Topic: Life cycle of a plant

  • From Seed to Sprout: The Life Cycle of a Plant Activity Pack

    From Seed to Sprout: The Life Cycle of a Plant Activity Pack

    Students will love learning all about plants and the plant life cycle with this hands-on activity pack! In this unit, there are reading passages, comprehension questions, fun activities, vocabulary posters, and a flip book!

    The life cycle of a plant shows the different stages that occur in a plant’s life. All plants start out as a tiny seed.

    This unit includes reading passages about:
    ⭐ Plants get Energy from the Sun
    ⭐ The Balance of Nature
    ⭐ Plant Life Cycle
    ⭐ Photosynthesis

    There are lots of hands-on activities for students to complement this unit including:
    ✔ Comprehension questions
    ✔ Organizers
    ✔ Life Cycle Diagram
    ✔ Plant Fact Flaps -Great for their science notebooks!
    ✔ Flip Booklet
    ✔ Vocabulary Photo Posters
    ✔ Spotlight on Vocabulary

    There are three main activities in this unit:

    Reading:
    Read the passages about plants, plant life cycle, and photosynthesis and answer the questions on the organizers and label the Plant Life Cycle diagram.

    Hands-on Activities:
    Plant Fact Flaps:
    Students read the statements to determine which of the statements are true. Then they cut and paste the facts underneath the flaps inside their notebooks.

    Plants Flip Book:
    Answer the questions on each page of the flip book. Then cut, color, and assemble the booklet. Flipbooks are an excellent center activity for students to show what they know.

    Vocabulary Activities:
    Print out the vocabulary posters in color or black and white. Post them on a bulletin board or around the classroom. Make copies of the Spotlight on Vocabulary. Have students write the definition or to write a sentence using the word.
    There are two different versions included:
    One has an empty box for students to draw their own illustrations related to the word.
    One has an image for them to color and visualize.

  • Fall Activities: Pumpkin Activities for Science Centers

    Fall Activities: Pumpkin Activities for Science Centers

    Pumpkins come in all different shapes, colors, and sizes just perfect for students observation and exploration. In this unit, students will predict, explore, and estimate all about their chosen pumpkin(s).

    By combining a variety of reading, math skills, and scientific observation skills students will learn all about pumpkins. These activities are great for fall centers! Your students will love this fun hands-on activity pack!

    Students will learn all about pumpkins including:

    ✔ Life cycle of a Pumpkin

    ✔ Parts of a Pumpkin

    ✔ Fruit or Vegetable?

    ✔ Homemade Pumpkin Treats

    This unit includes many interactive activities including:

    ✔ Meet Alexander – a young botanist

    ✔ Summarize How to Grow a Gigantic Pumpkin

    ✔ Create a Pumpkin Facts Mini-booklet

    ✔ Math Task Cards

    ✔ Fruit & Veggie Pocket Sort

    ✔ All About Pumpkins—Fact, and Opinion

    ✔ Mystery Flaps

    ✔ Vocabulary Posters

    ✔ Spotlight on Vocabulary

    ✔ Vocabulary Flip Flaps

    ✔ PLUS 6 page Flip Booklet

    There are 3 main activities:

    Vocabulary:

    Introduce the vocabulary words with the real-life photo posters included. You could post these posters around the classroom and have students travel around to define the words in their flip flaps. These posters are excellent for a bulletin board display too.

    Reading:

    Next, have students read the passages and complete the different activities. You could have students work with a partner or in small groups. Putting one article and related activity at each center works well with intermediate students.

    Activities:

    There are lots of activities included in this pack including a 6-page flip book. Have students complete the flip booklet and build it page by page. I usually have them do one page at each center or station. They can use the articles as a reference source to help them complete the pages of the booklet. Lastly, cut, color, and assemble the booklet. Flip up books can be glued or stapled inside their interactive notebooks, file folder, or a 12×18 piece of construction paper folded like a book cover.