Kinder
A Lesson Plan for Second Grade
Beth Harris
Project Rationale
State of Connecticut science curriculum
performance standards for grades PreK-2:
Students will…
1. “Describe the different structures plants have for obtaining water
and sunlight.”
2. “Describe the life cycles of flowering plants as they grow from
seeds, proceed through maturation and produce new seeds.”
3. “Explore and describe the effects of light and water on seed
germination and plant growth.”
Objectives
Students will…
1. Understand the various uses of plants and how these relate to the
lives of the students
2. More fully synthesize knowledge of English, math and art into the
discipline of science
3. Distinguish plants based on differing structures
4. Make viable predictions for scientific experiments
5. Be able to use a ruler and create bar graphs to represent data
Week 1, Day 2
•Brainstorm
about plants
•Discuss plant
diversity and
uses of plants
•Look at
various types of
fruits and
vegetables, then
dissect to see
structures
Week 1, Day 2
•Discuss plant
needs,
structures, and
life cycles
•Monocots v.
dicots
•Plant seeds
•Make
predictions
Week 2
•Check seed
growth
•Construct a
flower
•Assign
students a plant
to study
Week 3
•Check seed
growth
•Nature walk
to collect
flowers to
dissect
•Student
presentations in
Jigsaw II
groups
Week 4
•Jack and the
Beanstalk
•Measure and
chart seed
growth
•Complete
review
worksheet
Week Two Flower
Construction Activity
•Petals and Sepals
made from paper,
colored by students
•5 straws as stamens
and pistil
•4 packing peanuts at
the end of each
stamen
•1 packing peanut on
center straw as the
stigma
Week 1, Day 1
•Brainstorm
about plants
•Discuss plant
diversity and
uses of plants
•Look at
various types of
fruits and
vegetables, then
dissect to see
structures
Week 1, Day 2
•Discuss plant
needs,
structures, and
life cycles
•Monocots vs.
dicots
•Plant seeds
•Make
predictions
Week 2
•Check seed
growth
•Construct a
flower
•Assign
students a plant
to study
Week 3
•Check seed
growth
•Nature walk
to collect
flowers to
dissect
•Student
presentations in
Jigsaw II
groups
Week 4
•Jack and the
Beanstalk
•Measure and
chart seed
growth
•Complete
review
worksheet
Evaluation
Student learning will be evaluated by the teacher
throughout the unit. However, the main source of
assessment will be the work turned in by the students.
This will include:
• The individual plant projects done by the students
• The pre-lab worksheets and the post-lab bar graphs of
plant growth
• The review worksheets completed by the students
Any Questions?