LESSON 7

 Lesson 7: project based learning about the life cycle of plants 2,5  hours.

Objectives: Understand the growing process of plants. Develop creativity, fine psychomotricity and visual learning. Learn the differences between plants in different stages and recognise them. Develop cooperative learning through the creation of a model. Work on oral expression though a presentation. Reflect on what they have learnt. 

Key competences: Personal, social and learning-to-learn competence, citizen competence, entrepreneurial competence, and linguistic communication competence. 

Material: Craft supplies (total freedom) some examples may be:  clay, paper, wire, cardboard, pictures, coloured pencils, etc.

In the next activity, once students have finished their drawings (class 4) and have information about the different stages of plants’ life cycles (class 5) we can move to a bigger project:

After introducing what is about to be done (10 minutes) students will create groups (10mins) and work on a diorama or 3D model of the plant’s life cycle using craft supplies. Each group will be in charge of representing a different phase of the plants´ life cycle. The phase assigned to each group will be chosen randomly by the teacher. (10 minutes). Each group will have freedom to develop  their creativity and create a proper 3D model without strict guidance, which will enable the children to see different styles of working and creating models when they show them in class. However, the plant represented should be a cress. 

 

The teacher will revise what the students are doing all during the process, so he or she can check they are working in an appropriate way and reaching the objectives. 

The rest of the class hours will be dedicated to start developing and working on the project (2h).