Title – Seeds and Yarn Illustrations

By – Julie Hoyle

Primary Subject – Science

Secondary Subjects – Art

Grade Level – 3-4

Goals and Objectives:

This lesson uses two main subjects Art and Science. The first objective is to make students aware of plant growth, pollination, and life cycle of a flowering plant. This lesson will also allow students to use yarn drawings to represent a flowering plant. This yarn illustration can be for any plant that begins life as a seedling. Students will benefit by learning how to create an illustration of a flowering plant, by using the medium of yarn.

Specific Objectives:

1. Students will analyze plant structures for growth and reproduction.

2. Students will determine that new plants can be generated from seeds, tubers, bulbs, and cuttings.

3. Students will learn how to use yarn to represent a flowering plant.

4. Students will learn the life cycle of a flowering plant.

5. Students will describe plant growth and plant pollination.

Teaching Process:

Day 1: The students will be introduced to the composition of seeds. The students will open up a flower and examine its parts.

Day 2: Show students the video

Seeds: Pop, Stick, Glide

by Patricia Lauber or other visual aids.

Day 3: Allow students to start his/her yarn pictures to represent a completed flower’s growth. Creating a yarn representation of a flower and labeling it’s individual parts can create a beautiful wall display.

Day 4: It would be a great time to take a nature walk and discuss the life cycle of a flowering plant.

Day 5: Share the experience with other classes.

Supplies:

• yarn – a complete arrangement of colors
  
• paper or cardboard
  
• book illustration on flowering plants

Sources of Visual Aids:

Lauber, Patricia. Illustrated by Jerome Wexler.

Seeds: Pop, Stick, Glide

. Crown Publishers Inc. New York, 1981.

Possible Sources for Additional Background Information:

Pollination Adaptations



http://149.152.32.5/plants_human/pollenadapt.html

Lesson Follow up:

The yarn illustrations should be placed in the classroom, and should be accompanied with scientific facts about flowering plants.

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Julie Hoyle

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