1.4 The student will investigate and understand that plants have basic life needs and functional parts and can be classified according to certain characteristics. Key concepts include a) plants need nutrients, air, light, and a place to grow; b) basic parts of plants; and c) plants can be classified based on a variety of characteristics. Understanding the Standard Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Processes (Background Information for Instructor Use Only) Plants have basic needs, including nutrients, air, water, light, and a place In order to meet this standard, it is expected that students will with sufficient space to grow. conduct simple experiments/investigations related to plant needs by Plants have different structures that different functions in growth, changing one variable (nutrients, air, water, light, or place to grow) at survival, and reproduction. a time. Students do not need to know the term variable. The functions of plant parts include the roots which hold plants in place create and interpret a of a plant, including seeds, roots, and absorb water, seeds which make new plants, leaves which make stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits. food for the plant, and stems which hold the plants upright and transport identify the functions of the seed, root, stem, and leaf. materials up and down the plant. classify plants by the characteristics of edible/nonedible, Plants can be categorized by their different characteristics, such as flowering/nonflowering, and evergreen/deciduous, charts. edible/nonedible, flowering/nonflowering, and evergreen/deciduous. Students do not need to know the terms nonedible, edible, evergreen, and deciduous. The focus should be on the concept, not the terminology.
1.4 The student will investigate and understand that plants have basic life needs and functional parts and can be classified according to certain characteristics. Key concepts include a) plants need nutrients, air, light, and a place to grow; b) basic parts of plants; and c) plants can be classified based on a variety of characteristics. Understanding the Standard (Background Information for Instructor Use Only) Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Processes Plants have basic needs, including nutrients, air, water, light, and a place with sufficient space to grow. Plants have different structures that different functions in growth, survival, and reproduction. The functions of plant parts include the roots which hold plants in place and absorb water, seeds which make new plants, leaves which make food for the plant, and stems which hold the plants upright and transport materials up and down the plant. Plants can be categorized by their different characteristics, such as edible/nonedible, flowering/nonflowering, and evergreen/deciduous. Students do not need to know the terms nonedible, edible, evergreen, and deciduous. The focus should be on the concept, not the terminology. In order to meet this standard, it is expected that students will conduct simple experiments/investigations related to plant needs by changing one variable (nutrients, air, water, light, or place to grow) at a time. Students do not need to know the term variable. create and interpret a of a plant, including seeds, roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits. identify the functions of the seed, root, stem, and leaf. classify plants by the characteristics of edible/nonedible, flowering/nonflowering, and evergreen/deciduous, charts.
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