1 - Getting Started ~3 mins
Look at these two plants. One looks strong and green. One looks floppy and dry. What do you notice that is different? What do you wonder about the floppy one?
2 - Looking at Plants and Animals ~5 mins
Look at our two real plants. What is different about the strong green one and the floppy dry one?
Plants drink water through their roots in the soil. That is one thing that helps them.
Here is a robin. What might this robin need outside so it can stay well?
3 - Sorting What Helps Them Flourish ~10 mins
To flourish means to grow strong and stay healthy. Here is our first helper card. Look at the picture.
Call out: does this help living things do well, or does it not help? Say one short reason. We will put the card on our wall chart.
4 - What Could You Do? ~7 mins
Our wall chart is finished. Now think about you.
First, draw something YOU could do to help a plant or an animal. At home, in the yard, or on the way to school.
Then draw one thing that would not help.
Pencils down. Tell your partner what you would do.
5 - Make-sense Talk ~3 mins
What helps plants and animals do well outdoors? Share one idea from our chart with the class.
A gardener waters plants. A farmer feeds animals. Who else helps living things get what they need?
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