Using hands-on activities, explore the basic needs and life cycle of plants. Students will discover how plants grow, learn to identify their parts and determine what part of plants people and animals use.
Standards and Correlations:
- Cognition and General Knowledge Domains
- Science Inquiry and Application – Inquiry - C39 to C42, C44 to C46
- Earth and Space Science - Explorations of the Natural World - C48 to C49
- Life Science- Explorations of Living Things - C52 to C55
- NAEYC Accreditation Criteria (2A.2, 2B.4, 2C.1, 2D.1, 2D.2, 2E.2, 2E.3, 2E.6, 2E.15, 2E.17, 2F.5, 2F.7, 2F.8, 2F.9, 2F.13, 2F.16, 2G.3, 2G.4, 2G.9, 2G.10, 2G.11, 2H.1, 2L.2, 2L.3, 2L.9, 3B.1, 3D.3, 3D.7, 3F.1, 3G.3, 3G.5, 3G.6, 3G.8, 3B.1)
Lesson Plan:
PreK-EcoExplorers-Lesson-Plan-Plants-and-their-Parts
Video Links:
Video Lesson - Plants & Their Parts
Cleveland Metroparks Mobile Outreach Unit can provide qualified educators with free lending kits for their preschool classroom through Eco Explorers powered by PNC Grow Up Great. These kits are specifically designed to enhance their nature-based videos and lesson plans that align with Ohio’s Early Learning Content Standards.
No membership required to borrow lending kits!
Plants and their Parts lending kit includes:
- Plant pictures
- Seed examples
- Artificial plant showing roots
- Life cycle of a bean plant plastic models
- Magnetic plant life cycle
- DIY plastic flower garden build kit
- Plastic fruits and vegetables
- Book: “From Seed to Plant” by Gail Gibbons
- Leaf stencils
- Leaf and flower rubbing plates.
Pick-up location and hours:
- Mobile Outreach, 6100 W. Canal Road, Valley View, OH 44125
- Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
To learn more about the free lending kits and or to see if you qualify to reserve one, contact the Mobile Outreach team at mobileoutreach@clevelandmetroparks.com or by calling 216-341-1707.