Module 4: Seeds and Living Things- Science 1A - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will explain the role seeds play in the life of a plant, draw a picture of a plant with its root system and collect seeds. Students will differentiate between living and nonliving things and classify living and nonliving things.

Module Materials:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Material(s)
1	Role of Seeds	lettuce seeds (or similar) egg carton, cardboard potting soil water crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil
2	Living and Nonliving	crayons or colored pencils scissors glue pen or pencil

Module Objectives:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Objective(s)
1	Role of Seeds	Explain the role seeds play in the life of a plant. Draw a picture of a plant with its root system. Collect seeds.
2	Living and Nonliving	Differentiate between living and nonliving things. Classify living and nonliving things.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
seeds plants germinate living nonliving categorize

Module Assignments:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Page #	Assignment Title
1	Role of Seeds	5	The Role of Seeds Assignment
2	Living and Nonliving	5	Living and Nonliving Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

None

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title	Question
Role of Seeds	What is a seed?
Living and Nonliving	What are living and nonliving things?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title	Video	Question
Role of Seeds	From Seed to Plant	What does germinate mean? What are the three things a seed needs to germinate? What part of the plant grows from the seed first?
Living and Nonliving	What’s the Difference?	What do living things need? How do you know if something is living? How do you know if something is nonliving?

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

What is the main idea?
What are three things new you learned?
How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

#	Book	Author	Lexile Level
1	How a Seed Grows	Helene J. Jordan	470L
2	From Seed to Plant	Gail Gibbons	560L
3	Living Things and Nonliving Things: A Compare and Contrast Book	Kevin Kurtz	AD470L
4	I Know It Is Living	Sheila Rivera

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

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