Lesson Plan

ELL 206
PREPARATION

Name: Dara Belohlavek

Course: Science

Topic (Unit): Environment/Ecology

Lesson: 4th grade

Big Idea Expression: Plant Parts and Processes

Standards:
3.1.2.A5: Explain how different parts of a plant work together to make the organism function.
3.1.3.A1: Describe characteristics of living things that help to identify and classify them.
ELP.4.S.1-3.1.1: Identify and sort parts that make up a system (such as: leaf/roots to tree)

working with a partner

Objectives:

Given information on plants, the children will identify/explain various parts of a plant

and their functions and label each part of a picture of a plant with 80% accuracy.

Given white carnations, the children will be able to make an educated prediction of

what will happen when food coloring is added to the water.

Essential Questions: How does each part of a plant help it to survive?

How are plants useful for animals and people?

Materials/Resources: White carnations, containers, food coloring, plant diagram worksheet,

videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-foZudKIBk, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfTp1ObzNHM)

Vocabulary: Root (goes into ground to receive nutrients)

Stem (offers support and transfers nutrients)

Leaf (comes out of the stem that receives sunlight, photosynthesis)

Flower (produces fruit/seeds)

Photosynthesis (process that uses sunlight to produce food for the plant)

UDL Considerations

Level 1: The student should be able to repeat the parts after the teacher or point to the correct

parts on the worksheet with a partner if necessary.

Level 3: The student should verbally identify/explain the plant parts alongside a partner.

Level 5: The student should verbally explain relationship between plant parts from questions

alongside a partner.

PRESENTATION

Introduction: Upon student entrance the teacher will distribute a white carnation to each child

in order to peek their interest in the next lesson/experiment.

Instructional Strategies: Interactive lecture, experiment, independent practice, video

representation of information, plant parts song

Time
1

Teacher will
Explain that the purpose of giving them a carnation

Students will
Listen respectfully.

was because the lesson pertains to the parts and

functions of a plant and that they will be doing an
experiment with the carnation at the end of the
lesson.
2-15

Show a video from YouTube about plant parts and

Watch video, answer

their functions. Afterwards, the teacher will ask a

questions by raising hands,

few review questions and then ask all students to

and draw and discuss parts of

draw out a flower and practice labeling the parts.

the plant when asked.

Teacher will ask four students to draw out the parts

on the board. Have kids discuss in groups at tables
about how plants might help animals and people.
After a few minutes, the class will discuss as a whole.

16-21

Take out a couple vials of food coloring and ask the

Work in small groups to write

children to predict what happens in small groups,

down what they predict will

based on what they just learned, if they put a few

happen.

drops of food coloring into the container of water

holding the carnation.
22-30

Let children put 2-3 drops of food coloring in their

Follow directions of teacher

container and ask them to write their name on the

by putting 2-3 drops in,

container and place it on a counter in the classroom.

writing their names, and

Explain that they will see if their predictions came

placing it on the counter.

true tomorrow
31-35

Pass out a worksheet and ask them to individually

Label the plant on the

label the parts of the plant with the correct

worksheet independently.

terminology and write each parts function

underneath and then sit quietly when done.

EVALUATION
Student Closure: Pair/Share: the teacher will ask the students to pair up with the person next to

them and share two things they learned from the lesson

Assessment: The students will fill out the plant parts worksheet and hand in to the teacher and
explain to a partner the process of the plants. ELL students may draw arrows on their
worksheet demonstrating the order of plant processes and may discuss with a partner who
speaks the same language if necessary. Teacher will assess knowledge by group work,
worksheets, and listening to conversations being had.

Homework: None