Plants and Seeds 2nd Edition Complete Program

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Plants and Seeds

Price: 975 USD

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Explore a Plant's Life Cycle with Tunnel Books!

Flourish in the whimsical world of tunnel books with this STEAM-filled exploration of plants and seeds! Through hands-on science and art activities, learners are introduced to the weird and wonderful processes that make up a plant’s life cycle, including photosynthesis, pollination and seed dispersal.

Learners then channel their inner storyteller to create a free-standing, sculptural artwork that visually explains the lifecycle of a plant. Each lesson hones observation and problem-solving skills while building confidence and creativity as students explore the science of plants and construct botanically-inspired works of art.

Grades: 4-6
Students: Up to 30
Contact Hours: 12+

Subject Targets:

Life Science, Art/STEAM, English Language Arts Connections

Reusability and Expansion:

Refill Kit Available.This product offers affordable consumable refill kits. See the materials tab for details.

Settings & Tech Requirements

Recommended Settings:

Summer Camps
Classrooms
Out-of-School Time Programs

Tech Requirements:

None

Curriculum Topics

Activity Highlights:

A hands-on program that focuses on the magic of the life sciences.
STEAM-fueled activities explore the life cycle of a plant, including seed dispersal, pollination and photosynthesis.
Culminating project challenges learners to design and create a one-of-a-kind tunnel book.

Curriculum Topics:

The Life Cycle of a Plant
From Flower to Seed
Plant Power!
Let’s Observe!
Seeds on the Move
Flying and Floating Seeds
With a Little Help from Animal Friends
Foreground & Background, Living & Nonliving
Tunnel Books: Design
Tunnel Books: Draw & Color
Tunnel Books: Cut & Assemble
Artist Statements and Tunnel Book Gallery

Professional Development

Product Orientation:

Half-hour free webinar orientation for purchases of $500+
One-hour free webinar orientation for purchases of $1000+
Additional training available for purchase

Materials

Complete Program Includes:

Plants and Seeds comes with all the supplies needed for 30 students to complete 12 one-hour activities:

Instructor Guide: 1
Printed Student Pages: 30 sets
Printed Student Activity Cards: 6 sets
Printed Posters: 2
Storage Tub: 1
#2 Pencils (12 pack): 3
Assorted Beans (20 oz.): 1
Beach Balls: 2
Cat Grass Seeds: 1000+
Colored Crayons (24 pack): 6
Colored Pencils (12 pack): 6
Cutting Mats: 6
Erasers: 30+
Foam Mounting Squares: 30+
Glue Sticks: 30
Paintbrushes: 30
Paper Towel Roll: 1
Pencil Sharpeners: 6
Permanent Markers: 6
Picture Mats: 25
Precision Cutters: 6
Resealable Plastic Bags: 100
Roll of Masking Tape: 1
Round Containers (50 pack): 1
Scissors (adult size): 1
Scissors (child size): 30
Sheets of Construction Paper: 50
Sheets of Ultimate Art Paper: 100
Sheets of White Card Stock: 250
Sticky Notes (100 count): 2
Washable Markers, Chisel Tip (8 pack): 6
Watercolor Paint: 1
White Crayons (12 pack): 1
White Folded Cards (50 pack): 1
White Index Cards: 200
Access to the Digital Resource Portal

Curriculum Print & Digital Includes:

Instructor Guide: 1
Printed Student Pages: 30 sets
Printed Student Activity Cards: 6 sets
Printed Posters: 2
Access to the Digital Resource Portal

Refill Kit:

Looking to use Plants and Seeds with the next round of botanists? This refill kit will get them back to their roots in no time!

Printed Student Pages: 30 sets
Printed Student Activity Cards: 6 sets
#2 Pencils (12 pack): 3
Assorted Beans (20 oz.): 1
Cat Grass Seeds: 1000+
Colored Crayons (24 pack): 6
Colored Pencils (12 pack): 6
Erasers: 30+
Foam Mounting Squares: 30+
Glue Sticks: 30
Paper Towel Roll: 1
Permanent Markers: 6
Picture Mats: 25
Resealable Plastic Bags: 100
Roll of Masking Tape: 1
Round Containers (50 pack): 1
Sheets of Construction Paper: 50
Sheets of Ultimate Art Paper: 100
Sheets of White Card Stock: 250
Sticky Notes (100 count): 2
Washable Markers, Chisel Tip (8 pack): 6
Watercolor Paint: 1
White Crayons (12 pack): 1
White Folded Cards (50 pack): 1
White Index Cards: 200

Standards & Alignment

Habits of Mind:

16 thinking habits developed by Art Costa and Bena Kallick to empower students to succeed in a 21st-century learning environment.

Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations
Creating, Imagining, and Innovating
Gathering Data Through All Senses
Managing Impulsivity
Persisting
Remaining Open to Continuous Learning
Responding with Wonderment and Awe
Striving for Accuracy
Taking Responsible Risks
Thinking Flexibly
Thinking Interdependently

21st Century Skills:

A set of widely applicable abilities essential for success in the information age.

Collaboration
Communication
Creativity and Innovation
Critical Thinking
Environmental Literacy
Flexibility and Adaptability
Initiative and Self-Direction
Problem Solving
Social Skills

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.6: Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being (e.g., quizzed, whined, stammered) and that are basic to a particular topic (e.g., wildlife, conservation, and endangered when discussing animal preservation).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.4.4/CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.5.4: Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.2: Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.7: Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.1.b: Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions and carry out assigned roles.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.1.c: Pose and respond to specific questions to clarify or follow up on information, and make comments that contribute to the discussion and link to the remarks of others.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.2: Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.3: Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.4: Report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience in an organized manner, using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.4.1/CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.1/CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4/5/6 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.2: Summarize a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.3: Summarize the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.4: Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes; speak clearly at an understandable pace.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.6.2: Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.3: Delineate a speaker's argument and specific claims, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6.4: Present claims and findings, sequencing ideas logically and using pertinent descriptions, facts, and details to accentuate main ideas or themes; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.4.4/CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.4/CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.6.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

National Core Arts Standards:

VA:Cr1.1.4a: Brainstorm multiple approaches to a creative art or design problem.
VA:Cr2.1.4a: Explore and invent art-making techniques and approaches.
VA:Cr2.2.4a: When making works of art, utilize and care for materials, tools, and equipment in a manner that prevents danger to oneself and others.
VA:Re.7.2.4a: Analyze components in visual imagery that convey messages.
VA:Re8.1.4a: Interpret art by referring to contextual information and analyzing relevant subject matter, characteristics of form, and use of media.
VA:Cr1.1.5a: Combine ideas to generate an innovative idea for art-making.
VA:Cr2.1.5a: Experiment and develop skills in multiple art-making techniques and approaches through practice.
VA:Cr2.2.5a: Demonstrate quality craftsmanship through care for and use of materials, tools, and equipment.
VA:Cr3.1.5a: Create artist statements using art vocabulary to describe personal choices in artmaking.
VA:Re.7.1.5a: Compare one's own interpretation of a work of art with the interpretation of others.
VA:Cn10.1.5a: Apply formal and conceptual vocabularies of art and design to view surroundings in new ways through artmaking.
VA:Pr5.1.6a: Individually or collaboratively, develop a visual plan for displaying works of art, analyzing exhibit space, the needs of the viewer, and the layout of the exhibit.

Next Generation Science Standards:*

NGSS 4-LS1-1: Structure and Function
NGSS 5-LS1-1: From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Processes
NGSS MS-ETS1-2: Engineering Design
NGSS MS-ETS1-3: Engineering Design
NGSS MS-LS1-4. From Molecules to Organisms: Structures and Functions
NGSS MS-LS1-6: Photosynthesis
NGSS 5-LS2-1. Modeling Cycles of Matter
NGSS MS-LS2-1: Analyzing Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
NGSS 5-LS2-1: Modeling Cycles of Matter
NGSS MS-LS2-2: Explaining Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems
NGSS MS-LS2-4: Population Dynamics in Ecosystems

* Next Generation Science Standards and NGSS is a registered trademark of WestEd. Neither WestEd nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of this product, and do not endorse it.

About the Author

Danica Robrahn

A Wood River Valley native, Danica Robrahn is thankful to be able to live and work in an Idaho community she loves, finishing her third year
as the art teacher at Hemingway STEAM School. Prior to teaching in the school environment, Danica taught for six years in a local contemporary art museum doing educational outreach. Her passion for art and teaching continues to grow every day. It is her hope that students and educators alike will continue to connect through the arts and encourage creative problem-solving and self-expression in the global community. You can follow her art room by checking out current student work via Artsonia, and the art page on the school’s website. You can also see some of her art, as well as some of her past student’s work, on her website.

Lindsey Prociw

Lindsey is a project coordinator at PCS Edventures. With over a decade of experience in informal education, Lindsey has managed summer camp programs, led professional development series for teachers, coordinated K-12 school field trips, organized events for homeschool students and families and developed curriculum in collaboration with school districts and parks departments. A lifelong lover of the outdoors, Lindsey spent her childhood exploring the beaches and mountains of Southern California before going on to earn her BA in Environmental Studies under a canopy of redwood trees at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She spent the next 12 years sharing her love of nature and science at the LA County Natural History Museum, Los Angeles Zoo and the La Brea Tar Pits before moving to Boise, Idaho, with her husband, their beloved golden retriever and two orange cats in 2024.

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