Plants & Soil Unit - Parts of Plants, Plant Life Cycle, Pollination, & More!
Joyful Learning - Megan Joy
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160 pages
Joyful Learning - Megan Joy
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Plants & Soil Unit - Parts of Plants, Plant Life Cycle, Pollination, Seed Dispersal, Adaptations, & More!
Your students will have fun and get their hands dirty with this comprehensive unit on plants and soil!
Throughout the unit, you will find informational reading passages, science inquiries, experiments, posters, booklets, hands-on centers, vocabulary, writing extensions, and projects on soil, compost, plant parts and life cycles, seeds, germination, seed dispersal, pollination and pollinators, plant adaptations by habitat, and more!
The unit is divided into 5 sections. Contents include:
- Glossary Booklets
- Vocabulary Word Cards – 60 Terms
- Section 1 - Soil Investigation
- Local Soil Sample Collection Take Home Letter
- Activating Schema - KWL Chart & Writing Prompt
- Soil Investigation Lab Sheet
- Soil through the Senses Activity
- Clay, Sand, & Humus Reading Passage
- Sand vs. Clay Venn Diagram Activity
- Erosion Experiment 1 - Guide & Lab Organizer
- Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition Reading Passage
- Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition Photo Activity
- Erosion Experiment 2 – Guide & Lab Organizers
- Layers of Soil Poster
- Layers of Soil Labeling Activity
- Edible Dirt (Pudding Cup) Activity
- Section 2 - Compost
- 2 Compost Cycle Posters
- Compost Reading Passage & Writing Extensions
- Make a Compost Pile Activity Guide
- Compost Pile Observation Organizers
- Compost, Recycle, or Waste Sorting Activity
- What to Recycle Poster
- Section 3 - Plant & Flower Anatomy
- Parts of a Plant Posters
- Parts of a Plant Labeling Activities
- Parts of a Flower Poster
- Parts of a Flower Labeling Activities
- Parts of a Plant Informational Booklet
- Parts of a Flowering Plant Diagram Craft
- Flower Dissection Guide & Organizer
- Capillary Action in Plants Reading Passage
- Celery Experiment Guide & Lab Organizers
- Section 4 - Plant Life Cycles
- Sunflower Life Cycle Poster
- Life Cycle of a Plant Informational Book
- Types of Plants Reading Passage
- Angiosperms, Gymnosperms, Ferns, & Mosses
- Parts of a Seed Poster
- Seed Dissection Activity Organizer
- How Seeds Grow Expository Writing Prompt
- Parts of an Orange Labeling Activity
- Seed Dispersal Reading Passage
- Plant Life Cycle Reading Passage
- Sunflower Life Cycle Diagram Activity
- 4 Plant Life Cycle Writing Activities
- Section 5 - Pollination, Seed Dispersal, & Plant Adaptations
- What is Pollination? Reading Passage
- Pollinator Scavenger Hunt
- Save the Bees! Reading Passage
- Plant Adaptations Informational Text (14 pgs.)
- Seed Dispersal Sorting Activity
- Additional Projects & Extensions
- Potato Plant Life Cycle Investigation & Experiment
- Making a Terrarium Project
- Sand Painting Art Projects
- Model Adobe House Art Project
- Soil Painting Activity
- Guided Nature Walk Organizer
Total Pages
160 pages
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