|
Concepts of Plant Growth and Development
Teachers want to keep these ideas in mind throughout the unit to help guide instruction and to emphasize with learners.
Life Cycles of organisms
Plants have life cycles
Characteristics of Organisms
Organisms have basic needs: air, water, light, nutrients, space
Plants have different structures that serve different functions: roots, leaves, stems, flowers
Organisms and Their Environments
Organisms interact with one another in various ways besides providing food (interdependence).
Inquiry Skills
Inquiry skills are those skills students use to make sense of their science investigations. They tell what the students will actually be doing in science. The Inquiry Skills for Plant Growth and Development are:
Observe Quantify
Record Communicate
Collaborate Predict
Measure Infer
Explain Ask Questions
|
