Blended Learning Lesson Plan

Lesson Title:
Plant Anatomy: The Parts of Plants and What They Do

Objectives:
Students will be able to:
Identify the parts of a plant and their purpose.
Illustrate a plant’s anatomy.
Recognize how a plant grows and matures.

State Standards:
Standard 1.L.5: The student will demonstrate an understanding of how the structures of plants
help them survive and grow in their environments.
1.L.5A. Conceptual Understanding: Plants have specific structures that help them
survive, grow, and produce more plants. Plants have predictable characteristics at
different stages of development.

Context:
Before the standard of plants and how they grow is brought up, students study earth’s
natural resources. Students have already learned about water, soil, sun light, and other resources
that plants require in order to grow. They will have prior knowledge that let them know that there
are nutrients in the soil that plants require in order to grow. This will help them to understand
this lesson. They will understand what parts of the plant use what resources and how all of that
helps the plant to grow. Lesson 1 L 5 will prepare the students for the following lesson on plants
and their environments. In lesson 1 L 5B the students will use the knowledge used from the last
lesson to understand how plants interact and adjust to the environment that they live in.
Data:
Students will be grouped into 4’s or 5’s depending on student numbers. Students will be
grouped based on their previous class session’s exit ticket data into 3 homogenous groups based
on their demonstrated level of understanding. In this lesson, student learning data will be
collected through the use of Kahoot and the closure activity.
Materials:
Part of Material Used Link
Lesson
Introduction Smart Board, http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=e1b3f2
Cards with cb-11d5-4ab7-bd64-97da79238f38
Shapes on
them
Teacher iPad (Youtube) https://youtu.be/aj_gSVb_EMY
Directed Paper and
Crayons
Collaborative iPad App https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/drawing-desk-draw-paint-
PBS Video art/id588358613?mt=8
http://pbskids.org/video/sid-science-kid/1568868836
Independent iPad (Website) https://www.turtlediary.com/game/stages-of-plant-life-
Digital Worksheet & cyle.html
writing Utensil http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/quizzes/wordsearch/plant.html
Closure Smart Board Kahoot
iPad (Kahoot) Picture from Collab Portion

Procedures:
Introduction (20 minutes):
I will start the lesson by asking students what their favorite plants are and if they
have ever planted anything before. If they reply yes, I will ask them what they
needed in order to plant the seeds. We will review what we did in the previous
lesson, especially soil, sunlight, and water resources. Then I will use the Plants
SmartBoard Lesson, linked in the materials, to give a base explanation about the
lesson and material that we will be covering that day. After this I will explain
each station to the students and get groups together. I will group students in as the
numbers allow. I will give all of the groups a random shape, this shape will tell
the groups where to start first. The groups that receive a triangle will go to teacher
instruction, groups who receive a circle will do collaborative work, and squares
will work in the independent work station. In addition to telling them where to go,
I will give brief explanations on how to use each of the tools that we will be
using.
Teacher Directed (15 minutes):
In this portion of the lesson we will start by talking about what we already know
about plants. I will ask the students to draw a picture of a flower or a plant. They
will use this picture to label the parts of their plant as they watch the video. After
the students share what they know, we will watch the YouTube video “Plant Parts
for Kids!” by Mr. DeMaio. This video shows the parts of a plant and what they do
for the plant. He does this with the help of his puppet friend and a plant they find
 along the way. I will then ask students about what they learned from the video. I
will also ask them what the parts of the plants do. I will also explain to them what
the plant needs to grow and what parts use what resources.
Collaborative (15 minutes):
In the section the pairs of students will create a step by stem picture instruction
How To on growing plants using the kid mode on the iPad app, Drawing Desk:
Draw & Paint Art. They will do this after watching the PBS Kids video by Sid the
Science Kid. At this station the pairs of students will watch the video together on
their iPads and then create a How To Grow Plants picture tutorial using the
Drawing Desk app. The video will tell them about the steps on how to grow a
been plant, but they will be allowed to choose any plant that they would like.
After they have created the How To, they will save the picture until the end of the
lesson. At the end of the lesson groups will be chosen at random to tell the class,
using their How To they made, how they can all grow plants.
Independent Digital (15 minutes):
During this portion of the lesson students will watch a video and complete plant
word search. This interactive game by TurtleDiary for kids teaches them about the
life cycle of plants. Not only is this a game, but it is also an instructional video.
The students will watch the video and then complete the game. After this they
will complete the Plant Word Search print out on the Science Kid website. These
will give them extra help on how to spell the words that they are learning in the
lesson.
Closure ( 20 minutes):
At the end of the lesson all of the students will play a Kahoot game about what
they have learned that day. The student with the highest score will receive a pack
of been plant seeds. They will use their iPads to play this game. Kahoot will be an
end of the day review game that I can use to gauge which of the students
understood the concept and which ones are still struggling. After this game I will
randomly choose groups to come to the front of the class and explain their How-
To tutorial from the Collaboration portion of the lesson. Here they will explain
what each of their pictures mean and what plant they chose and why.

Rationale:
Plant Smart Board Lesson:
This lesson tool is interactive and also provides the students with a simple
understanding of the lesson that they will further explore throughout the day. It
provides a brief explanation about where are the parts of a plant and what plants
require to grow. A short video about plants and seeds is included. There are
 games where students come up and place the labels in the corresponding part of
the plant. The basketball, like hangman, game at the end is also a useful and
interactive tool that helps students to understand the material. I would make a few
changes to the appearance of the presentation by adding a better background and
better clipart. The tool is able to be reused due to its simplicity and provides the
teacher with feedback on whether or not the students understand the material
being presented to them. This multimedia differentiates instruction for students
who learn best through doing. The large board also provides a more easily
viewable medium for students with poor eyesight to see the lesson material.

“Plant Parts for Kids”:

This YouTube video is a funny video that teaches students about the parts of a
plant. Mr. DeMaio teaches children about the parts of plants with the help of his
puppet friend and a flower that they meet along the way. You can tell that he is a
fellow teacher and knows how to reach young children, make them laugh. The
video is of decent quality but content in the video is helpful for young students.
Because he teaches the parts of the plant and what their purpose is, it perfectly
aligns with lesson goals and standards. Children love to laugh and learning from
another teacher can help to switch up their daily routine. This multimedia helps all
learners because the closed captions on this video can be used for students with
hearing difficulties.

Drawing Desk App:

This app is useful to the students because it allows them to creatively depict their
ideas and thoughts. This app can be reused for multiple lessons and is completely
free on Apple products. They will be using this app to teach their pears about how
to grow plants with out using words. Children are hands on and this tool allows
them to creatively show a process that they were taught how to do. This app has a
kid mode that is extremely easy to use, and only uses drawing tools that young
children are already familiar with. These tools include crayons, paintbrushes,
markers, pencils, and more. It is the perfect mix of options and simplicity; all
while being cost effective. This app could be helpful for students with motor skill
difficulties with holding a pencil.

PBS Kids Video:

This webvideo is by an accredited company and uses a character that the students
will be familiar with, Sid the Science Kid. This video teaches them the growing
cycle of a been plant and how to plant seeds. Because it is from PBS kids the
 video is completely free, but it is still great quality. It also shows the plants being
grown in a classroom just like theirs so the students will be able to connect to the
video. The closed captions could be used on this video for hearing-impaired
students.

TurtleDiary Video/Game:
The Stages of Plant Life Cycle is not only an instructional video but is also an
interactive game. This provides both lecture and hands-on learning styles to be
satisfied. It is low graphic quality but provides the students with good information
about the life cycle of plants. The game is also cost effective because it is free and
can be played using an iPad or computer.

Kahoot Game:
Every teacher has used or heard of Kahoot. It is a great game and quizzing tool
for all grades. I will create a game myself so that I know it has questions that I
want and customize other features of it as well. This game will act as a quiz and
review. It will help me to gauge which students understand the material and which
ones are still having trouble. Due to the competitive nature of the game it
motivates students to get the questions right and hopefully get on the leader board.