40 Plants: Supplemental Guide 1C | Introduction to Plants
Can you think of a name of a tiny insect?[Suggested answers: ant, bee, beetle, ladybug]
[Practice using the phrase “from the... to the... ” You can say, “The forest is
home to many animals and insects, from the largest lion to the tiniest beetle.”
Show image 1A-5: Desert cactus
What type of environment is this?- This is a desert environment.
Describe this desert environment to your partner.
[Allow students to talk for fifteen seconds. Call on two students to share.]
Most plants on earth could not live in this hot and dry desert. But the
cactus can!Do you think the little dandelion in the crack and the trees in the forest
would be able to live in the desert?[Call on two students to answer.]
What would happen to them if they were in a desert environment?[Call on a volunteer to answer.]- They would wither, or dry up, and die if they lived in a desert
environment.
Do you think the cactus would be able to live in the sidewalk crack or
in the forest?
[Call on two students to answer.]
Different types of plants grow in different environments or places. Show image 1A-6: Underwater plants
Here is another environment—an underwater environment.Describe this underwater environment to your partner.[Allow students to talk for fifteen seconds. Call on two students to share.]
Underwater plants need the same things other plants need, including
food, water, air, and light.