Life Science/Basic Needs of Plants
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Subject Area: Science | Grade Level: 1
Lesson Length: 15 minutes or less
Keywords/Tags: Plants
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will evaluate information about the basic needs of a plant. Students will begin by watching a video about the basic needs of a plant. Next, students will take a 10-question quiz on the basic needs of a plant. After students have watched the video and completed the quiz, they will be given the opportunity to listen to a song, play a game, and listen to a read-aloud about the five basic needs of a plant. To show mastery, students will be able to communicate the five basic needs a plant needs to grow at 80% accuracy.

  • Other S1L1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information about the basic needs of plants.
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Video : Basic Needs of a Plant
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Quiz : Basic Needs of Plants
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1

What is one basic need of a plant?

Question #2
Plants need sunlight to survive.
Question #3
Plants do NOT have to have water in order to live. 
Question #4
Do plants need space to survive?
Question #5

What is a basic need a plant needs to survive? 

Question #6
Do plants need air to survive?
Question #7
Soil provides a place for the plant to grow.
Question #8
What would happen to the plant if it did NOT receive any water?
Question #9
Plants need sunlight to grow but they do not need air to grow.
Question #10
What are the five basic needs a plant needs in order to live and grow? 
Resources : The Needs of a Plant Song
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.
Needs of a Plant Song
Sing along to learn the 5 basic needs a plant needs!
How Plants Grow
Try and Grow your own plant!
How Plants Grow: Read Aloud
Read along and learn more about how plants live and grow.