S+4.2.2+Lesson+1

= LESSON PLAN = created by: BetteJo McLelland, Tambee McKell

__Core Objective/Standard__:
Standard 4 LIfe Science Objective 2.2, Identify how natural earth materials, eg. food, water, air, light, and space, help to sustain plant and animal life.

__Student learning objective__:
Students will be able to identify the natural needs of plants, then observe and record what happens to plants when they are missing one of the needs.

__Materials needed__:

 * Book about plants
 * five, small, identical plants
 * water and watering can
 * gallon size ziplock bag
 * box or closet
 * science journal or record keeping device for students

__Teacher (To) directions/actions/instructions__:
Begin by reading a book about plants and how they grow. Discuss what we learned form the book about what a plant needs to grow. List the different needs on the board or chart paper. Introduce them to the plant we will have in class for the next few weeks. (Five different plants) Explain that we are going to verify if the list of needs is accurate. Then identify a need that each plant will go without and label that plant's container with the missing need. no air- place the plant in the ziplock bag and seal it. no water- dont' water it. no light- place in closet or under a box. no food/place to grow- remove plant from soil and place back in empty container. Have one plant for control that receives all the needed variables. Explain that as a class we will take care of the plants normally minus the needs on the different containers. Set up experiment and come back to it every other day to make observations.
 * Needs to go without

__Teachers/Students (With) actions__:
Every other day have the students in small groups record their observations (in words or pictures) of the changes in the plants. The small groups observe the same plant over the designated period. Students can report on the changes in their plant once a week. This can be completed over a two week period.

__Students (By) actions/activities and Assessment__:
At the end of the two weeks, students can write up a summary of what they observed. This summary can be verbally shared with the class or gathered to create a class book.