants.”
Closure
- Wrap up by telling students, “Tomorrow we will talk about how seeds are made.”
- Also tell students to go home today and talk to their parents about how they look similar to
their family members.

Your reflection on the lesson including ideas for improvement for next time:
I found that students really enjoyed part 2 of this lesson, where they got to look at a glimpse into the teacher’s life and family. I think
it would have also been exciting and engaging for students to have brought their own family pictures to show to the class or share
with their groups and talk about how they look similar to their family members.