Full Track
45 min/day (full year)
Day-to-Day
Pacing
Resources
Assess Prior
Knowledge
Page Keeley Science Probe:
Plant
Life Cycles
Day 1
Page 5
Engage
Encounter the Phenomenon: How is the
dandelion changing?
Pages 6–7
Video:
Growing Seed
Explore
Inquiry Activity:
Seed Growth
Day 2
Pages 8–9
Explain
From Seed to Plant
Day 3
Page 10
Reproducing with Flowers and Cones
Pages 11–12
Go Further:
Life Cycle of an Orange Tree
Seed Growth
Day 4
Pages 13–14
Simulation:
Seed Dispersal
Different Life Cycles
Page 15
Video:
Strange But True: Plant Life Cycles
Elaborate
STEM Connection: What Does an
Entomologist Do?
Day 5
Page 16
Inquiry Activity:
Plant Life Cycle Model
Day 6
Page 17
Evaluate
Explain the Phenomenon: How is the
dandelion changing?
Day 7
Pages 18–20
STEM Module Project Planning
Page 37
7 Days
Essential Question:
How do plants grow and develop?
Objective:
Students will develop and use models to describe patterns in plant life cycles.
Vocabulary:
germinate, life cycle, pollination, reproduce
Full Track
45 min/day (full year)
FlexTrack A
30 min/day (5 days per week)
FlexTrack B
30 min/day (3 days per week)
Day-to-Day
Pacing
Resources
Pacing
Resources
Pacing
Resources
Assess Prior
Knowledge
Page Keeley Science Probe:
Plant
Life Cycles
Day 1
Page 5
Day 1
Page 5 Employ the Confidence Level Assessment
strategy.
Day 1
Page 5 Employ the Confidence Level Assessment
strategy.
Engage
Encounter the Phenomenon: How is the
dandelion changing?
Pages 6–7
Video:
Growing Seed
Pages 6–7
Video:
Growing Seed
Pages 6–7
Video:
Growing Seed
Explore
Inquiry Activity:
Seed Growth
Day 2
Pages 8–9
Day 2
Pages 8–9 Do this activity as a whole class. Set the
activity up for students and have them check the bags
daily.
Explain
From Seed to Plant
Day 3
Page 10
Day 3
Page 10
Day 2
Page 10 Omit the Before Reading activity, and answer the
questions as a class.
Reproducing with Flowers and Cones
Pages 11–12
Go Further:
Life Cycle of an Orange Tree
Page 11
Go Further:
Life Cycle of an Orange Tree
Pages 11–12 Omit the Go Further activity. Answer the
questions as a class.
Day 4
Page 12
Seed Growth
Day 4
Pages 13–14
Simulation:
Seed Dispersal
Page 13
Day 5
Page 14
Simulation:
Seed Dispersal
Different Life Cycles
Page 15
Video:
Strange But True: Plant Life Cycles
Page 15
Video:
Strange But True: Plant Life Cycles
Video:
Strange But True: Plant Life Cycles
Elaborate
STEM Connection: What Does an
Entomologist Do?
Day 5
Page 16
Day 6
Day 3
Inquiry Activity:
Plant Life Cycle Model
Day 6
Page 17
Page 17
Page 17
Evaluate
Explain the Phenomenon: How is the
dandelion changing?
Day 7
Pages 18–20
Day 7
Pages 18–20 Complete Explain the Phenomenon as a
whole class.
Day 4
Pages 18–20 Complete Explain the Phenomenon as a
whole class.
STEM Module Project Planning
Page 37
7 Days
7 Days
4 Days
Lesson 1
Plant Life Cycles
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