PROJECTS.
UNIT 4. PLANTS.
C.E.I.P. SANTA ANA (Madridejos)
PROJECT 1: ‘FILE CARDS OF ORDINARY PLANTS’ Individually, you are going to make three file cards about plants that you can find around you (trees, plants in gardens, plants from agriculture: tomato, pepper, potato, onion, wheat, barley, vine, olive tree…) On each file card you’ll write: .– Common name. .– Scientific name. .– Descripction of the plant. .– Picture, leaves… from the plant. .– Plant care: watering, temperature… .- Location, uses... .– Other information… Here you can see one example about the tomato plant, and you can do similar file cards.
Common name: Tomato plant Scientific name: Solanum lycopersicum
Description:: Species originated in South America. It was spread to Europe and the rest of the world by Spanish colonists since the discovery of America. It is a green bush with yellow flowers that produces red edible fruits. Plant care:
Tomato fruit
It needs water every two days to grow and
produce fruit. It also needs direct sunlight. Location: All over the world.
Uses: It’s used as a food product because it is edible . It is used in salads, fried tomatoes, tomato sauces… and in lots of recipes around the world.
Tomato plant
UNIT 4. PLANTS.
C.E.I.P. SANTA ANA (Madridejos)
PROJECT 2: ‘OUR GARDEN’ 1.- In pairs or groups, children are going to make a garden using plastic bottles. 2.- They can plant herbs like peppermint, parsley, thyme… or other different plants tomatoes, or ornamentals, and take care of them in the class. 3.– Children must look for information about the plants they have planted.
Children can get more ideas about gardening from internet.
UNIT 4. PLANTS.
C.E.I.P. SANTA ANA (Madridejos)
PROJECT 3: ‘PLANT A PLANT’ 1.- Individualy, children are going to produce plants from seeds from different vegetables. 2.– They can get tomatoes, peppers, garlic, onions… from food they have at home. 3.– Watch these videos, in order to get ideas. They can investigate on youtube to find other amazing ideas. 4.– They can use plastic containers, bottles, yogurts, eggs… to plant their seeds.