GO Plants!

A Plant Science Unit
3rd-4th Grade Classrooms

The 4-H GO Plants! - Growing opportunities with Plants program engages third- and fourth-grade students in the exploration of plant science topics through a variety of science skill-building activities. The teaching strategy reflected in this unit encourages inquiery-based learning, the active use of science skills, and the use of creative and critical thinking skills. This includes planting, growing, and maintaining plant materials in the classroom under grow-lights or in a window-garden situation.

GO Plants! activities are designed with the busy teacher in mind. This five-week, five lesson unit focuses on a specific part of the plant each week – seeds, roots, stems, leaves, flowers. Lessons are designed to be taught in 60-minute intervals, with the potential to expand to 120 minutes if optional Digging Deeper and Going Beyond activities are conducted. The book includes student-ready worksheets and fact sheets to enrich the classroom experience. These materials were developed with a range of reading abilities in mind: however, the content and activities contained within are appropriate for the third- and fourth-grade levels.

GO Plants was developed by faculty and staff at The Ohio State University as part of the Science Alive in the Classroom series of 4-H school enrichment programs.

http://www.ohio4h.org/~plants/

For additional information:

Ohio residents contact your county Extension office.

Out of state residents contact the Extension Media Distribution Center, 385 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1044

or call: (614) 292-1607

or email Janis Cripe at pubs@postoffice.ag.ohio-state.edu