Plant Needs
TEKS Objective
The student is expected to identify the basic needs of plants and animals.
Essential Understanding
The student knows that living organisms have basic needs that must be met for them to survive within their environment.
Science Background
Growing Plants Indoors: University of Illinois Extension (website) - Discover how all plants need room to grow, the right temperature, light, water, air, nutrients, and time.
Starting to Grow: Missouri Botanical Garden (website) - Basic information about what seeds need to begin to grow.
Signature Lesson
Needs of Plants: BioEd Online (website) - Student grow radishes from seed and learn to identify the basic needs of plants.
- Supporting Lessons
- Extensions
- Assessment Ideas
- Literature Connections
- Related
TEKS - Additional Resources
Supporting Lessons
How to Grow Beans in Plastic Bags: Green Education Foundation (website) - Students identify the basic needs of bean seeds by growing bean seeds in plastic sandwich bags.
How to Grow Beans in Plastic Bags
Green Education Foundation, www.greeneducationfoundation.org
New Plants - New Plants Module: FOSSWEB (website) - Investigate properties, growth and structures of plants as your class propagates them from seeds, bulbs, stems and roots. Use the reproducible sheets on pages 2-24.
Elaboration Lessons and Extensions
Plants in Space: BioEd Online (website) - Be part of an exciting investigation conducted on the International Space Station and on Earth! Examine plant root growth in microgravity and compare “space plants” with similar plants grown in your classroom. Includes a free, downloadable teacher’s guide and supplemental materials (registration required).
Plants in Space
BioEd Online, www.bioedonline.org
Growing Plants Have Needs: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (PDF) - Use Lesson 3 (Growing Plants Have Needs”) on page 17 to identify the basic needs of a plant and discover what happens if those needs are not met.
Inside a Seed: A to Z Teacher Stuff (website) - Look inside a seed to discover the beginning of a plant, and discuss elements that plants need to grow.
Assessment Ideas
How Does a Flower Grow? Education.com (PDF) - Assess students’ understanding of a flowering plant’s basic needs by having them complete this worksheet.
Literature Connections
From Seed to Plant. Gibbons, Gail (ISBN-13: 978-0823410255)
Basic Needs. Feldman, Jean (ISBN-13: 978-1615902132)
How a Seed Grows. Jordan, Helene (ISBN-13: 978-0064451079)
The Life Cycle of a Bean. Tagliaferro, Linda (ISBN-13: 978-0736867139)
Additional Resources
Why School Gardening? Kids Gardening (website) - Links to programs, grants and other resources that can be used to help you create a school gardening area.
TEKS Navigation
Grade 2
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