Second Grade Unit: Plant Life
Big Ideas (Key Concepts)
• Plants need air, water, and sunlight to survive.
• Plants have a life cycle that includes seed, seedling or young plant, adult plant, flower, fruit and seed.
• Plants have characteristics that are passed from the parent plant.
Content Statements and Expectations
L.OL.E.1 Life Requirements – Organisms have basic needs. Animals and plants need air, water, and food. Plants also require light. Plants and animals use food as a
source of energy and as a source of building material for growth and repair.
L.OL.02.14 Identify the needs of plants.
L.OL.E.2 Life Cycles – Plants and animals have life cycles. Both plants and animals begin life and develop into adults, reproduce, and eventually die. The details of this life
cycle are different for different organisms.
L.OL.02.22 Describe the life cycle of familiar flowering plants including the following stages: seed, plant, flower, and fruit.
L.HE.E.1 Observable Characteristics – Plants and animals share many, but not all, characteristics of their parents.
L.HE.02.13 Identify characteristics of plants (for example: leaf shape, flower type, color, size) that are passed on from parent to young.
Big Ideas (Key Concepts)
• Plants need air, water, and sunlight to survive.
• Plants have a life cycle that includes seed, seedling or young plant, adult plant, flower, fruit and seed.
• Plants have characteristics that are passed from the parent plant.
Content Statements and Expectations
L.OL.E.1 Life Requirements – Organisms have basic needs. Animals and plants need air, water, and food. Plants also require light. Plants and animals use food as a
source of energy and as a source of building material for growth and repair.
L.OL.02.14 Identify the needs of plants.
L.OL.E.2 Life Cycles – Plants and animals have life cycles. Both plants and animals begin life and develop into adults, reproduce, and eventually die. The details of this life
cycle are different for different organisms.
L.OL.02.22 Describe the life cycle of familiar flowering plants including the following stages: seed, plant, flower, and fruit.
L.HE.E.1 Observable Characteristics – Plants and animals share many, but not all, characteristics of their parents.
L.HE.02.13 Identify characteristics of plants (for example: leaf shape, flower type, color, size) that are passed on from parent to young.
Flipcharts
Lesson Ideas & Worksheets
Oakland Unit (scroll down the page for daily lessons to download)
Plant parents
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growing herbs in the classroom
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plant lessons
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online activities
Plant parts game
plant doodle
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interactive story & plant lifecycle
plant lifecycle
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interactive flower dissection
Various Plant lifecycle videos
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videos
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