-Discuss what plants need
-Watch video: "How Plants Grow" learnbrite.org. Discuss how plants make their own food by photosynthesis
- Draw and illustrate the elements needed by plants: Air, Water, Light (photosynthesis), Soil (nutrition)
-Field trip outside to observe plants growing toward the light, plants with plenty of water and some with out, roots in soil...
Assignment
none
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
45
Lesson Comments
Libby was focused and participated in discussion. Her favorite part seemed to be drawing.
Teddy was absent. This was the planned lesson. We will continue with it next week.
- Watch Video- Life Cycle of a Butterfly by Science for Kids
-illustrate and label cycles of a butterflies life- egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, adult butterfly
-Field trip outside to look for native Florida butterfly plants and butterflies
- Watch video "life Cycle of a Butterfly" Science for Kids
-Illustrate and label the cycles: Adult butterfly, egg, caterpillar, Chrysalis
-field trip out side to look for milk weed or other native plants that feed butterflies.
We got to watch a Zebra butterfly getting nectar from a "Firebush" plant.
Assignment
Tell your parents about the Zebra butterfly and native plants that feed butterflies.
Gravity is invisible force that pull everything toward the ground.
Lesson Outline
Experiment:
With flat sheet of paper, paper crumbled into ball, and paper made into a paper airplane.
Compare which falls fastest, slowest...
Discuss why - size, weight, and shape all affect how fast it falls
Chart results on graph
