How do live lessons work?
Live lessons are interactive slides and course outlines that are used to teach Treeway Live Classes. Click on the arrows to navigate backward and forwards through the slides.
How Do I Use the Lesson Plans?
Read this lesson plan before class to familiarize yourself with the ideas and concepts you’ll be teaching the students. You may print this page out if you need to use it as a reference point during live classes.
This lesson is a guide, but feel free to expand on the content or decrease/increase what you teach depending on the learning levels of the students in your class or the amount of time you have to cover the material.
Can I show videos in live classes?
Yes, feel free to include additional material to supplement the class lesson material. Videos, Physical Objects, Games, Activities, etc. are okay to share in live classes.
Videos should have no advertisements or logos and should be viewed by you before showing them to the students to ensure no offensive or questionable content is included.
The video should make up only a small portion of the live class.
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Class Summary
In this lesson, students will learn about plants, where plants live, the parts of plants and what plants need to grow, live and survive.
Lesson Slide
Main Teaching Points
Teach about what plants need to grow
- LIGHT: Leaves capture energy from the sun, then convert and store that energy. Light keeps plants warm and helps to make food for the plants.
- AIR: Plants take in air through their leaves and use it to create energy with sunlight.
- WATER: Water helps to move nutrients around inside the plant and help the plant to create energy. Water helps move food and nutrients to all the different parts of the plant.
- NUTRIENTS: Nutrients provide plants with the strength they need to grow big, strong, and healthy.
- SPACE: Roots and leaves take up space. If they grow too close together the plants may not get enough sunlight or be able to grow.
Teach about where plants live
- Forest – This shady forest is home to many different types of plants, from the tallest tree to the tiniest flower. A forest is a large area of land where many trees grow close together.
- Desert – This environment is hot and dry all year round. Plants that grow here, such as this cactus, have adapted to a life in sandy soil with very little rainfall beneath the blazing hot sun.
- Underwater – Underwater plants need the same things other plants need, including food, water, air, and light.
- House – Some plants can be grown indoors. A person needs to water it and keep it near a source of light so it stays healthy and green.
Discussion Questions
- Plants need four things to live. What four things do they need?
- Name some different places where plants live.
- Are plants living or nonliving?
- What do you think would happen if plants didn’t have food, water, air, and light?
Vocabulary Words
- Light – energy that comes from the sun
- Forest – A place full of trees where animals live.
- Desert – A place where it is hot and dry all year long.
- Underwater – to be in or under the surface of a body of water.