SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
LESSON PLAN
Karen Tamblyn & Chanpreet Dhillon
LESSON ORGANISATION
Year Level: 2
Time: 60 mins
Students’ Prior Knowledge:
Date: n/a
Parts of a plant, eg leaf, stem, fruit, seed, root
Basic file management and internet navigations
Names of fruit and vegetables
Learning Area: Science
Lesson Topic: What Parts of a Plant Do We Eat?
Based on Curriculum Framework:
Circle Value/s to be taught:
1
2
3
Overarching Learning Outcomes (circle):
4
1
Indicate Value/s aspects: 1.1, 3.4, 3.5
5
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Based on Progress Maps/Outcomes & Standards Framework
Outcome Level Description:
LL2: Understand that needs, features and functions of living things are related and change over time
Aspect: structure and function
Based on Curriculum Guide/Elaborated Curriculum Guide, DET Syllabus or RE Syllabus
Lesson Objectives (i.e. anticipated outcomes of this lesson, in point form)
As a result of this lesson, students will be able to:
Identify the parts of a plant, eg leaf, stem, fruit, seed, root
Sort and categorise fruit and vegetables as leaf, stem, fruit, seed, root
Understand how the structure of a plant is linked to its function, eg roots anchor the plant in soil and give access to water and nutrients
Label a diagram of a flowering plant that is edible
Teacher’s Prior Preparation/Organisation:
Provision for Learner Diversity/Educational Risk:
Bag of fruit & vegetables
Blind-fold
Tomato plant
Flashcards
Check links working on wiki
Check IWB
Art paper
Poster of fruit and vegetables
Word Wall (vocab written on display and defined) to support scientific
terms
Various non-fiction texts on display in classroom and links to life-cycle
learning objects and web-sites on computers for students who are
motivated to extend and enrich their learning
Challenge activities (web-sites with more challenging content and detail),
fun activities
‘click and drag’ activities on computer so that amount of writing/ typing is
limited
support from charts, supplementary materials and visual aides (both on
wiki and around classroom)
LESSON EVALUATION (to be completed AFTER the lesson)
Assessment of Lesson Objective and Suggestions for Improvement:
Teacher self-reflection and self-evaluation:
[OFFICIAL USE ONLY] Comments by classroom teacher, HOPP, supervisor:
2009
LESSON DELIVERY (attach worksheets, examples, marking key, etc, as relevant)
Time
10 mins
5 mins
10mins
10 mins
20 mins
10 mins
Motivation and Introduction:
MYSTERY BAG
Bring a bag of fruit and vegetables and ask children if they would be brave enough to choose an
item and eat it while they are blind-folded.
Ask for volunteers to choose an item (without looking), eat it, describe the taste and identify the food.
Resources/References
Brown paper bag containing various
fruit and vegetables, eg basil, lettuce,
capsicum, apple, strawberry, carrot,
radish, celery, etc
Bring a pot-plant into the classroom eg a tomato plant with fruit on it.
Show the students a flashcard with the name of a part of a plant printed onto it. Ask students to
match the flashcard to the parts of the tomato plant.
blind-fold
Explain that in our lesson we will be identifying what part of a plant we are eating when we eat our
vegetables and fruit and using different parts of a plant to make collage pictures and a salad to eat.
tomato plant in a pot
Lesson Steps (Lesson content, structure, strategies & key questions):
SORT IT OUT
Display a variety of pictures of fruit and vegetables on the Interactive Whiteboard.
Ask children to name the fruit and vegetables.
Show children how to access the ‘edible plants’ chart via the wiki and remind them to use the books
on display (a variety of library books will be on display during the unit) for hints if they get stuck.
poster of parts of a plant that we eat
(RIC publication)
‘sort it out’ document on wiki
Assign children to a partner, ask them to log onto the wiki web-site and go to the ‘Sort It Out’ activity.
Children identify what part of a plant the fruit and vegetables are and drag the pictures into the
correct columns of leaf, root, stem, flower, fruit, seed or nut.
Children the document in their files on the server.
INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY
When sorting activity is completed children can go (at their own pace) to interactive web-sites listed
on wiki and watch animation that explains the function of the various parts of a plant. Follow link on
wiki.
Encourage children to use glossary.
VEGE MAN
http://www.gofor2and5.com.au/vegeman.aspx?c=7&a=311
Click and drag fruit and vegetables to create a face
link to vege man web-site on wiki
LESSON CLOSURE
Bring class together on mat. Use flashcards as a stimulus. Children give examples of edible plants
that are leaves, fruit, stem, root and seeds. Challenge children to explain what the function of the
parts of a plant is.
FOLLOW-UP
Look at painting ‘Summer’ by Giuseppe Arcimboldo which was painted in 1573. Determine what
vegetables are in the painting using activity sheet click and drag arcimboldo.doc.
In Art, draw pictures of fruit and vegetables then cut out the pictures and use them to make a collage
that will look like a face.
AND
Make a salad using every part of a plant (leaf, root, stem, flower, fruit, seeds and nuts).
Write the ingredients for your salad and record what part of the plant you have used.
Poster of ‘Summer’ painting
worksheet
link to Arcimboldo web-site
2009