Module 29: Growing Plants- Science 2 - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will learn to explain how a seed grows into a plant, identify and describe the basic needs of all plants, explain how the Sun is necessary for life on Earth, identify different types of plants, and differentiate between basic needs and individual needs.

Module Materials:

  • Pencils
  • Crayons or colored pencils
  • Notebook
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Highlighter
  • Markers
  • Blank paper

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 Seeds All Around
  1. Explain how a seed grows into a plant.
2 How Plants Grow
  1. Identify and describe the basic needs of all plants.
  2. Explain how the Sun is necessary for life on Earth.
3 Types of Plants
  1. Identify different types of plants.
  2. Differentiate between basic needs and individual needs.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
seed
plant growth
life cycle
root
stem
basic needs
survival
nutrients
thrive
individual needs

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title
1 Seeds All Around 6 Create a Plant Assignment
3 Types of Plants 6 Different Plants, Different Needs Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson # Lesson Title Notes
1 Seeds All Around After completing this lesson, ask your student to describe the stages of plant growth.
2 How Plants Grow After completing this lesson, ask your student to draw the parts of a plant and write how each plant part helps the plant meet its needs to survive.
3 Types of Plants After completing this lesson, ask your student to describe the different types of plants they learned about and their needs.

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
Seeds All Around
  1. How do seeds grow into new plants?
How Plants Grow
  1. What do plants need to survive?
Types of Plants
  1. Do different types of plants have different needs?

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

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 From Seed to Plant Gail Gibbons
2 The Seed Who Was Afraid to Be Planted Anthony DeStefano and Erwin Madrid

Module Outing:

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

# Outing
1 If possible, take your student to a local plant nursery so they can look at the different types of plants. Have them read the labels for different plants to assess the needs of each plant.