Common Plants

Common Plants

Learning Objectives

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to identify and name a variety of common plants, including garden plants, wild plants, and trees. You will also become familiar with common names of flowers and plant structures.

What do you already know about common plants?

Garden Plants

Plants intentionally cultivated in gardens for aesthetic or functional purposes. Examples: crocus, rose, daffodils.

Wild Plants

Plants that grow in natural environments without human intervention. Common examples: dandelions. Often considered weeds when found in gardens.

Plant Structures

Various parts of a plant. Trees: trunk, roots, branches, leaves, flowers, fruit. Smaller plants: flower, petals, stem, leaves, roots, fruit, bulb, seed.

Definition List

Garden Plants: Plants intentionally cultivated in gardens. Wild Plants: Plants that grow in natural environments. Weeds: Unwanted plants. Plant Structures: Various parts of a plant.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.