Introduction
Plants help people, animals, and Earth every day!
Let’s become Plant Detectives to discover their secret powers.
Task
In your role as a plant detective, go through the resources uploaded below to discover how plants contribute to our daily lives.
Once you're done, take on the role of a environmental activist and create a poster which informs your audience about the benefits of a plant to raise awareness regarding this topic.
Process
All resources uploaded below are created on NotebookLM in the following notebook linked below:
https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/87e21551-2242-42f9-a477-625db9562ab4
Video (to be watched):
Infographic:
Quick Quiz to Test Your Knowledge!
Evaluation
Take into consideration that your task will be evaluated according to the following rubric:
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Criteria |
Emerging 🌱 |
Developing 🌿 |
Proficient 🌳 |
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Identifies plant contributions |
Identifies 1 contribution with support |
Identifies 2 contributions independently |
Identifies 3+ contributions independently |
|
Communication of ideas |
Shares ideas minimally |
Shares simple ideas clearly |
Explains ideas confidently and in detail |
|
Final poster |
Drawing partially connected to topic |
Drawing clearly shows one contribution |
Drawing and sentence clearly explain contribution |
|
Collaboration and engagement |
Rarely engages with peers |
Sometimes collaborates |
Actively collaborates and contributes |
Conclusion
Plants contribute to our daily lives every day in many ways, ones that we know, and others that we don't!
We went through this activity to give you a glimpse about these many benefits so that you can raise awareness later on regarding the importance of these plants in our lives.
So, how do we take care of these plants like they take care of us?
