Basic Productivity Tools (BPT)

Lesson Idea Name: Plants and Their Parts

Content Area: Science
Grade Level(s): Grade 1
Content Standard Addressed:
S1L1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the basic needs of plants and animals.
a. Develop models to identify the parts of a plantroot, stem, leaf, and flower.
b. Ask questions to compare and contrast the basic needs of plants (air, water, light, and nutrients) and
animals (air, water, food, and shelter).
Technology Standard Addressed:
1. Empowered Learner: Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving and
demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.
1.a. Students articulate personal learning goals, select and manage appropriate technologies to
achieve them, and reflect on their successes and areas of improvement in working toward their goals.
1.b. Students identify and develop online networks within school policy, and customize their learning
environments in ways that support their learning, in collaboration with an educator.
1.c. Students actively seek performance feedback from people, including teachers, and from
functionalities embedded in digital tools to improve their learning process, and they select technology
to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
1.d. Students are able to navigate a variety of technologies and transfer their knowledge and skills to
learn how to use new technologies.

Selected Technology Tool: Microsoft PowerPoint

URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable):

Blooms Taxonomy Level(s):

Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating

Levels of Technology Integration (LoTi Level):

Level 1: Awareness Level 2: Exploration Level 3: Infusion Level 4: Integration
Level 5: Expansion Level 6: Refinement

Lesson idea implementation:

To begin the lesson, I would begin by using the created PowerPoint on the plant parts, showing it to the
students as a review of where the root system, stem, leaf and flower are located on a plant. After reviewing
the PowerPoint, I would then pair the students up and have each pair explore what plants need to survive
(air, water, light, and nutrients) and what part of the plant is associated with that need (the roots collect
water and nutrients for the plant from the soil). I would have each pair pick a part of the plant (roots, stem,
leaves or flower) and have the pairs do their research on their chosen plant part.

Once the students have gathered their information, I would have them create a presentation, using
PowerPoint, MovieMaker, posters, tri-folds or whatever medium they choose to present their research to the
class. As the teacher, I would provide encouraging feedback to the students as they present, adding in
information that they missed and congratulating them for adding something different to their presentation.
The students work will be posted onto the classroom blog, uploading either the electronic presentation or a
picture of posters, so the students parents can see.

Summer 2017_SJB