This group will use this website to observe the Parts of a Plant. They will also identify What Plants Need to Live.

Record your learning using this handout Learning About Plants

This group will use library books and record their learning about how people depend on plants.

Record your learning using this handout Learning About Plants

The kindergarten students will learn the parts of the plant, what plants need to live, and how we depend on plants.  The classroom teacher and LMS will work collaboratively during the two 30 minute research sessions. The class will be split into two groups with the LMS facilitating the learning for one group and the classroom teacher the other group on the first day of research.  The groups will then rotate the following session.

The Library Media Specialist will need to have the following resources available for kindergarten students to use for their research.

Plant Links

Meet the Plant Parts and Build a Salad

Plants for Food
draw a grid and record your answers

Debbie Greenthumb: How Plants Grow
a video from United Streaming. This video is approx. 13 minutes; it is available from school computers only.

Science-Student knows that systems have parts 
(K6B) Record observations about parts of plants including leaves, roots, stems, and flowers.
(K6D) Identify parts that when separated from the whole, may result in the part or the whole not working, such as cars without wheels and plants without roots.
Living organisms have basic needs
(K9A) Identify basic needs of living organisms
(K9B) Give examples of how living organisms depend on each other
(K9C) Identify ways that the Earth can provide resources for life
Reading-Students generate questions and conduct research
(K12A) Identify relevant questions for inquiry such as "Why do knights wear armor?"
(K12B) Use pictures, print, and people to gather information and answer questions
(K12C) Draw conclusions from information gathered
Writing-Students use writing as a tool for learning and research
(K16A) Record and dictate questions for investigating
(K16B) Record and dictate own knowledge of a a topic in various ways such a drawing pictures, making lists, and showing connections among ideas
Technology-Uses research skills to create new knowledge
(K8B) Use electronic tools and research skills to build knowledge base regarding a topic, task, or assignment