Lesson 4: Reproduction and Growth of Plants
Duration of Days: 4
Lesson Objective
1. Students explore how plants reproduce, both sexually and asexually, and what factors affect the probability of their successful reproduction and growth.
2. Students will engage in arguments and construct explanations about how specialized features, genetic factors, and local conditions affect plants reproduction and growth.
How do plants reproduce and grow?
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Analyzing diagrams and models of plant life cycles, seeds, and vegetative reproduction
Explaining cause-and-effect relationships in plant reproduction and growth
Using evidence to support explanations of how reproduction ensures survival of plant species
Applying academic science vocabulary in context
Interpreting data from charts, texts, and illustrations on plant development
Students explore how plants reproduce and grow, including seeds, spores, and vegetative reproduction.
To explain how reproduction and growth allow plants to survive and spread in their environments.
DOK 2 (Skills & Concepts)
Observing plants in schoolyards, community gardens, or homes
Relating seed dispersal and plant growth to local food sources and urban gardening
Discussing how reproduction affects plant populations in urban and natural environments
Connecting plant growth to nutrition, sustainability, and community projects
Comparing plant reproduction strategies to family and community “growth” or expansion
All plants reproduce the same way
Plants do not need reproduction to survive
Offspring are identical and do not vary
Seeds or cuttings immediately become full plants
Only flowering plants reproduce; all other plants are the same
Use diagrams, models, and real-life plant examples
Provide sentence stems for explaining plant reproduction and growth
Pair or group students for observation and discussion
Highlight and chunk key vocabulary (seed, spore, vegetative reproduction, life cycle)
Use graphic organizers to map stages of plant growth
Connect concepts to local gardens or plants students interact with daily
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