1. Kinder-Garden
Ready, Set, Grow!

2. Why are plants important to the Earth?
beauty
Clean water
Why are plants important to the Earth?
food
insects
clean air
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medicine
animals
Climate
Why are plants important to you?

3. What do plants need to grow?
Draw and label your findings here.
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experiment.
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4. How do plants grow? Watch me Grow!
Now it is your turn. Plant a seed and watch it grow!
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5. Click here for bulletin board and craft ideas.
The Parts of Plants
flower
leaves
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stem
roots

6. Why are roots important?
Do we eat roots?
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What do roots do?
Experiment with Roots
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Predict: What will happen when you put the end of an onion in water? Try it!
Watch these videos
Read all about it!
Roots by Bodach, Vijaya
to learn more.

7. How do seeds move? How would you move? Why do seeds move?
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Read The Tiny Seed by Eric Carl to see what adventures a seed can have as it moves.

8. What’s inside? See for yourself… Click here for a video!
Open two fruits:
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Parts of a Seed: Video
See for yourself…
Open up fruits to see what is inside!
Click here to label the parts of a seed
Predict:
A Mango has 100s of Seeds?
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Yes No
Soak your own seeds and examine what is inside!

9. Ready, Set, Grow! Time to work in the garden!
What are your favorite foods from the garden?
Graph your results here!
Ready, Set, Grow!
Have you grown anything from a seed before?
Do you know where your favorite foods come from?
Click on the picture to watch a video about gardening!
What kinds of plants do you have growing in your yard?
Time to work in the garden!

10. Unit Summary for Teachers
Students will use 21st century skills to investigate plants, their importance to the Earth, life cycle, parts, and needs.
Students will use the scientific method to predict, set up experiments, collect data, and share results.
Students will use knowledge gained from experiments, literature, informational texts, and video from United Streaming to answer content questions and essential questions from the unit.
Technology is integrated into the unit with interactive lessons, assessments, explorations, and for student sharing of ideas.
Hands-on explorations are part of every essential and content question from the unit as students learn when they do.
Students will work in collaborative groups to explore, collect data, record their observations, and share their findings.
Please continue to add to this unit as you too create lessons and discover questions that are essential to the study of plants!

11. Assessment Why are plants important? What do plants need to grow?
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Why are plants important?
What do plants need to grow?
How do seeds move?
Label the parts of a seed and explain the purpose of each part.
Rubric for Plant Journal

12. Standards AZ State Standards Science in Kindergarten
Strand 1: Inquiry Process
Concept 1: Observe, ask questions, and make observations.
Concept 2: Scientific Testing.
Concept 3: Analysis and Conclusions
Concept 4: Communication
Strand 4: Life Sciences
Concept 1: Characteristics of organisms
Concept 2: Life cycles
Concept 3: Organisms and Environments

13. Resources Books All Videos were taken from Discovery Education at
2011
Valley Permaculture Alliance offers workshops on community gardening
Books
Carl, Eric. The Tiny Seed. Simon & Schuster: New York, New York
Fowler, Alan. From Seed to Plant. Growling Publishing, USA
Stevens, Janet. Tops and Bottoms. Harcourt Books, Florida
Bodach, Vijaya. Roots (Plant Parts Series). Capstone Press; 1st edition