In this lesson, students will explore and record data about different plants that they observe. Students will then create a bar graph to reflect the data that that they collected. For example, a student might find 7 tomato plants, 5 cabbages, and 4 squash plants; their graph would reflect these numbers.

In this lesson, students will understand that plants need water and light to live and grow.

In this lesson students will use knowledge of the needs of living things to examine their outdoor classroom for these factors that help plants grow.

In this lesson, the students will be given time to create their own understandings about the parts of plants as they explore plants hands-on in the outdoor classroom.

STUDENT ACTIVITY – 1st Grade: This is a distance-learning lesson students can complete at home.The students will be given time to create their own understandings about the different parts of plants as they explore them in an outdoor setting.This activity was created by Out Teach (out-teach.org), a nonprofit providing outdoor experiential learning to transform Science education for students in under-served communities. .

In this lesson, the students will be given time to create their own understandings about the parts of plants as they explore plants hands-on in the outdoor classroom.

In this lesson, the students will be given time to create their own understandings about the parts of plants as they explore plants hands-on in the outdoor classroom.

In this lesson, the students will be given time to create their own understandings about the parts of plants as they explore plants hands-on in the outdoor classroom.

Using prior knowledge, students explain their observations and understanding of various plant's external parts and how they help the plant survive in its environment.

In this lesson, students will explain their observations and understanding of various plant's external parts and how they help the plant survive in its environment.

STUDENT ACTIVITY -- 3rd -- NCThis is a distance-learning lesson students can complete at home.Students will pull weeds to explore plant structures that promote survival. This activity was created by Out Teach (out-teach.org), a nonprofit providing outdoor experiential learning to transform Science education for students in under-served communities. .

Students will use knowledge of life cycles to collect evidence of the stages of life a plant goes through.

Students will use knowledge of life cycles to collect evidence of the stages of life a plant goes through.

STUDENT ACTIVITY - 2nd Grade: This is a distance-learning lesson students can complete at home.Students will conduct a simple experiment to see if plants need sunlight and water to grow.This activity was created by Out Teach (out-teach.org), a nonprofit providing outdoor experiential learning to transform Science education for students in under-served communities.

Students will work in teams to determine how to best conduct an experiment outdoors to see if plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Students will work in teams to determine conduct an experiment outdoors to see if plants need sunlight and water to grow.

Students will explore the garden/outdoor classroom for examples of different plant structures and determine how plants use these structures to meet their needs.