Plants
 Here's a quick overview of each Plants lesson.
Lesson 1
What’s So Great About Plants?
In this first Plants lesson, students are introduced to the wonderful world of plants. The lesson begins with a look at some very unconventional plants and continues with an examination of how plants impact our daily lives, and why their very existence is important to our own survival.
Student Objectives
- Define a plant as an organism that typically has roots, a stem and leaves, is usually green and that makes its own food
- Give examples of how plants impact our daily lives through medicines, building materials, clothing and food
- Explain how trees become finished goods such as lumber and paper
- Describe energy flow using a food chain example
- Explain why only 10 percent of the sun’s energy moves from one link in a food chain to the next
- Support the statement that plants make our very survival possible
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