1. Plants
Division 8

3. What do we Know about plants?
Plants give us oxygen
Flowers change their appearance
Plants can be used a food
Plants need certain things to survive
Plants are popular in the world
Plants help animals in a number of ways (shelter, food etc.).
Some plants can be used for medicine
Plants grow just like humans

4. What are our Questions we have about plants?
1) How long does it take for a Venus fly trap to digest a fly?
2) How many plant species are there in the world?
3) How tall can sunflowers get?
4) What kinds of seeds do plants produce that animals eat?
5) How and why do we make clothes from plants?
6) Which kinds of plants are best used for making shelters?

5. Why are Plants important?
They provide us with oxygen
They help feed
They add a sense of beauty to the world
They Provide us with food

7. Links http://www.bgci.org/plantconservationday/whyp lantsimportant/Q

8. Mind Map

9. What do plants need?
Sun
Water
Soil
Air

10. Plants needs

12. Mind Map

14. Plants I Eat

15. To Do: Worksheet: Part of a plant If you finish: Plants I eat
If you finish word search:
Work on word search

16. Word Banks:
Stem
Roots
Leaves
Flower

17. What we learned

18. Plants Lab
How will the seeds change as they are left in the bag in a wet paper towel?
Materials needed:
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19. Hypothesis: The seeds will________________________________
Do nothing
Sprout and begin to grow
Break through the bag
Procedure:
Take a dry seed and break it open and see what it looks like. Draw what you see below:

20. Observation of Seeds in the bag:
Conclusions:
The seeds will

21. Plants life cycle Seed is planted Seed grows foots
Stem grows and roots grow even deeper into the soil
Plant grows leaves
Plants grows flowers
Some plants form fruits at this stage
Fruit and seeds fall to the ground and decompose
New plants can form from the seeds falling to the ground

22. Life Cycle Video 8