Description

Overview:

This 5th grade unit will take about 8 weeks, 25.5 hours to complete. Students plan and carry out an original investigation in which they observe the effect of different types of matter on the growth of plants. They create their own observable question with prompting such as: “What type of matter do you think will affect plants’ growth?” or “Do you think the amount of a particular type of matter will affect how the plant grows?” They observe their experiment over a period of seven days (or longer if time allows). At the conclusion of the investigation, students use their data to explain how plants convert matter (gas and liquid) into plant matter.

Subject:

Environmental Science, Elementary Education, Ecology

Level:

Upper Primary

Grades:

Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5

Material Type:

Activity/Lab

Author:

Sabrina Ramirez

Date Added:

12/05/2018