ScienceStart! Curriculum - Module 4: Neighborhood Habitats - Unit 7: Plants in the Neighborhood

Grade PreK.

Daily lesson plans allow students to practice and master science process skills and to develop a rich and coherent knowledge base about the natural world.

• Students will carry out several investigations using plants found in their neighborhood
• Some of the topics explored include:
• Characteristics of a plant
• Life cycle of various plants
• The many ways people use plants
• Plants that we eat
• Students will also:
• Become familiar with the science cycle
• Understand how to make a prediction and compare it with findings
• Become familiar with new vocabulary words used in the context of the science activities
• Begin to understand how to sort and categorize materials by their characteristics