Stages of Flower Reproduction: Germination, Plant Development, Fertilization, and Seed Production

1. Instruction

1.1. Visual

1.1.1. Watch video explaining flower reproduction.

1.1.2. PowerPointe slide to go with teacher's verbal lesson.

1.2. Auditory

1.2.1. Listen to verbal lesson given by teacher and video.

1.3. Tactile

1.3.1. Dissect found flower and glue to paper creating a diagram and identifying all parts.

2. Cognitive Tools

2.1. Information Seeking

2.1.1. Arrange four groups to seek information one of each of the four stages of flower reproduction (internet search). Also, find a lot of examples of flowering plants and see how many you can find.

2.2. Information Organization

2.2.1. Write 4 paragraphs (1 for each stage) explaining each stage of flower reproduction. Create Mind Map.

3. Ongoing Experiment

3.1. Student will plant two flowering plants from seed and watch them grow. Then we might manually pollinate the flower and watch the process of flower reproduction weekly over the year or semester.