Students investigate the plant life that grows within their community and then select a specific species to learn about in-depth and consider how that species interacts with the overall ecosystem.
What types of plants are growing around us? Of those, which are most plentiful in different areas? Why might that be?
What Your Students Will Learn
Your students will learn to identify different local plant species and analyze the characteristics that allow some plants to thrive over others.
Common core standards
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2.D
Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.10
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.D
Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.10
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Your students will produce a census of the plant life in their area, create a class histogram, and write an explanation of what happened to the water in the test tube from the Egeria densa demonstration.
What You Will Need
Census collection sheet with pre-selected species for students to tally
Handouts with images of the plants on the census collection sheet
Grades 5–6
4 Sessions; 2 Hours Each
Informational, Narrative, STEM
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