Nature plants

Students will: Identify the parts of a plant, Describe the primary function of each plant part.

Students will understand that plants make food from air, water, sunlight and nutrients from the soil (photosynthesis).

Students will describe the life cycle of a plant from seed through maturation.

Students will: understand how adaptations are reinforced in a population over time as a result of natural selection, identify and be able to describe adaptations that allow animal and plant species to survive and thrive in their various environments.

Students will understand how various traits can be passed from parent to offspring.