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DISCUSS:
What do we do to take care of pets?
Why do we do those things?
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How do animals TELL or SHOW you what they need?
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DISCUSS:
Do plants have needs?
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Walk around the classroom and guide your students to follow the sunlight (you!), just like a plant would!
Whenever you're done, go to the next slide.
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In this lesson, students make observations of plants in order to identify their needs and that they are, in fact, living things. In the activity, Plant Dance, students engage in a kinesthetic activity in which they observe and then model the appearance of plants when their needs are and aren’t met.
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Sun for Sunlight Game printout
You can print either the black & white version or the color version. |
1 per class |
Students can work on their own.
Students can either sit or stand for the movement activities. Make sure to plan space accordingly.
In one of the movement activities, we suggest that the teacher pretends to be the sunlight. You can use the Sun printout provided, a lamp, or anything else you'd like to use as a model for sunlight!
Student slideshow: English | Spanish
Teacher printout: English & Spanish
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If you are in an NGSS state, this mini-lesson supports the DCI LS1.C: Organization for Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms
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