Plant Something for ME

Download This Full Lesson: Plant Something for ME – Math 3-5

Lesson Description: Did you know that plants can do math?

Essential Question:

How can plants do math?

Standards:

ELA STRANDS -Reading-Informational Texts
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.9. – Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic.

Math Dominions Geometry
Math: Shapes-Bees use hexagons as shape in hives/combs
CCSS 5.G.4 Classify two-dimensional figures in a hierarchy based on properties

Math Dominions Geometry
Phys Ed: Honey Bee Dances (shows angle degrees) CCSS 4.G.1 Draw points, lines, line segments, rays, angles (right, acute, obtuse), and perpendicular and parallel lines. Identify these in two-dimensional figures.

ELA Strands Reading-Informational Text
Social Studies:Community / Democracy-(Compare/contrast)-Compare a honey bee community/colony to our community-how is hive like a democracy?

ELA Ecosystems
Create “Bug Club” -go outside to look at study insects?