Elementary School – Page 8 – Captain Planet Foundation

Searching for Plant Adaptations in the Garden

Students will learn about and search for plant adaptations in the garden.

Students will research and present different co-adaptations

Students will investigate unseen objects in mystery boxes using the senses of touch, smell, and hearing.

Students will sort items into two categories – living and non-living – based on their attributes, and articulate the attributes they used to sort.

Students will listen to a poem comparing plant parts and growth cycles.

Students will identify similarities and differences among plants as they use all their senses to describe characteristics.

Students will count and classify birds.

Students will explore fungi by making spore prints.

Students will identify the parts and needs of a plant.

Students will diagnose and treat unhealthy plants; look for evidence that plants respond to outside influences; and correctly identify plants’ needs.