(#39) CORN AND BEANS
This unit blends science, math, language and art into a single grand learning experience. There is much to observe, to calculate, to write and to draw. Your students will grow popcorn and pinto beans (the kind you buy in any grocery store), then track plant development in their personal daily journals. Over 5 weeks your class will construct their own lab equipment, compile a complete written and visual record of growth; graph daily height and weight gains; study how leaves photosynthesize; examine the role of cotyledons in plant development; learn to distinguish monocots from dicots in flowering plants, and much more.
(#39) Green Thumbs: CORN AND BEANS is part of our Self-Directing Activity Page Series. It is an 80 page soft-bound book organized into three main parts:
INTRODUCTION
* Getting Ready * Gathering Materials * Long Range Objectives * Gaining a
Whole Perspective
TEACHING NOTES (5 weeks)
* MON/-4 * TUE/-3 * WED/-2 * THU/-1 * FRI/-O * MON/3 * TUE/4 * WED/5 *
THU/6 * FRI/7 * MON/10 * TUE/11 * WED/12 * THU/13 * FRI/14 * MON/17 *
TUE/18 * WED/19 * THU/20 * FRI/21 * MON/24 * TUE/25 * WED/26 * THU/27
REPRODUCIBLE LINE MASTERS
* 11 pages of Lab Instructions * 12 pages of Journal Cut-Outs * Take-Home
Test
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(#39) Green Thumbs: CORN AND BEANS requires no special lab equipment or unusual supplies. Just photocopy the lab pages, gather simple materials (like pop corn, pinto beans, milk cartons and paper towels), and you're ready to explore TOPS Learning Systems hands-on.
GRADE RANGE: 4-12
ORIGINS: written by Ron Marson / illustrated by Peg Marson / copyrighted
in 1997
by TOPS Learning Systems / ISBN 0-941008-49-5
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#39 Green Thumbs: CORN AND BEANS @ $15.00
