Resources for the Comprehensive Curriculum

Grade 4

Science

 

 

 

Unit 4:  Living Organisms

Activity 4:  The Life Cycle (GLEs:  2, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 40, 43, 45, 47)

 

 

CC:  Using the plant diary (data log), the students will begin to look for patterns in growth such as growth spurts. These patterns can easily be observed using graphs.

Enchanted Learning.com has templates for plant journals.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/

 

Microsoft Excel can be used to create the graph.

 

Graph Club is a software program for kids to make graphs.

 

Create A Graph is a website for creating graphs.

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/

 

 

CC:  Because students may not have enough time to observe the complete life cycle of a plant, they will use available resources to create a pictorial history of a plant's life cycle.

Students can use Timeliner software to create the pictorial plant life cycle.

 

 

 

 

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