Group 4: Plant Classification Day 2

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Plant Classification Day 2

Although we had some technical difficulties, we made it out of out day 2 of plant classification. This lesson wasn't as straight forward as the indirect, and much harder to come up with an activity to do. But we created a fun activity for out inquiry.  

During today's class lesson we had ferns, coniferous trees, flowering plants, and mosses and liverworts at the different stations. We created a "What am I?" packet, and our students had to guess which plants were which. We also incorporated articles on every plant for the students to look at and use their own thinking to find new information about the plants that we didn't necessarily teach. 

We had more then enough time at each station for every plant and this gave the groups a chance to really think and read through the articles and discuss it. 

Overall, I think our indirect lesson very well, despite what some people said.



I am really happy with how our lesson turned out, and I am proud of our ideas and ability to present it to a fourth grade class!



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