Teacher:
School:
Essential
Question(s)
Grade/Subject:
K/ Science
Week of:
What are basic needs of organisms?
What do plants need to live and grow?
Do all living things need water?
All animals need food in order to live and grow. They obtain their food from plants or from other animals. Plants need water and light to live and
grow. (K-LS1-1)
NGSS
lary
Lesson
Objective
Opening/
Do Now
Description of Each
Instructional Component
I can
Decide if plants
need sunlight to
survive by
completing lab
task and
observations
with 80%
accuracy.
Circle Time
BrainPop
Plant
Adaptations
https://jr.brain
pop.com/scienc
e/plants/planta
daptations/
1.Mini- Lesson (I Do)Teacher introduces “Energy
Source “ and “ Plants and
Sunlight” by use of a Power
point. (Slides 6-13 and 3852)
http://www.trento
n.k12.nj.us/files/_7
PBsW_/98848ff7a9
cf98b93745a49013
852ec4/Unit_3__Plant__Animal_N
eeds__Presentation_Slid
es.pdf
OR
SWBAT
Youtube Video
Use observations
to
describe patterns
of what plants
and animals
(including
humans) need to
survive.
https://www.yo
utube.com/watc
h?v=dUBIQ1fTR
zI
Draw one thing
that plants
need to survive.
OR
Slide 39Prediction
*Besides water
The teacher will read over
slides, thinking aloud,
“What do plants need to
survive? Do plants need
energy from the sun to
survive? Introducing key
words, energy, sunlight,
need.
Formative
Assessments:
Checks for
Understanding
1. PowerPoint
Questions (Slide 911; 41-43 and 5152)
2. How Plants Work
Question Sheet
3. Observations
Differentiation/
Modifications
Closing/
Reflection/
Assessment
Materials/
Resources
Used
Special Education
and or ELL*Pacing(provide
ample time for lab
task)
*Simple Language
*Create Vocabulary
cards with vocab
terms and pictures
*Teacher can create
a large font anchor
chart for plants
needs including
pictures and key
terms
*Anchor chart for
tools used during
lab
*Deliver minilesson in small
groups
*Group students
with partners to
complete lab
*Modify
Lab
Observations:
Plant and
Sunlight LabUse Activity
Recording Sheet
5
http://www.tre
nton.k12.nj.us/f
iles/_7PBru_/c5
58263f756f92fe
3745a49013852
ec4/Unit_3__Plant__Animal
_Needs__Optional_Labs.
pdf
Computer
*After days of
observing which
plant 1.2.or 3 is
surviving the
best?
Seedlings
Youtube
BrainPop
Plants and
Animals Need
Powerpoint
How Plants
Work Reading
Materials
3 plant pots
Soil
2 pieces of
cardboard
Water
*Which plants
draw one more
thing that plants
need to survive
Teacher will read passage
“How Plants Work”
http://www.readworks.org
/passages/how-plantswork
2.We Do- See formative
assessment 1
3.Lab (You Do)
Students will complete a
series of labs designed to
test if plants need sunlight
to survive.
Plant and Sunlight LabTeacher will put 3 plants in
a pot. Students will make a
prediction of what will
happen to each plant based
on the survival situations.
1- water and sunlight
2-water no sunlight
3-sunlight no water
Searching for LightStudents will create a maze
in a shoebox. They will
place the plant in the
shoebox and observe how
it moves and grows in the
direction to reach or
receive sunlight.
assessment
questions from lab.
*Create a semantic
map of plants and
their needs (sunwater, etc)
*Model lab task
*Allow oral
responses to lab
assessment or
drawn responses
Visual- Take
pictures or use
pictures of healthy
plants vs plants that
need
Bodily KinestheticHands-on plant labs
Musical- Listen to
Youtube (plants
needs) Identify the
needs of plants
InterpersonalGroup students
together with a
partner to perform
lab task
encouraging
students to discuss
their observations
through prompted
questions and turn
and talk
discussions.
IntrapersonalAllow student to
perform lab
independently with
are not
surviving?
*What do those
plants need to
survive? Why is
the one plant
surviving?
Searching for
Light
Use activity
Sheet 6
Draw a picture
of the box maze
and how the
plant grew.
*In which
direction did the
plant grow?
*Why did the
plant grow in
that direction?
*What was the
plant trying to
get through the
maze?
Pot with plant
Cardboard
box with lid
moderate
prompting and
discussion. Give
students journal
starts to privately
record observations
from lab.
Linguistic-Have
students perform
labs announcing
what they see or
listening to teacher
model their
observations.
Logical- Prompt
students to journal
results of their labs.
Compare with their
prediction and give
reasoning behind
each result. K0