15The Power of Questioning: Guiding Student Investigations

Why is Questioning a Powerful Teaching Tool?

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Figure 1.5. Unit Planning Guide: Structure and Function of Plants

Un

it P

lan

nin

g G

uid

eTi

mel

ine

Co

re Id

ea/T

op

ic: S

truc

ture

and

Fun

ctio

n of

Pla

nts

Co

nce

pts

: Pla

nt p

arts

, pla

nt n

eeds

, pho

tosy

nthe

sis

Sta

nd

ard

sN

GS

SLS

.A S

truct

ure

and

func

tion

of p

lant

s; L

S.B

G

row

th a

nd d

evel

opm

ent o

f org

anis

ms

(pla

nts)

; LS

.C O

rgan

izat

ion

for m

atte

r and

en

ergy

fl ow

in o

rgan

ism

s (p

lant

s); L

S.D

In

form

atio

n pr

oces

sing

; ET

S1.

2 D

evel

opin

g an

d us

ing

mod

els

CC

SS E

LAR

I.1 K

ey id

eas

and

deta

ils; R

I.4, R

I.5 C

raft

and

stru

ctur

e; R

I.7 In

tegr

atio

n of

kno

wle

dge

and

idea

s; W

.5, W

.6 P

rodu

ctio

n an

d di

strib

utio

n of

w

ritin

g; W

.7, W

.8 R

esea

rch

to b

uild

and

pre

sent

kn

owle

dge;

SL.

1, S

L2, S

L.3

Com

preh

ensi

on

and

colla

bora

tion;

SL.

4, S

L.5,

SL.

6 P

rese

ntat

ion

of k

now

ledg

e an

d id

eas

Qu

esti

on

s to

Dri

ve t

he

Inq

uir

y1.

Wha

t do

you

know

abo

ut p

lant

s?

2. H

ow d

o pl

ants

wor

k?

Stu

den

t Q

ues

tio

ns

1. H

ow d

oes

a pl

ant m

ake

food

in

that

tiny

, thi

n sp

ace

in th

e le

af?

2. H

ow d

o th

ings

mov

e up

and

do

wn

in th

e st

em?

3. H

ow d

oes

air

go in

and

out

?

Inve

stig

atio

ns

1. O

bser

ve h

ow d

iffer

ent v

aria

bles

af

fect

pla

nt g

row

th (

wat

er, s

oil

nutr

ient

s, s

unlig

ht).

2. O

bser

ve a

cel

ery

stem

in

colo

red

wat

er.

3. U

se s

traw

s to

suc

k up

wat

er

from

a c

up. P

lace

a fi

nger

ov

er th

e st

raw

whe

n it

is in

the

wat

er. D

iscu

ss.

4. P

lace

a p

last

ic b

ag o

ver

a le

af

on a

pla

nt o

utsi

de. O

bser

ve

over

tim

e.

Per

form

ance

Ass

essm

ent

1. S

tude

nts

will

bui

ld a

mod

el p

lant

usi

ng

stra

ws,

tube

s, li

ds, n

ettin

g, b

ubbl

e w

rap,

an

d ot

her

obje

cts.

2. S

tude

nts

will

pre

sent

thei

r m

odel

pla

nt to

th

e cl

ass

and

expl

ain

how

a p

lant

wor

ks.

3. S

tude

nts

will

writ

e a

repo

rt o

r cr

eate

a

broc

hure

that

exp

lain

s ho

w p

lant

s m

ake

food

, wha

t pla

nts

are

used

for,

and

why

pl

ants

are

impo

rtan

t.

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Vis

ual

: See

It

• R

eal p

lant

exp

erim

ents

• C

ampu

s fi e

ld tr

ips

• Tim

e-la

pse

vide

os

• P

ictu

re b

ooks

Au

dito

ry: H

ear

It

• D

iscu

ssio

ns, l

arge

and

sm

all g

roup

• S

tude

nt c

olla

bora

tion

• Vid

eo p

rese

ntat

ions

• Aud

io r

ecor

ding

Kin

esth

etic

: Do

It

• C

ampu

s fi e

ld tr

ips

• G

arde

ning

task

s

• B

uild

ing

mod

el p

lant

s

Lea

rnin

g S

tyle

sD

iffer

enti

atio

n S

trat

egie

s

• U

se s

ongs

and

cha

nts

abou

t pla

nts.

• U

se v

ideo

s, te

chno

logy

app

licat

ions

, an

d ha

nds-

on in

vest

igat

ions

.

• C

reat

e ch

arts

that

em

phas

ize

key

voca

bula

ry in

con

text

with

ph

otog

raph

s or

dra

win

gs.

Figure 1.5 (continued)S

cien

ce

Tech

nolo

gy

Eng

inee

ring

M

athe

mat

ics

Eng

lish

Lan

guag

e A

rts

Soc

ial S

cien

ce

Art

• H

ow d

o th

e pa

rts

of a

pla

nt w

ork?

• H

ow d

oes

clim

ate

affe

ct th

e gr

owth

of

pla

nts?

• H

ow d

o se

ason

s af

fect

the

grow

th

of p

lant

s?

• H

ow d

oes

wea

ther

affe

ct th

e gr

owth

of p

lant

s?

• H

ow d

oes

soil

qual

ity a

ffect

the

grow

th o

f pla

nts?

• D

igita

l mic

ro-

scop

e: V

iew

se

eds,

root

s,

stem

s, a

nd

leav

es.

• K

idsp

iratio

n:O

rgan

ize

key

deta

ils in

pre

pa-

ratio

n fo

r writ

ing.

• C

lass

blo

g:

Rep

ort d

ata

and

info

rmat

ion

colle

cted

from

pl

ant e

xper

imen

ts

(incl

ude

pict

ures

).

• A

pps:

Kid

s D

isco

ver:

Pla

nts;

Le

af S

nap.

• B

uild

a m

odel

pl

ant t

o sh

ow th

e pa

rts

of a

pla

nt

and

expl

ain

how

th

e pa

rts

wor

k.

• H

ow w

ould

you

m

easu

re a

sun

-fl o

wer

or o

ther

pl

ant a

s it

grow

s?

• C

reat

e ch

arts

an

d gr

aphs

to

orga

nize

the

data

co

llect

ed fr

om

plan

t exp

eri-

men

ts.

• R

ead

info

rma-

tiona

l tex

t to

ex-

plai

n ke

y de

tails

ab

out p

lant

s.

• R

ecor

d ob

ser-

vatio

ns a

nd

desc

ribe

rele

vant

de

tails

in jo

urna

ls.

• La

bel d

iagr

ams

and

draw

ings

.

• W

rite

repo

rts

com

mun

icat

ing

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

ho

w p

lant

s w

ork.

• W

here

do

plan

ts

grow

?

• R

esea

rch

and

com

pare

pla

nts

that

gro

w in

diff

er-

ent e

cosy

stem

s.

Loca

te g

eogr

aph-

ic re

gion

s on

a

map

.

• H

ow is

food

tra

nspo

rted

lo-

cally

and

glo

b-al

ly?

• va

n G

ogh:

O

bser

ve, d

raw

, an

d pa

int s

un-

fl ow

ers.

• C

ézan

ne:

Obs

erve

, dra

w

and

pain

t stil

l lif

e (u

sing

rea

l ve

geta

bles

an

d fr

uits

).

• O

’Kee

ffe:

Obs

erve

, dra

w,

and

pain

t fl o

wer

s.