Plant Explorations for Young Children

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Plant Explorations for Young Children

Description:

4-6 year olds learn about plants with activities from public television's PEEP AND THE BIG WIDE WORLD. This "Explore Plants" unit is part of a classroom resource entitled the Peep Explorer's Guide. The online, downloadable Guide is accompanied by relevant video clips that play with optional Spanish soundtrack. Also bilingual family take-homes. All free.

Education Levels:

Kindergarten, Preschool education

Subject:

Earth Science, Biology, Informal Education, Informal Education, Botany, General Science, Informal Education, Educational Media

Resource Type:

Activity

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students, Bilingual students, Hispanic-American students, English as a second language (ESL) students, Limited English proficiency (LEP) students

Online provider:

WGBH

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Keywords:

Peep, bulbs, botany, science inquiry, trees, preschool, plants, sorting, Peep and the Big Wide World, sprouts, kindergarten, growing things, weeds, PBS Kids, seeds, PBS

Mediator:

Student teachers, Teachers, Curriculum supervisors, Teaching professionals, Elementary school teachers, Supervisors, Teacher educators

Publisher:

WGBH, Peep and the Big Wide World

Contributor:

WGBH/Boston's public television, Education Development Center

Language:

English

Audience

Age:

3 to 6-years old

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Thinking and Problem Solving Skills, Science

Learning Outcomes:

Learning Outcomes:

Conforms To

Benchmarks for Science Literacy (1993)

5. THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT

A. Diversity of Life

5A (K-2) #2 Plants and animals have features that help them live in different environments.

Conforms To

Benchmarks for Science Literacy (1993)

5. THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT

F. Evolution of Life

5F (K-2) #1 Different plants and animals have external features that help them thrive in different kinds of places.

Conforms To

Benchmarks for Science Literacy (1993)

5. THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT

A. Diversity of Life

5A (K-2) #3 Stories sometimes give plants and animals attributes they really do not have.

Conforms To

Benchmarks for Science Literacy (1993)

5. THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT

E. Flow of Matter and Energy

5E (K-2) #1 Plants and animals both need to take in water, and animals need to take in food. In addition, plants need light.

Conforms To

Benchmarks for Science Literacy (1993)

8. THE DESIGNED WORLD

A. Agriculture

8A (K-2) #1 Most food comes from farms either directly as crops or as the animals that eat the crops. To grow well, plants need enough warmth, light, and water. Crops also must be protected from weeds and pests that can harm them.

Conforms To

Benchmarks for Science Literacy (1993)

5. THE LIVING ENVIRONMENT

A. Diversity of Life

5A (K-2) #1 Some animals and plants are alike in the way they look and in the things they do, and others are very different from one another.

Conforms To

Benchmarks for Science Literacy (1993)

1. THE NATURE OF SCIENCE

C. The Scientific Enterprise

1C (K-2) #3 A lot can be learned about plants and animals by observing them closely, but care must be taken to know the needs of living things and how to provide for them in the classroom.

This data provided by the Achievement Standards Network

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