Tacey

Tacey's Unit:
**Unit Title:** How do plants survive in their environment?

**Unit Summary:** Within this unit, students will learn about plants, their parts, and the functions of their parts. Students will also learn about the life cycles of several different plants and be able to compare and contrast them. At the end of the unit, students will create a representation of a plant life cycle, describing each phase.

__**Curriculum Framing Questions** __ **Essential Question:** How does an organism’s structure enable it to survive in its environment?

**Unit Questions:** What is special about plants that helps them to survive?  How are conifers, flowering plants, and ferns alike and different?

**Content Questions:** What are the structures of a plant? How do roots, stems, leaves, and flowers function? What is the life cycle of a conifer? What is the life cycle of a flowering plant? What is the life cycle of a fern? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">How are growth, death, and decay important to the plant life cycle?