Resource Overview
Students participate in a simulation and gardening lab for hands-on experience with the effects of crowding on living things.
Students will be able to:
- Name two resources that plants use to grow.
- Describe two effects of crowding on living things.
- Record age-appropriate observations of growing plants using pictures, words, or measurements.
Features of This Resource
- Opportunity for kinesthetic (tactile) learning
- Students observe, record and reflect on their own data
- Opportunity to practice measurement with informal or formal units
- Poem provides an ELA connection
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