2.8 The student will investigate and understand that plants produce oxygen and food, are a source of useful products, and provide benefits in nature. Key concepts include a) important products are identified and classified; b) the availability of plant products affects the development of a geographic area; c) plants provide oxygen, homes, and food for many animals; and d) plants can help reduce erosion. Understanding the Standard Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Processes (Background Information for Instructor Use Only) Plants provide many useful products and materials, benefit human In order to meet this standard, it is expected that students will beings as well as other living organisms. understand that plants produce oxygen and food. Plant products include such essentials as oxygen and food, as well as classify and identify the sources and uses of plant products, such as materials useful for clothing and shelter. fiber, cotton, oil, spices, lumber, rubber, medicines, and paper. Plants may grow well in certain geographic areas, thus enabling the describe how the availability of certain plant products in a geographic production of plant products that allow humans to live in and thrive in area would affect the development of that area. those areas. describe products grown in Virginia that are useful to people, Some examples of plants that grow in Virginia’s geographic regions including wood, fruits, and vegetables. List and classify plant products include: (e.g., peanuts, cotton, soybeans, apples, evergreens). Coastal Plains (Tidewater): peanuts, cotton, soybeans; Piedmont: apples, tobacco, cabbage; compare and contrast different ways animals use plants as homes and Blue Ridge Mountains: evergreens, apples, corn; shelters. Valleys and Ridges: evergreens, apples, corn; and construct and interpret a chart illustrating the plant foods consumed by Appalachian Plateau: tobacco. different animals. Plants provide homes and food sources for many animals. construct and interpret a model that demonstrates how plants reduce Plants are important in the prevention of soil erosion. soil erosion. Products from plants include, but are not limited to, cinnamon from the bark of trees; fiber from reeds, grasses and trees; cotton from a cotton plant; spices from various plant parts; lumber from wood; rubber from rubber trees; and medicines (e.g., aloe vera from the aloe plant, quinine from the bark of Cinchona trees found in South America to treat malaria).
2.8 The student will investigate and understand that plants produce oxygen and food, are a source of useful products, and provide benefits in nature. Key concepts include a) important products are identified and classified; b) the availability of plant products affects the development of a geographic area; c) plants provide oxygen, homes, and food for many animals; and d) plants can help reduce erosion. Understanding the Standard (Background Information for Instructor Use Only) Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Processes Plants provide many useful products and materials, benefit human beings as well as other living organisms. Plant products include such essentials as oxygen and food, as well as materials useful for clothing and shelter. Plants may grow well in certain geographic areas, thus enabling the production of plant products that allow humans to live in and thrive in those areas. Some examples of plants that grow in Virginia’s geographic regions include: Coastal Plains (Tidewater): peanuts, cotton, soybeans; Piedmont: apples, tobacco, cabbage; Blue Ridge Mountains: evergreens, apples, corn; Valleys and Ridges: evergreens, apples, corn; and Appalachian Plateau: tobacco. Plants provide homes and food sources for many animals. Plants are important in the prevention of soil erosion. Products from plants include, but are not limited to, cinnamon from the bark of trees; fiber from reeds, grasses and trees; cotton from a cotton plant; spices from various plant parts; lumber from wood; rubber from rubber trees; and medicines (e.g., aloe vera from the aloe plant, quinine from the bark of Cinchona trees found in South America to treat malaria). In order to meet this standard, it is expected that students will understand that plants produce oxygen and food. classify and identify the sources and uses of plant products, such as fiber, cotton, oil, spices, lumber, rubber, medicines, and paper. describe how the availability of certain plant products in a geographic area would affect the development of that area. describe products grown in Virginia that are useful to people, including wood, fruits, and vegetables. List and classify plant products (e.g., peanuts, cotton, soybeans, apples, evergreens). compare and contrast different ways animals use plants as homes and shelters. construct and interpret a chart illustrating the plant foods consumed by different animals. construct and interpret a model that demonstrates how plants reduce soil erosion.