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All About Plants! Plants and Their Structures (Flex Class)

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Ages 8-12
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In this 4 week flex class, students will learn about plants, their structures, and how plants obtain nutrients.
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Homework
1-2 hours per week. Students will be provided extension activities and a project for a final assessment to demonstrate mastery. Assignments can be submitted via the learner conversation tab for grading. Assignments will be made available for digital completion or paper completion.
Assessment
A final project will be available for completion to demonstrate mastery of the plant, as well as a Google Forms for students to demonstrate mastery. Grades will be available immediately upon completion of quiz.
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Class Experience

US Grade 3 - 6
In this 4 week flex class, students will learn about plants from their cells to their life cycles. Students will learn the following by week (in chronological order):
1. Plant cells-including structures of the cell and what organelles a plant has that makes it unique to other organisms
2. Plant seeds and types- including the difference between a monocot and dicot seed, as well as gymnosperm (cone bearing) and angiosperm (flowering) plants
3.Parts of a plant- including discussing vascular versus nonvascular plants and their structures, including how they obtain nutrients such as xylem and phloem
4. Life cycle of plants- including from germination and how seeds can spread to growth and creation of new seeds (budding, propagation, etc. will be discussed)


Each week, students will follow the following lesson format for content:

Video- students will watch a prerecorded video on Youtube (viewable through the Outschool Classroom) and complete a notetaker for their records while they watch the video. Answer keys will be provided every Friday.
Practice Activity- Students will receive an activity to complete each week, including labeling graphs, reading passages, and more. Activities will come from Google Forms/Slides/Docs/Jamboard for digital activities (shared as copies in the classroom), and SuperScience for reading passages. Subscriptions are not required. 
Daily Questions- Students will receive daily questions (5 a week) to answer in the classroom for a discussion. Students will receive feedback to their answers each week
Review Games- Students will receive weekly games from Kahoot to practice their content. Subscriptions are not required to play and weekly links will be provided in the classroom each week by Friday of that week. A final Kahoot review will be provided in the final week for review.
Assessment- Students will receive a final assessment in the final week to review content learned from the course to demonstrate mastery from Google Forms.
Project- Students will be given the option to complete one of three projects to demonstrate mastery in the course:
- Creation of a dissected plant, showing the structures of the plant (plant of choice)
-Short Google Slides on a plant of their choosing for research including structure, life cycle, and other unique features of the plant that help it survive, including location
-Dissection of a plant and demonstration of their part (this can be done by pictures, presentation, or video)
-Project of choice (students can submit their ideas for feedback to allow freedom to create mastery of choice).

Learning Goals

Students will learn about the parts of a plant from cells to their structures. Students will also learn how plants create new plants through various methods of reproduction. Students will learn about the life cycle of a plant and differences in plants based on structure or seed types.

Other Details

Parental Guidance
Students will learn about the reproduction of plants, including sexual and asexual reproduction. We will not discuss this topic beyond that of plants including the stamen and pistil, as well as what types of asexual reproduction exist for plants. We will not discuss this topic in context beyond the topic of this course. Students will be given assignments that will be on Google Forms/Slides/Docs/Jamboard (pdf copies will also be supplied for families who prefer to write versus completion of digital assignments), SuperScience for readings of current events, and Kahoot for review. No subscriptions/accounts are required and all links will be supplied in the classroom page for access (please note Google programs will be shared as a copy, and not for collaboration outside of the classroom-families can make their own copy and share the completed work via links in the learner conversation tab for grading). Students may choose to dissect a plant, and this will be demonstrated in the class video. Sharp items may be used to complete this task. Parental guidance is advised due to instruments in use. Students are not required to work with plants directly due to allergy potentials. While this is demonstrated in class for a full immersive experience, students are not required to dissect plants or handle plants.
Supply List
Students will be provided a notetaker to record their notes for their records, as well as activities for extension of class topics.
External Resources
Sources
Students will have access to Google Forms/Slides/Docs/Jamboards for assignment completion, as well as paper copies if digital is not preferred. Students will have the opportunity to read SuperScience Magazine for articles pertaining to the topic, when applicable.

Meet the teacher

Joined January, 2019
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Teacher expertise and credentials
South Carolina Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Doctoral Degree from Concordia Univerity
Master's Degree in Science from Kaplan University
Bachelor's Degree in Education from University of North Carolina Wilmington
I am a elementary and middle school science teacher having taught elementary science for 2 years, and have taught middle school science for 8 years from 6-8th grade. I am licensed as a science teacher from 6-12 grade, with a Masters in Science Education. I like making learning relate to real world experiences so students can connect to material easier than standard memorization. I review in a flow pattern that starts with basic information and expands into complex information to assist students with retention. 

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