Primary Grades 1 & 2
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(1-LS1-1 and 1-LS1-2) Exploring Our Urban Forest from SD Children and Nature; Unit of lessons exploring schoolyard trees and interdependence of organisms.
Life Lab; Examining the jobs of three different plant parts – roots, stems, and leaves – helps students to understand that all plants need the same fundamental resources: sun, soil, water, and air.
(2-LS4-1, 2-LS2-2, 2-ETS1-2, and 2-LS2-1) Exploring Our Urban Forest from SD Children and Nature; Unit of lessons on the importance of trees for animal habitats and how animals help trees and plants disperse their seeds.
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From Project Phenomena Resource (SDCOE, UCSD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography) and addressing NGSS (CC Structure and Function and DCI 1-LS1-1), succulents are used to learn about plant parts that help them survive and grow.
Life Lab; Students dig into dirt and discover the secrets of the intricate ecosystem living beneath their feet. After discovering soil’s components, students take the next steps to become stewards of the soil.
Gr. K-3 AIMS Primarily Plants; Students observe and record the growth of seeds.
From Life Lab, From Shoots to Roots Unit. Using all aspects of NGSS or 1-LS1-1, this lesson investigates plant structures.
From Life Lab and Mighty Migrations Unit (Previously from The Growing Classroom) this is an updated version using all aspects of NGSS for 2-LS2-2 investigating how seeds and pollen travel.
Gr. 2-5 The Growing Classroom; (2-LS2-1) Students observe components and compare topsoil and subsoil, then try to make soil.
Gr. 1( NGSS:1-LS1-1) PowerPoint for Classroom introducing lessons in the garden.