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Dig into the world of plant structures and adaptations. An engaging lab, where students will get to practice their observation skills and study the leaves of real native plants found right here on the Sweetwater Marsh Refuge. They might even get to find and meet some plant eaters!
PROGRAM LENGTH:
4 hours, 9:30am-1:30pm (2 Coastal Education Programs back to back- see sample schedule below)
PLEASE PREPARE YOUR STUDENTS
We have chosen one lesson for you to do with your students before you come, titled NEEDS OF A PLANT so they will have the optimal experience when they are here. Please use it to prepare your students. Please teach the second lesson, titled CACTUS EXPERIEMENTS within a week of completing your Coastal Education Program to expand on the material learned during the Budding Botanists Program. There are many more resources for you and your students listed below as well!
PLAN OF THE DAY: (If only one class, just see 9:30am-11:30am Group A)
Your students will be able to participate in the Budding Botanists Lesson, a Docent-led Tour around the Living Coast to see birds, turtles and touch stingrays, complete a scavenger hunt and go for a hike or listen to a Read Aloud. Half of the day you will be with a Teacher or Docent and the other half of the day you will be leading your class through provided activities.
EXAMPLE SCHEDULE - Detailed Schedule link (Actual schedule may vary)
Additional Resources
Below are other optional activities and resources related to the Budding Botanists Program.
Student Information:
Teacher Background:
Informational Article on Sketching Natural Items
Native Plants - Leaf Design Information
Activities and Lessons:
Games, Songs and Crafts:
Standards:
NGSS
1-LS1.A. All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find, and take in food, water and air. Plants also have different parts (roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits) that help them survive and grow.
1-LS1.D. Animals have body parts that capture and convey different kinds of information needed for growth and survival. Animals respond to these inputs with behaviors that help them survive. Plants also respond to some external inputs.
1-LS3.B. Individuals of the same kind of plant or animal are recognizable as similar but can also vary in many ways.
Common Core
ELA-Literacy.
SL.1.1. Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups
SL.1.2. Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media
SL.1.3. Ask and answer questions about what a speaker says in order to gather additional information or clarify something that is not understood.
L.1.6. Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts, including using frequently occurring conjunctions to signal simple relationships
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