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Discuss plants, observations and measurement. Students choose four plants to draw and measure. Wrap-up: how will your plants change through the year?
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This activity will compare two types of plants in the garden: woody and herbaceous. Students will have to find an example of each, compare, and answer questions on the activity sheet provided. Wrap up: Discuss students’ answers and similarities/differences between two types of plants.
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Discuss deciduous plants and plant structure: twig, bud, bud scale scar, bark and lenticels. Students choose a deciduous plant and complete the drawings and measurements on the worksheet. Wrap-up: share last year’s plant growth and discuss factors that affected the plants’ growth over the last year.
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Discuss different types of poems including stanzas, rhyme, etc. Students can review these poem examples to solidify content or prepare for their own writing efforts.
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Discuss food webs, producers, consumers (primary and secondary), decomposers and examples and evidence of each that we can find outside. Students search for the organisms on the worksheet and describe what they find. Wrap-up: share findings and summarize the food web at work in the natural area.
