Grade Levels: K-3

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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP Jr. topic Parts of a Plant, and supports the standard of describing structures in plants and their roles in food production, support, water, nutrient transport, and reproduction. Students demonstrate understanding through a variety of projects.

Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

Prompt students to reflect on plants in their community. Ask:

  • What plants do you recognize in your community? 
  • What can you observe about them? How are they similar and different?

Step 2: BUILD KNOWLEDGE

  • Play the Parts of a Plant movie.  
  • Click the pause button each time a question appears in Annie’s Notebook and discuss it as a class. Then play to see how Annie answers it. 

TIP: The pause button turns red to remind you to pause. 

Step 3: APPLY and ASSESS

Students take the Easy Quiz or Hard Quiz, demonstrating what they learned about the topic while applying essential literacy skills.

Step 4: DEEPEN and EXTEND

Students express what they learned about parts of a plant while practicing essential literacy skills with one or more of the following activities. Differentiate by assigning ones that meet individual student or grade-level needs.

  • Draw About It: Draw a plant with all its parts, including roots, stem, and leaves.
  • Activity: Conduct an experiment to find out what roots and stems do.
  • Talk About It: Identify examples of roots, stems, fruit, and seeds that we eat.
  • Write About It: Describe how a plant uses its parts to grow.

More to Explore 

Plants Unit: Continue to build understanding around plant structures and life cycles by exploring more BrainPOP Jr. topics.

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Lesson Plan Common Core State Standards Alignments

Lesson Plan Next Generation Science Standards Alignments