1. Today: you will be able to identify the different stages of the plant life cycle.

2. In your Science Journal:
Conifer– a plant that makes seeds inside cones.
Fruit—the part of the plant that contains the seeds.
Life cycle—the series of changes that a living thing goes through during its lifetime.
Seed—the first stage of most plans.

3. Plants have life cycles:
A life cycle is the series of changes that a living thing goes through during its lifetime.
Seeds are the first stage of most plants. They are produced when pollen is moved from one part of the plant to the other.
Read page 28 in book.

4. In your Science Journal: Make a Graphic Organizer
Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant:
Example: a seed is the first stage of most plants.

5. In your Science workbook:
Read pages and answer the questions on page 15.

6. Tuesday: Planting a mystery seed.
Today you will observe and participate in the process of preparing your own plant life cycle.

7. In your Science Journal:
1. OBSERVE: in your science journal, make a chart. Use a hand lens to closely look at your seeds. Draw the seed and record your observations.
Seed Growth
Drawling
Observations
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3

8. Preparing to plant your seed:
Today we will prepare to plant our seed.
We will add dirt to our cups and observe our seeds.
Make a prediction to what kind of seed you are planting and why you think it is that kind of seed.

9. Wednesday: Conifers

10. Review: What does the roots do? What does a stem do?
What do the leaves do on a plant?
Air and sun
What is a conifer?
Define fruit.
What is usually the first stage of a plant?

11. Conifers Read page 30 in your textbook.
Conifers are plants that have cones rather than fruits or flowers.
Conifers use their cones to reproduce. Seeds grow inside the cones.

12. Lets Review: On a piece of paper
What are two things that happen during a plant’s life cycle?
Give me a sentence using the life cycle.
List three details about the life cycle of a conifer
You see a plant that has white blossoms, and small berries, with seeds inside. Is the plant a flowering plant of a conifer?